[news.eclipse.technology.ecf] Simple Client Server Example?

[Philip Quitslund <pq@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey all,

I've been intrigued by ECF for a while so I was delighted when I found an excuse 
to dig in.  I poked around in the docs but probably missed the obvious. 
(Forgive me for that!)  Anyway, I'm looking at implementing a basic client 
server protocol to support simple communication between two OSGi/Equinox app 
instances.  The protocol will be dead simple (essentially just a way to send 
remote commands).  Is there an example of something like this that I've overlooked?

Here's a sketch of a use case:

* Machine A (the client) wants to send a command to another machine
* Machine A discovers available (server) machines, finding Machine B
* Machine A sends a command request to Machine B
* Machine B receives the command and consumes it
* Machine B responds when it has completed the request

Is there an ECF "Hello World" or test case that approximates something like this?

BTW, if there isn't such a thing (and there's sufficient interest), I'd be happy 
to contribute back whatever I get working.

Thanks in advance for any pointers!


-phil