Yes you need a state machine. This is basically how SMTP works, so you should look into one of the SMTP modules like Haraka.
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Andrew Finnell <[email protected]>wrote: > I have been investigating NodeJS for quite some time. I see the benefits > of the asynchronous nature and the pool of talent available to write in > JavaScript. > > I have having a little difficulty understanding how I might write a system > to deal with TL1 type devices. For those that do not know TL1 is a command > based protocol that can run over TCP/IP. You can do things like: > > > CONNECT (id) username/password > < Success (id) > RETRIEVE-DATA (id) parameter1 > < data 1 (id) > < data 2 (id) > < asynchronous response (out-of-band) (id) > < asynchronous response (out-of-band) (someone elses id) > > I made up the commands to simplify the idea, but most of the time the flow > fits a synchronous model. > > I thought about creating a simple FSM around the current states of the > system such as connecting, asking for data etc, but this seems overly > complex for doing something so simple that can be done with TELNET and a > bash script file. > > Does anyone have patterns that they have successfully used to solve these > kinds of problems? > > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
