Dan:
Heh. :) The best reason I've heard of why unix-IPC
sockets aren't supported in Java is that it would make
the Java code run-on-Unix rather than run-anywhere. And,
hey, some Windmills should be left alone...
In practice, I use it to connect some ASP pages
running on my server with some network management software.
The use of TCP or UDP sockets isn't advisable here, since
the port it opens is externally accessible. And for a
firewall, for example, that'd be bad.
If it works as I want it to, I can write a big,
chunky, Java-rich GUI in my ASP pages, and have it administer
my Linux firewall/router that boots from a tiny 1.4MB floppy
(this is the LEAF project at LEAF.sourceforge.net). I could
talk at great lengths about this one, so I'll save that for
an offlist conversation...
Hope J-BUDS proves as useful for you. Lemme know what
uses you come up with!
cheers,
Scott
> Cool. Can you give an example of how this has been used
> in practice? I'm looking for a use case that will make
> Sun go "Oh, yeah, of COURSE we should support that in the
> standard JDK" :-)
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