Subj : services
To : Mcmlxxix
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Oct 08 2009 10:59 pm
Re: services
By: Mcmlxxix to Digital Man on 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.
Um, I just wrote that "documentation" in the post. :-) Think of it like a Wiki.
:-)
> 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.
You could have dynamic service instances communicate with eachother as well
(using Queues, Sockets, or disk I/O). You don't *have* to use a static service.
digital man
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