[JDEV] server2client

[Chris]

On Monday, September 20, 1999 at 11:51 AM, belg4mit at MIT.EDU wrote:

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> Jerrad Pierce <belg4mit>
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> then how does the client distinguish between messages? (eg; there are
> several queued up) are we forcing the client to parse the xml as it
> reads so it knows when it's reached the end of the message? what if it
> over reads?
> 
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Then the client goofed, the messages come in as <message></message>. I'm
working on the mac client right now, and you watch for the ending
message tag. At that point you know you've gotten one whole message. I
read the data and send it to the XML parser (expat). When expat sees an
end tag, an end tag handler is called. AFAIK there isn't really a _need_
for a carriage return EOM marker.

Course I'm also still just figuring out the whole XML thing anyway so
*shrug*. Since we are using TCP I think we can be sure of the data
getting to us and being in the right order (ie no interleaved messages).

And anyone who knows differently please speak up 'cause I can only work
with what I know :)

Chris

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