Re: Re: Standalone xPL Hub Summary, Mark II

[Tom Van den Panhuyzen <tomvdp@xxxxxxxxx>]

This will be fairly easy for the .net framework too.  I can have a
look at it this weekend.  Unless John B tells me to "stay
off!"...

Tom

On 9/16/05, Gerry Duprey <gerry@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> > I don't think so - to my mind, the application should act as if
there is
> > a hub present anyway. I think that an app should *always* assume
that a
> > hub is present and in essence, not give it any other thought.
>
> I think this is an OK assumption, as long as the app isn't going to
break.
> Since you can always send xPL messages, hub or not, nothing it
technically
> in the way.  However, the underlying framework should provide some
sort of
> check to see if a hub has been detected or not (like you can ask if
you've
> been configured or not) so for an app that chooses not to send
messages
> until the hub is active, it has something to make that decision from.
>
> > One thing also - the suggested timings have to be worded as
"suggested
> > values", not as a protocol breaking rule. There would be a
lot of work
> > involved in re-writing existing code, and I think that time would
be
> > better spent on new developments!
>
> I'll make it suggested in the next version.  However, I have to say, I
was
> surprised at how easy this change was to make to the xPL4Java
framework.
> Only took about 30 minutes to code it and do initial testing.  I want
to do
> more testing, but it was pretty easy.
>
> I've also re-done my xPL hub (for linux) so it now has a supervisory
> function that insures it's running and if it stops, relaunches it. 
That
> took about 30 minutes too.
>
> It's one of the things I really appreciate about this solution.  The
change
> is pretty easy to accomplish.
>
> While I understand if folks don't have time to implement it completely
in
> various frameworks, I would hope that an version with any automatic
hub
> removed could happen quickly -- once this gets "official",
the clearer the
> apps work, the quicker the "transition" period will be.
>
> Gerry
>
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> Gerry Duprey
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