Re: [Opensync-devel] Discussion: syncml plugin with synthesis

[Lukas Z. <lu...@pl...>]

Hello,

On Oct 24, 2011, at 23:14 , Chris Frey wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 12:40:35PM +0200, deloptes wrote:
>> My proposal is to discuss it here and I'm asking for input basically to work
>> out the design.
>>> From the akonadi-plugin experience it is clear what needs to be done on the
>> opensync side, so I need some ideas how synthesis can be brought into the
>> game.
>> 
>> I was thinking perhaps to take over the syncml library, but it looks like
>> there is too much SyncML stuff to care about, which is already done in
>> synthesis.
>> 
>> If one of you is interested to assist, please let me know.
> 
> I'm willing to help answer opensync questions and general C and C++ questions
> as I am able.  I'm not a libsynthesis expert, so I don't have much to offer
> in that regard.
> 
> It appears that libsynthesis is also an engine.  I don't know if that will
> get in the way of turning it into an opensync plugin.  You'll have to find
> out first if you can use libsynthesis like an API, or whether you have to
> use it like a plugin.
> 
> Maybe other people more familiar with the library can answer this.

I'm not familiar with Opensync, but I wrote most of libsynthesis. Indeed, libsynthesis is a SyncML engine which has two APIs:

- one to use the library in an application to provide SyncML sync (client or server)
- another for datastore backend plugins, which are *called* by the engine to read/write/delete data.

So the question is if this can fit into the Opensync picture somehow. As libsynthesis was not designed to be integrated as a subsystem of an overall sync architecture as Opensync, it might be difficult.

Best Regards,

Lukas Zeller, plan44.ch
lu...@pl... - www.plan44.ch