Dear Keith and all, I hope my iPad could communicate with my servers. The servers run Java. However, I don't want to use Web services. So I hope I could use BSD sockets to talk with remote Java servers. I think XML should be utilized too for this case.
I am not sure if it is possible to do that. Best regards, Bing On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Keith Duncan <ke...@33software.com> wrote: > > On 25 Apr 2011, at 16:00, Bing Li wrote: > > > Dear Marcus, > > > > Could you tell me which features are not available when using BSD sockets > on > > iOS? Although I would like to use CFNetwork APIs, I cannot find enough > > materials to learn how to use them. The guide from apple.com is too > limited > > to be useful. Could you provide me with other resources about CFNetwork > > APIs. > > If I recall correctly, using the socket() API directly won't bring the WWAN > radio online, you need to use CoreFoundation API or higher for this to > happen. > > The CFNetwork adds very little on top of BSD sockets, the biggest feature > being CFRunLoop integration, where the system will create and manage a > select() (or equivalent) loop for you. > > Take a look at CFSocket.h to get started. > > Keith > > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
