Deals with fragmentation? UDP fragmentation is handled in the kernel. On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 9:19 AM Emmanuel Lécharny <elecha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 14/04/2020 14:31, Simha N wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am evaluating MINA for development of Java based networking clients > based > > on protocols such as SNMP and Netconf. > > > > Protocol stacks are available for these protocols. Some of the stacks are > > based on Java NIO (example: SNMP4J) and some are not based on Java NIO > > (Example: JoeSNMP and JNC). > > > > In order to develop a networking client using MINA, Application developer > > shall write a Codec by implementing the interface ProtocolDecoderAdapter > > for each protocol. Application developer has to understand chosen > protocol > > stack API well to write the codec. This needs good amount of protocol > > knowledge. > > > > If my protocol stack is based on Java BIO (not a NIO), then I see a valid > > reason to move to MINA to get performance gain in spite effort needed to > > writing codec. > > > > But, if my protocol stack is based on Java NIO, what is the advantage of > > using MINA? Does it bring in any performance gain? > > Simplicity. It alleviates you from dealing of all the burden of managing > the Selector on your own. You just end with dealing with events like > 'messageReceived' or 'messageSent', plus the few session management > messages (sessionOpened, sessionClosed, etc) > > It also deals with fragmentation, which is quite a relief. > > It won't bring you any performance, because you are adding a stack on > top of NIO. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@mina.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@mina.apache.org > >
