Oh, and if you have any resources that support the notion that Unix Domain Sockets are no faster than TCP over loopback I would love to see them. I would hate to spend much more time on this project only to find out that TCP would work just as well.
Thanks again! -- ..Cheers Mark On 9/14/07, Julien Vermillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:02:25 -0400 > Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am looking to write a provider that performs NIO on a Unix Domain > > Socket. This would be used to communicate between JVMs on the same > > box and do it in a way that is faster than TCP. > > > > Hi Mark, > > My APR based connector is starting purring. TCP & UDP are supported > (I think SCTP too but I made no test). Perhaps I can force/modify APR > for supporting Unix domain socket. Unix socket can be very usefull too > for communication between a C prog and a Java one, but I'm not sure > nowadays loopback UDP is really slower than Unix sockets. > > Julien >
