http://wiki.erights.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Comm_system&feed=atom&action=historyComm system - Revision history2024-03-29T13:43:59ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.15.5-7http://wiki.erights.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Comm_system&diff=1577&oldid=prevKevin Reid: new page; describe naming and responsibilites2007-04-18T16:57:15Z<p>new page; describe naming and responsibilites</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>A comm system is a module which manages [[proxy|proxies]] for [[reference|references]] which cross a [[vat]] boundary. [[E-on-Java]] has two built-in comm systems, [[Pluribus]] and [[boot-comm]].<br />
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Replacing the name “comm system” has been considered because it is too generic; however, no adequate replacement has yet been agreed upon. Discussion: [http://www.eros-os.org/pipermail/e-lang/2007-March/011928.html on e-lang], [http://www.eros-os.org/pipermail/cap-talk/2007-March/007586.html on cap-talk].<br />
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= Comm system responsibilities =<br />
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Besides providing a proxy handler to send messages, a comm system must do these things, if their conditions arise:<br />
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* If a reference becomes [[broken]], respond to all [[Miranda whenBroken|__whenBroken]] messages it received.<br />
* If a remote promise becomes [[more resolved]] (including becoming [[broken]]), respond to all [[Miranda whenMoreResolved|__whenMoreResolved]] messages it received.<br />
* Ensure that two separately-created proxies for the same remote reference are the [[same]], or that only one proxy per reference is created (the exact means depends on the proxy maker being used).</div>Kevin Reid