ossp-pkg/xds/TODO
1.3
Simple RPC
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Architecture:
- Abstracted Message Passing Library: libamp
- eXtendable Data Serialization Library: libxds
- Simple Remote Procedure Call Library: libsrpc
TODO:
- The server actually performing the function call has to interpret
the transferred data according to the functions prototype. This may
be done in one of the following ways:
- All functions have the same prototype. The function may then be a
stub calling the actual function. These stubs can be generated
manually or semi-automatically.
- Allow only a finite set of prototypes and switch according to the
function tye, like in eAPI in Apache.
- Build function call dynamically using the Foreign Function Call
library.
- The programmer should be able to specify whether his implementations
need guarantees of being called at least once, exactly once, etc.
o M1 (peti) [11-Jun-2001]
- evaluation (-> ideas)
(checklist)
- prototype
(C++)
o M2 (peti+rse) [25-Jun-2001]
- design/architecture paper (authentication+encryption framework)
(< 10KB Text + 1x Figure)
o M3 (peti+rse) [9-Jul-2001]
- design libxds API
- design libamp API
- preliminary design libsrpc API
o M4 (peti)
- implementation of libxds
- implementation of libamp
o M5 (peti+rse)
- design libsrpc API and protocol
o M6 (peti)
- implementation libsrpc
- implementation xxxd
o M7 (peti)
- documentation
o M8 (rse)
- OSSP integration
