Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] Seeking info on cpp-netlib

[Glyn M. <gly...@gm...>]

Hello Moshe,

2008/6/23 Moshe Matitya <Mos...@ka...>:

>  I am looking for information on cpp-netlib, in order to evaluate it for
> possible use in a new project.  I have been trying to find documentation of
> the library (high level and class level), but I haven't come across anything
> apart from two rather short pages (the Requirements specs and the
> Architecural doc) on the wiki.  Is there anything beyond this available?
>
>

This project is still in a relatively early stage of development, so
documentation is currently sparse.


> For a good example of what I'm talking about, see Apache MINA [<
> http://mina.apache.org/>] (which is for Java).  All of its features [<
> http://mina.apache.org/features.html>] can, of course, be implemented by a
> developer working directly with Java's networking and concurrency API's --
> but MINA provides a higher-level abstraction in which all the "plumbing" is
> already taken care of.  Similarly, we could implement our needs by working
> directly with Boost.Asio, but I'm hoping that perhaps cpp-netlib already
> provides the sort of framework we're looking for.  Does it?
>

Asio will provide you with most of your requirements, apart from the
concurrency model.  However, it does provide good examples of how to
customize a concurrency model using Boost.Threads.  I think the only thing
in your requirements that is lacking in Boost is the thread pool, but there
is a good one available here:

http://threadpool.sourceforge.net/

cpp-netlib is intended to provide application layer support on top of
Boost.Asio (HTTP, SMTP, SNCP eventually etc.).


> One other thing -- where can the sources be downloaded from?  Is there a
> released tarball available (I haven't been able to find it), or do I need to
> check it out of SVN?
>
>

There are no releases available.  The subversion repository can be found
here:
https://cpp-netlib.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/cpp-netlib

Regards,
Glyn