Protocol core-GUI » History » Version 8
Greg Burri, 03/17/2011 12:15 AM
| 1 | 1 | Greg Burri | h1. Protocol core-GUI |
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| 3 | 8 | Greg Burri | This page describes the protocol used by D-LAN for network communication between core and GUI. |
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| 5 | 7 | Greg Burri | See source:application/Protos/gui_protocol.proto for message details. |
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| 7 | !gui_protocol.png! |
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| 9 | * 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. |
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| 10 | * All communication is made on a single TCP connection which is never closed. |
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| 12 | h2. Message types |
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| 14 | There is three types of message. |
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| 16 | 6 | Greg Burri | * _Core -> GUI_ State : The whole state is periodically sent to the GUI, for example each second. |
| 17 | 5 | Greg Burri | * _Core -> GUI_ Event : Some events can occurs asynchronously like a new chat message or a new log entry. |
| 18 | * _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. |