Protocol core-GUI » History » Revision 7
Revision 6 (Greg Burri, 07/15/2009 08:28 AM) → Revision 7/8 (Greg Burri, 07/30/2009 04:43 PM)
h1. Protocol core-GUI This page describes the protocol used by Aybabtu for network communication between core and GUI. See source:application/Protos/gui_protocol.proto source:protos/gui_protocol.proto for message details. !gui_protocol.png! * There's can be many GUI connected to one core. This is not a goal to achieve but it can be easily done with the chosen protocol. * All communication is made on a single TCP connection which is never closed. h2. Message types There is three types of message. * _Core -> GUI_ State : The whole state is periodically sent to the GUI, for example each second. * _Core -> GUI_ Event : Some events can occurs asynchronously like a new chat message or a new log entry. * _GUI -> Core_ Command : The GUI can send commands to the Core to tell it what to do like download this or browse that. It may or not have a respond from the Core depending of the message.