> -----Original Message----- > From: Vinod Panicker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 8:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: TCP Server > > Hi there, > > I was poking around the net looking for good frameworks which would > help me build a TCP server for messaging. This particular server > needs to be extensible and features that might be added to it are > still unknown. > > I've shortlisted CORBA and Avalon. Wanted to know if others have > experience with building such servers using Avalon and how well it > fares.
Just wanted to chime in with Niclas. Avalon is definitely suitable for this sort of project. However, you probably don't want to just start with plain vanilla Avalon (ie- the framework). Instead you should build your server off of an Avalon-based container such as Merlin or Excalibur (http://excalibur.apache.org). Also, please forgive some of the mess you'll see around here right now. Avalon is experiencing some "growing pains" as the project reorganizes and restructures. For example, we just spun the Excalibur and Fortress codebases off into their own separate project and Merlin may be next. These are good things in the long term, but right now it might be a little confusing for anyone new to Avalon. As for TCP messaging, we have OpenIM and Apache James which are both built from Avalon. I've also started on a JMS extension for Merlin so there are others who have done this before. J. Aaron Farr SONY ELECTRONICS STP SYSTEMS (724) 696-7653 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
