Subj : services
To : Digital Man
From : Mcmlxxix
Date : Thu Oct 08 2009 07:03 pm
Re: services
By: Digital Man to MCMLXXIX on Thu Oct 08 2009 05:54 pm
> There are 2 types of Synchronet services:
>
> Dynamic (or normal) Services:
> These services are the simplest to write and the Synchronet Services module
> does most of the work for you (opening the socket, binding the port,
> accepting incoming connections). For each incoming connection, there is a
> separate instance of the JavaScript (or native executable) to handle the
> client. Multiple concurrent clients means multiple concurrent instances of
> the service. fingerservice.js, gopherservice.js, nntpservice.js are
> examples of dynamic services.
>
> Static Services:
> These services are executed when the Synchronet Services module starts up
> and stay running through-out the life of the services module (or they may
> be executed stand-alone via JSexec). Static services are responsible for
> accepting their own connections and only one instance of the service script
> (or executable) exists to handle all simultaneous client connections.
> ircd.js and staticservice.js are examples of static services.
>
Ok.. based on the above I'm guessing I didn't look hard enough for that
documentation, so I apologisze... but that does mostly answer the question, so
thank you.
It seems I need to make use of the latter "static service" as I'll need all of
the socket connections to communicate with one another. I'll probably hit
another wall shortly after starting down that road, so don't be surprised if im
back on here tomorrow with more.
-M@
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