Ramon F Herrera wrote:
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Notice that it is not only after step (4) that finally a regular TCP/
IP connection is established. How do they talk in steps (2-4)? Beats
me, I am sure is not telegraph or smoke signals, the point is that
there is some sort of communication going on. In fact, does anyone
know how they solve this chicken-and-egg issue?
But let's go to the...
Main Question:
Can I insert some statement between steps (4) and (5) in which I ask
the OO server: what kind of IPC mode are you using: named pipe or
socket? If pipe: what is the name of the pipe? If socket, what socket
number are you using?
What you're looking for is a service discovery API for OOo. It should
have one for the reasons you cite, but it doesn't AFAIK. It's certainly
possible to create an extension that would publish the information
you're looking for, say with UDDI.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/uddi4j
This has been discussed before, but as I say, I'm not aware of it being
implemented (but then there is a ton of stuff about OOo I don't know).
http://development.openoffice.org/releases/q-concept.html#4.3.4.Web%20Services|outline
A comment to Jonathon's Blog even makes a call for UDDI in OOo:
http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/more_momentum_behind_openoffice
Jim
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