Wire Protocol Proposal

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Wire Protocol Proposal

• Dallas
• November 28, 2001

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A Modest Proposal

• Multiple Wire Protocols are allowed.
• Components declare a WP associated with a port
  when they register with the service directory.
  (They can register multiple ports.)
• Other components learn the WP associated with a
  port when they find out the port.
• The default protocol is the basic protocol.
• TCP
• A message consists of a complete XML document
• After sending, the sender does shutdown on the
  socket, providing EOF to the receiver to signal
  the end of the message, but leaving the socket
  half-open to receive the response.
• All components are required to support at least
  the basic protocol.

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Advantages

• Something easy to start with
• No framing problem
• No other software required
• Does not preclude other protocols, which include
  security, streaming, etc.
• Can be used to bootstrap switches of protocol.