Re: [Boost-users] Asio Protocol Decoder interfaces/templates

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Asio Protocol Decoder interfaces/templates
From: Ray Burkholder (ray_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-30 22:15:52

When you mention data marshalling, two projects come to mind (mostly on the
inter-process communications [ie network application] side of things):
 
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/threads/Rcf_Ipc_For_Cpp.aspx
http://www.zeroc.com/index.html
 
If you need a rfc like protocol handling, I've found:
 
http://www.nsoftware.com/ipworks/default.aspx  (you need to pay money)
 
or 
 
http://pocoproject.org/  (open source)
 
Or are you heading in a different direction than these 'established'
libraries?
 
Ray.
 
 

 
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From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]
[mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Madera
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 20:27
To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Asio Protocol Decoder interfaces/templates

Protocol encoding and decoding. 

I found a library that promises this, which ironically is a candidate for
Boost inclusion:
CPP Net Lib (cpp-netlib.wiki.sourceforge.net).

I was hoping to get the library and find a set of classes used for protocol
data marshalling but instead it looks like the creator focused only on an
HTTP client, which is nice, but limited (for now, at least).

I joined the mailing list for the library and I asked if there are any plans
to actually develop something more complete and capable of dealing with
binary elements on a protocol.

This is not hard at all, and I could (and as I see it I will be forced to)
write some basic wireframe framework that actually does the protocol
parsing. This is something that, as I commented earlier, is done very nicely
by Apache MINA for Java.

My hope now is that this library fulfils it's duty to actually implement
protocol helpers completely and continue to do so the Boost way (the "right"
way).

I will continue my development from what I downloaded from them and then
contribute it back for others like me to have such a facility in the future.
Though I hope I am not reinventing something out there.

Regards,
Rodrigo Madera

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 8:47 PM, Ray Burkholder <ray_at_[hidden]> wrote:

What is protocol muxing?  
 
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From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]
[mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Madera
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 16:57
To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Asio Protocol Decoder interfaces/templates

Also, if anyone could please point to some examples as how you currently do
protocol decoding.
Anyone here on the list ever dealt with protocol muxing?

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