[news.eclipse.technology.ecf] Re: supported transport mediums

["Patrik" <patrik.schalin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Scott,

Thanks for the reply...

If I manage to get something running within ECF I will be happy to
contribute.

Br
Patrik

"Scott Lewis" <slewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:42312A65.2000906@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Patrik,
>
> Thanks for the nice words.
>
> There is nothing about the basic ECF container abstraction that
> requires/demands TCP-based communication.  Since we've just started,
> we've only implemented 2 providers of this abstraction so far...i.e. 1)
> a basic tcp-based group communications and 2) a xmpp/jabber-based
> provider...also based upon tcp).
>
> It would be very nice to have additional ECF providers...implemented
> upon completely different network transports...i.e. the ones you
> mention.  We would welcome with open arms any suggestions and/or
> implementation contributions you and/or others might be willing to make!
>   We would like to work with people to implement the ECF container
> abstraction around EPL-compatible implementations of other
> communications transports...and make these available as ECF provider
> plugins that application writers could use.
>
> The ECF container abstraction does imply *some* notion of minimal
> reliability/failure detection in communications, but it does not have to
> necessarily be based upon TCP.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott
>
>
>
> Patrik wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > First, thanks for an impressive demo @ EclipseCon2005, the ECF is really
> > nice.
> >
> > I've started to look at ECF and what it can do, but I'm missing one
piece
> > here...
> >
> > It seems that the current impl. only addresses communication over
sockets
> > typically using TCP. Is there any plans to extend the framwork to
support
> > solutions using e.g. UART and USB or is that already possible?
> >
> > Br
> > Patrik Schalin
> >
> >