Do you expect those formalized interfaces to remain stable long enough to warrant the effort to create alternative implementations? Others have provided alternative implementations in the past that quickly became obsolete.
--mic On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:17 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Putting PHP in front of the DBs is one of the most natural things to do > from here on -- not just the things that Wiredux does, but for a lot > more! In fact, the entire collection of OpenSim.Services that are > provided as reference implementations can be replaced with > implementations in Apache+PHP. > > Calls from the simulators to the services are now all neatly packaged in > OpenSim.Services.Connectors (these are the "out" connectors). Just > browse through those connectors and check out the wire protocols, then > do the receiving end in PHP. Many of them are using standard web forms, > others use XMLRPC, others use custom-made HTTP-based dialects. > > Calls from outside to the simulators are packaged in > OpenSim.Server.Handlers. Again, check them out and, if not using .NET, > write your own client for them. If using .NET/mono you can import the > DLL OpenSim.Connectors.dll, and reuse the existing connectors as-is. > > But that's not all. Since now the interactions between the simulators > and the resource services are all formalized in interfaces > (OpenSim.Services.Interfaces), and the handlers and connectors in the > simulator are loaded dynamically, you can replace the connectors and > handlers themselves. In other words, if you want OpenSim to talk web > services, roll your own Web Services handlers and connectors under those > interfaces, and you're done -- you'll have to use .NET for this part, > though. > > Tom Willans wrote: > > Hi, > > > > First thanks for all your work. > > > > I assume from this that the webredux will no longer work without > > modification and will need updating. ( Thanks again here). > > Is there any information about the new authentication approach anywhere, > > if not in detail then an overview. Is LDAP on the horizon? > > > > I am mostly interested in linking php based frontends to opensim and > > hence accessing the database directly. Particularly relevant is moving > > away from using UUIDs. > > Please forgive me if I am missing something but I assume there are no > > web-services that can be called and calling C# from php is not a very > > good solution. > > > > Thanks. > > Tom > > On 5 Jan 2010, at 10:37, Ai Austin wrote: > > > >> At 18:32 04/01/2010, [email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > >>> To be honest, I don't think Sqlite should be a database type that we > >>> (OpenSim) should keep alive in the project, > >> > >> > >> It is useful to have a double click and go out of the box solution > >> which people can try out and test with. > >> > >> One other use of SQLite that I am aware of and fine very useful is > >> for the really simple and handy single region hosted on your own > >> system that is connected to the New World Grid for any avatar using > >> the "New World Studio" packaged version of Opensim. See > >> http://www.newworldgrid.com/lang/en-us/land/free-land > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Opensim-dev mailing list > >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev > > > > Tom Willans > > Managing Director > > Bessacarr Publications Ltd > > 3 Highfield, Hatton Park, Warwick, CV35 7TQ > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > +44 (0) 1926 402055 +44 (0) 121 288 0281 > > Registered in England and Wales at the above address. Company No: > > 4925067. VAT No:GB 823 9317 24. > > > > This e-mail is confidential and intended solely for the use of the > > individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are > > solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of > > Bessacarr Publications Ltd. If you are not the intended recipient you > > have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, > > forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. > > Please return it to the sender immediately. The contents of this message > > may be legally privileged. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Opensim-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev >
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