Re: [ecf-dev] Remote service question

[Hallvard Trætteberg <hal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 21.10.14 18:00, ecf-dev-request@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Wim Jongman <wim.jongman@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Alternatively, you could setup two services, one on each end.
>
> The server sets up RequestService#Request(Request request)
> The client sets up CallBackService#DeliverResults(Request originalRequest,
> Whatever result)
>
> When the server has finished processing the request it calls back the
> client with the original request and the result.
>
> On top of that, both calls can be done async.

Yes, this is good idea, particularly if you want something more like 
streaming, since you don't need to have the same number of calls in each 
direction.

In Akka you can ask for the sender. Is there anything similar in ECF, so 
you don't need to discover the (host of the) callback service?

Hallvard

> Cheers,
>
> Wim
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Scott Lewis <slewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On 10/20/2014 12:28 PM, Hallvard Tr?tteberg wrote:
> >
> > > <stuff deleted>
> >
> >   Yes, this was what I was thinking of. The advantage is that the framework
> > > does a bit more for you, and you 'reuse' the async interface that you
> > > already defined for the caller.
> >
> > Right.   It may very well make sense to create a new/customized
> > distribution provider to do this for you, and ECF's provider architecture
> > makes this very natural (e.g. you could even very simply extend an existing
> > provider).
> >
> > If you decide it would be worth it to do this we can certainly continue
> > technical/implementation discussion in those directions (new/extended
> > distribution provider).   Just let me/all know.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)