Hi Steve,

Thanks for the reply. I just looked at your RC directory and downloaded:

http://people.apache.org/~robbie/qpid/0.8/RC3/qpid-dotnet-0-10-0.8.zip

Is the file you intended for me to examine? I only see binary artifacts
here.

-Adam

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Steve Huston <shus...@riverace.com> wrote:

> Hi Adam,
>
> > There appear to be two different .NET clients available:
> >
> > 1) http://apache.cyberuse.com//qpid/0.6/qpid-wcf-0.6.zip
> >
> > 2) http://apache.cyberuse.com//qpid/0.6/qpid-dotnet-0-10-0.6.zip
> >
> > 1) appears to be a .NET/WCF wrapper around the C++ client (is
> > this correct?). I have gotten this to compile and run.
>
> Correct.
>
> > 2) The README describes as a native .NET implementation also
> > compatible with amqp 0.10
>
> Also correct. Though #2 does not get much attention or maintenance. My
> history is sketchy on this, but my undestanding is #2 started as a
> translation of the Java client; again, I believe it doesn't get much
> attention.
>
> > Downloading 2), there appears to be no source in the
> > distribution, although the README claims that the following
> > folder should exist after unpacking:
> >
> > *******
> > Generate code from <project home>/dotnet/client-010/gentool:
> >
> >   $ cd <project home>/dotnet/client-010/gentool
> >   $ ant
> > *******
> >
> > In the distro there are two folders, examples and lib, that
> > only contain binary artifacts.
> >
> > What are the major differences between these two
> > implementations from an API perspective? I've been using the
> > java client extensively and now want to provide .NET support.
>
> If I were you and wanted to program to a .NET model instead of WCF
> model, I'd look more at the .NET binding in the forthcoming 0.8. You can
> grab a release candidate from
> http://people.apache.org/~robbie/qpid/0.8/RC3/. It's not a nice Windows
> installer yet so you'll need to build it from source, but I think you'll
> find it a closer model to what you want.
>
> If you want to be a guinea pig for an installer for this, let me know.
>
> -Steve
>
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