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

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Asio Protocol Decoder interfaces/templates
From: Rodrigo Madera (rodrigo.madera_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-31 07:46:21

These libraries that you mentioned transport objects, which is great... very
neat.
But I'm writing a protocol handler. Which has an RFC. Binary communications.
Already defined.

So all of the above are as useful as boxing gloves for peeling oranges.

I'll be writing the code, as I said, and then send a link here for you to
see.

Thank you for your input,
Rodrigo

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:15 AM, Ray Burkholder <ray_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>  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.
>
>
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *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?
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>>  *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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