oops, replied to paul directly instead of the list :) Grant
----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sent: 9/12/05 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [osflash] Remoting for .NET - proposal and request for advice > I've been talking to the makers of flashorb to see if they will make their > .net implementation either open source or more affordable :) > > I'm not sure how much time I'll have but I'm a heavy user of openAMF (for > java) and I know .NET very well so I may be tempted to get into this if I > decided to drop out of some of my other projects. > > I'd strongly suggest looking at the openAMF source code as converting java to > C# should be very easy rather than converting the PHP version to C# (the php > version was the basis for the java version so a lot of the hard work has been > done already). > > I may be able to build a gateway that at least processes the AMF packets and > tells us whats its doing, I'm not sure when I'll have time right now. > > Grant > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Sent: 9/12/05 2:44 PM > Subject: [osflash] Remoting for .NET - proposal and request for advice > > > Well, I've looked around and haven't found one of these, but it would be > > helpful for me, so I'm proposing a new OS Flash project: An open-source > > Flash Remoting gateway for .NET > > > > Since the kind folks who built AMFPHP have already done so much of the > > work, > > I was thinking of using that implementation as the jumping-off point, in > > particular for the deserialization/serialization, but also for the > > architecture unless I can find reasons not to. > > > > Any thoughts? I'm sure there are several people on this list with plenty of > > AMFPHP experience. I don't know if Patrick Mineault is on this list, but if > > you are (or others who have been involved in designing/building AMFPHP) > > then > > I would greatly appreciate your insights. For my part I have used AMFPHP > > somewhat (I have php on my personal site; .NET at work) and have dug into > > the source code quite a bit in anticipation of this project. > > > > Here are some questions I have, that I would love to get feedback on: > > > > - What are some of the strengths and weaknesses of the AMFPHP architecture? > > If you could design that system from scratch today, would you use the same > > architecture or a different one? > > > > - Anyone else attempted to build an AMF gateway? What lessons did you > > learn? > > Should I turn back now while I'm ahead? =) > > > > - Is anyone else interested in having (or helping build or test) an OS > > Flash > > Remoting gateway for .NET? > > > > Obviously there will be some necessary changes due to differences in PHP > > and > > C#/.NET, and I already have some thoughts about some changes based on > > specific things that are available in .NET that (I assume) aren't available > > in PHP. But having never designed an AMF gateway before, I'd appreciate > > thoughts from any of you who have done so, or at least spent some time > > thinking about it. > > > > Thanks for your feedback! > > > > Paul Robertson > > > > _______________________________________________ > > osflash mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
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