AW: [Firebird-devel] Socket connection to InterBase?

[Torsten W. <tor...@ne...>]

Mark O'Donohue [mar...@op...] wrote:
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The client java talks to interserver which is C code over a socket.
The interserver calls the C api to get at the interbase server.
If you replace interserver with a java version , you will still have to =
talk to the C api, probably through JNI (Java's java -> c interface).
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If I were to use the C api, then yes, JNI would be the only means. It's =
important to note that a Class 4 driver will be impossible with this =
architecture.

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Importantly it would still be calling the C api to do the database=20
things.
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Or we could access the Interbase server directly over socket 3050, =
no?(which is why I started this thread)

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But what you would get is some nice savings and simplicity in=20
writing the client/server java socket data exchage routines.  java has=20
some nice things to do this but it works best if there is java on both=20
sides of the fence.  If you have java on one side and C on the other=20
side then its a bit daggy.

I assume that is what you are out to achieve.
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Right. This is my spare time project so I'm here for the fun of it.
I don't consider hacking C code to be part of the fun, ya know ;-)
But in earnest, I'm thinking about an architecture that combines Class 3 =
and Class 4. If you have a need for a middleware (compression, =
encryption or whatever) the InterClient/InterServer thing is ideal.=20
If you don't need this, a middleware makes little sense.=20

However, the first step would be an all-Java InterServer, yes.=20

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Again importantly it means that you still go through the C api layer.
I can not see anyway arround that except rewriting interbase in java.>>

Why no socket connection?=20

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PS: If you need any of the socket code, I've got examples the latest=20
stuff in the reflection proxy classes makes it really easy. =20
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Are you talking about general Java socket code, or Interbase related =
code? If it's the later I'm certainly interessted.

Thanks, Torsten=00=00