[Backalaika-developers] Important question to Fabio at the end

[Nando F. <nan...@ma...>]

New idea for a task that can be done right now:
- Minimize BackupServer and FileServer to the system tray.
Anyone?


Fabio,

I am very happy to see your updates in CVS! Good updates too!

I noticed sometimes you use the <description> tag in XML documentation, 
but the text within doesn't appear, because that tag is meant to be a 
description *to a term in a list*. So I took the liberty of changing a 
few to the <remarks> tag. In #D you can test XML documentation by 
pressing CTRL-Q, but remember to save first -- sometimes #D hangs when I 
close the documentation window.

Also, great idea to have a change history in each file. Should newest 
changes be on top? I am putting them on top but I don't care, so if you 
have a preference just state it.

Speaking of cosmetic changes, Fabio and Ian win: I admit that tab 
indentation is superior to space indentation for our purposes, and that 
opening braces {} in a new line may often make code more readable. In 
time, my humble classes will comply.

On the other hand, please go to Options - Text Editor - Markers and 
Rulers - enable show column ruler at column 80...

When we talk about remoting, server-activated objects have two possible 
activation modes (or WellKnownObjectMode values): Singleton and 
SingleCall. These are at opposite ends of a spectrum. SingleCall is 
stateful: the remote object is only accessed once, the next time it will 
be a different object. Singleton means only one object is created and 
accessed by all clients.

I think singleton remoting would be appropriate for us.

But there's a difference between *singleton remoting* and *a class 
written in the singleton pattern*.

I read the excellent article on the singleton pattern you linked
http://www.skeet.org.uk/csharp/singleton.html
This author is golden. Here is more by him
http://www.yoda.arachsys.com/csharp/index.html

Fabio, FileServerBackup inherits from MarshalByRefObject, this means you 
also intend it to be server-activated. Can you explain why the singleton 
class pattern is needed for FileServerBackup then? I ask because I have 
never seen anyone say that *singleton remoting* requires a *singleton 
type*, nor any examples suggesting it.

Nando