An Object-Oriented Framework for Client-Server Applications
Abstract
When developing high-level accelerator applications it is often necessary to perform extensive calculations to generate a data set that will be used as an input for other applications. Depending on the size and complexity of these computations, regenerating the interim data sets can introduce errors or otherwise negatively impact system perform. If these computational data sets could be generated in advance and be updated continuously from changes in the accelerator, it could substantially reduce the time and effort required in performing subsequent calculations. UNIX server applications are well suited to accommodate this need by providing a centralized repository for data or computational power. Because of the inherent difficulty in writing a robust server application, the development of the network communications software is often more burdensome than the computational engine. To simplify the task of building a client/server application, we have developed an object-oriented server shell which hides the complexity of the network software development from the programmer. This document will discuss how to implement a complete client/server application using this C++ class library with a minimal understanding of network communications mechanisms.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 776944
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-ACT-97-12; DOE/ER/40150-1824
TRN: US0101775
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84ER40150
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ICALEPCS '97, Beijing (CN), 11/02/1997--11/07/1997; Other Information: PBD: 1 Nov 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; ACCELERATORS; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER CODES
Citation Formats
Akers, W. An Object-Oriented Framework for Client-Server Applications. United States: N. p., 1997.
Web.
Akers, W. An Object-Oriented Framework for Client-Server Applications. United States.
Akers, W. 1997.
"An Object-Oriented Framework for Client-Server Applications". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/776944.
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abstractNote = {When developing high-level accelerator applications it is often necessary to perform extensive calculations to generate a data set that will be used as an input for other applications. Depending on the size and complexity of these computations, regenerating the interim data sets can introduce errors or otherwise negatively impact system perform. If these computational data sets could be generated in advance and be updated continuously from changes in the accelerator, it could substantially reduce the time and effort required in performing subsequent calculations. UNIX server applications are well suited to accommodate this need by providing a centralized repository for data or computational power. Because of the inherent difficulty in writing a robust server application, the development of the network communications software is often more burdensome than the computational engine. To simplify the task of building a client/server application, we have developed an object-oriented server shell which hides the complexity of the network software development from the programmer. This document will discuss how to implement a complete client/server application using this C++ class library with a minimal understanding of network communications mechanisms.},
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