Author: bloritsch Date: Tue Dec 14 07:07:07 2004 New Revision: 111820 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?view=rev&rev=111820 Log: Add an ABOUT.txt to the protocol-api area to describe the function of this library Added: incubator/directory/protocol-api/trunk/ABOUT.txt
Added: incubator/directory/protocol-api/trunk/ABOUT.txt Url: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/incubator/directory/protocol-api/trunk/ABOUT.txt?view=auto&rev=111820 ============================================================================== --- (empty file) +++ incubator/directory/protocol-api/trunk/ABOUT.txt Tue Dec 14 07:07:07 2004 @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +This directory is for managing the protocol-api library that will +be used for protocol integration with the next generation networking +libraries. The API is designed with the following constraints in +mind: + +* It must support asynchronous IO without forcing any particular + algorithm for asynchronous IO. + +* It must allow the protocol provider to be implemented without + intimate knowlege of the networking layer. + +* It must allow the networking layer to be implemented without + intimate knowlege of any protocol providers. + + +IMPORTANT: + +This is not for the current release of the Directory project. +This API and the new networking libraries will be incorprated +when they are ready. This is part of a concerted effort to +ensure that the project structure in the Directory project +is structured properly. +
