Re: [E-devel] eet_node

[Mike B. <mi...@ze...>]

On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 10:39:15 +0100
Cedric BAIL <ced...@fr...> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Mike Blumenkrantz <mi...@ze...> wrote:
> > Since you're afk in irc, I figured I would move this to the ml in case
> > someone else ever wanted to know as well.
> 
> Ha, ha, ha ! You don't expect anyone else than me to answer those
> existential questions ! I think you are right probably no one else
> than me does use this API.
> 
> > 1) There are no docs for eet_node:
> > http://docs.enlightenment.org/auto/eet/group__Eet__Node__Group.html
> > This should probably be fixed at some point since the code is pretty
> > annoying to read.
> 
> True.
> 
> > 2) The reason I am not able to use eet for data serialization is because it
> > lacks a suitable binary data member in Eet_Node_Data.  In order to use
> > binary data, you must have a function like this:
> > Eet_Node *eet_node_binary_new(const char *name, void *data, int size)
> > Otherwise you have no way of correctly using the node data once it has been
> > retrieved.  If I'm missing something, let me know.
> 
> Eet never provided such facility as a binary blob. Are you really sure
> you want to send binary blob ? What kind of data are sending with it ?
> I am asking because, we always avoided to put non typed data in eet,
> so before starting adding this feature, need more information and
> reflexion.
> 
> > 3) I am assuming that the most efficient way to use eet as I need would be
> > to serialize using eet_data_node_write_cipher (with NULL for cipher), then
> > simply read back eet keys on the other end using a data descriptor to go
> > right to the struct?  I'm purposefully avoiding using eet_connection since
> > I have no need to use partial eet data structures; when using http
> > transfers you must send the content length anyway (w3c standard), so I do
> > my own internal buffering and can use the data once it has been fully
> > received.
> 
> Use eet_data_node_encode_cipher, that would give you an allocated
> buffer in memory that you can send as you want. So no need for any
> Eet_File when you are transmitting data to another computer.
Do you have any example code using this?  The more I try to figure out how to
make it work, the more that it seems to be impossible.

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Mike Blumenkrantz
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