[news.eclipse.technology.ecf] Group discovery

["Oliver Kieselbach" <oliver_kieselbach@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
I just started to play with the ECF framework because it really looks
interesting. One thing came to my mind when I was trying to implement a
simple app to communicate between multiple Eclipse instances:

As far as I can see, one if the Eclipse instances must play the 'server'
role whereas the other are playing the client role  to build a working
'SharedObject' group. The question now is, how can an app check if there is
already an Eclipse instance playing the server role, so that it can just
join this group or, in case that client is the first member to join the
group defining itself as the server.

I think it has something to do with ad-hoc networks and service discovery
like Apple's Rendezvous.

Are there any plans to add something like an 'discovery & advertise' API to
the ECF framework or is this just out of the scope?

Thanks
-Oliver