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Subject: Re: XML Protocol with initial ASCII handshake
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From: Max Larsson <max.larsson@facilityboss.biz>
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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:48:10 +0200
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Hi,

The XML size is send in the front of the actual data.=20

Regrads

Max

Am 17.04.2013 um 17:51 schrieb Emmanuel L=C3=A9charny <elecharny@gmail.com>:=


> Le 4/17/13 5:17 PM, Max Larsson a =C3=A9crit :
>> Hi,
> Hi,
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>> I'm using MINA to develop a client for a mainly XML based protocol.
> Not the simplest kind of protocol to decode ...
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>>=20
>> And i have some problems to figure out how to realize it in the best
>> way. The cause of the problem is that the Protocol has upon
>> a successful connection to the IP/Port a initial procedure to select
>> the desired protocol and version is performed, before the actual XML
>> Protocol starts.
>>=20
>> Up on now i created a StateMachine (similar to the TapeDeck Example on
>> the website) which models the initial procedure. That seems to work.
>> What i now wanted to do is, when this StateMachine has reached it
>> connect state (and the actually XML protocol starts), to forward
>> all message to another StateMaschine which works upon the first one.
>> Alternative i thought about to implement a custom IOConnector,
>> which uses the first StateMachine to establish a connection.
> There is a big problem with this approach : you won't know when the XML
> data will be fully received before having parsed it...
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> Unless your encapsulating protocol gives you the size of the XML data !
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> Is it the case ?
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> --=20
> Regards,
> Cordialement,
> Emmanuel L=C3=A9charny
> www.iktek.com=20
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