Subj : services
To   : Mcmlxxix
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Oct 08 2009 10:59 pm

  Re: services
  By: Mcmlxxix to Digital Man on Thu Oct 08 2009 07:03 pm

 >   Re: services
 >   By: Digital Man to MCMLXXIX on Thu Oct 08 2009 05:54 pm
 >
 >  > There are 2 types of Synchronet services:
 >  >
 >  > Dynamic (or normal) Services:
 >  > These services are the simplest to write and the Synchronet Services
 >  > module does most of the work for you (opening the socket, binding the
 >  > port, accepting incoming connections). For each incoming connection,
 >  > there is a separate instance of the JavaScript (or native executable) to
 >  > handle the client. Multiple concurrent clients means multiple concurrent
 >  > instances of the service. fingerservice.js, gopherservice.js,
 >  > nntpservice.js are examples of dynamic services.
 >  >
 >  > Static Services:
 >  > These services are executed when the Synchronet Services module starts
 >  > up and stay running through-out the life of the services module (or they
 >  > may be executed stand-alone via JSexec). Static services are responsible
 >  > for accepting their own connections and only one instance of the service
 >  > script (or executable) exists to handle all simultaneous client
 >  > connections. ircd.js and staticservice.js are examples of static
 >  > services.
 >  >
 >
 > Ok.. based on the above I'm guessing I didn't look hard enough for that
 > documentation, so I apologisze... but that does mostly answer the question,
 > so thank you.

Um, I just wrote that "documentation" in the post. :-) Think of it like a Wiki.
:-)

 > It seems I need to make use of the latter "static service" as I'll need all
 > of the socket connections to communicate with one another. I'll probably
 > hit another wall shortly after starting down that road, so don't be
 > surprised if im back on here tomorrow with more.

You could have dynamic service instances communicate with eachother as well
(using Queues, Sockets, or disk I/O). You don't *have* to use a static service.

                                            digital man

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