Jacob Hanson wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I've nearly completed porting of Flash remoting to Python, "PyAMF", a > la AMFPHP for PHP, FLAP for Perl, OpenAMF and FlashORB(?) for > Java. For those > that don't know, Flash remoting allows you to send structured > data (objects, > etc) from the server to the Flash client, using a compact > binary protocol, > without having to manually fuss with serialization and > data-type conversions > (big hassle). It generally accomplishes the same thing as > SOAP (etc), but > requiring a fraction of the bandwidth and using less CPU cycles on > the client and server. > > I'd like to be able to support the implementation of it as a > Webware plugin > or module (and potentially other environments someday). I'm a > newbie though > (just installing now), so I'd appreciate any > direction/pointers you can give me. > What I need to do is to be able to load this thing up, > currently implemented as a > series of classes in single module. Then, most likely using > servlets, being > able to have complete control of the output, starting with custom HTTP > headers followed by binary data.
I think there are some examples in the Wiki of sending PDFs which would be an example of using custom headers and binary output. > > I'm all about performance, so ideally this module would be > loaded once with the > server and remain in memory for subsequent requests. This is > the main appeal > over using the PHP version, which has to be loaded for each > request. Is there > anything special I need to do to facilitate this or does > Webware take care of > this for me? Webware only reloads servlets if they have changed on disk, and never reloads other modules, so this is automatic. > > ...I'd also like to get this working with db-pool and > userkit(is anyone > working on userkit)? You're on your own there... people do use dbpool, but very few seem to use UserKit. > > Back to combing through the docs and wiki... > Another suggestion -- you may not need to write a full-fledged "plugin" but instead just providing a servlet base class may be enough -- along the lines of the XMLRPCServlet. - Geoff ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Webware-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-devel
