Client to Handle Conversation, Presence and Heartbeats

[Charles Hudak]

IMO you only have one communication stream. You just have to decide on the
what the messaging protocol is between your client and server and the
implement that in Netty.

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Replicator <webakaunt at gmail.com> wrote:

> @chudak,
>
>    I am new to Netty, just trying to get my head around how to model these
> communication pattern. Is that a single Netty client with 2 different
> handlers ( upstream, downstream )? Is it a single Netty client with
> multiple
> handlers per [UP/DOWN] stream, each responsible for different things, e.g.
> heartbeat, presence, consuming messages?
>
> Thank you!
>
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 2:44 PM, chudak [via Netty Forums and Mailing
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> <ml-node+s685743n6784814h33 at n2.nabble.com> wrote:
>
> > The sending of the messages by the server to the client is the heartbeat.
> > Not sure why you think you'd need a separate heartbeat (channel).
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Replicator <[hidden email]<
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> > > wrote:
> >
> >> We need to have a client that is consuming messages from from the server
> (
> >> that we don't control ), and occasionally send messages to the server.
> For
> >> example:
> >>
> >>     1. client sends "I am up" message to the server
> >>     2. server sends "I know that you are up. Starting to send you stuff"
> >> message back to the client
> >>     3. server sends massive number of messages to the client
> >>     4. meanwhile client and server send each other heartbeats ( on the
> >> same
> >> port ) every second.
> >>
> >> Which messaging pattern can we use for this client? Or is it just as
> >> simple
> >> as having a client with registered upstream and downstream handlers that
> >> handle heartbeats, presence, etc.. messages?
> >>
> >> Thank you!
> >>
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