[rabbitmq-discuss] method-like calls

[vishnu]

if this is not meant to be consumed by the outside world, aren't thrift or
protocol buffers also good options?

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Jim Irrer <irrer at umich.edu> wrote:

> Alexis -
>
> Funny you should ask now.  I've just resumed working on an AMQP interface
> after getting input from our team members and have been doing a lot of
> design
> work.  Our approach is to write our own code generator that writes code to
> do the serialization and de-serialization.  The interface is specified as a
> Java
> interface, and then we will be using Java introspection to get the methods
> and
> parameters.  The code generator will be able to make code for any language,
> but all I can see happening for the short term is Java and C++.
>
> The transport is in XML.  We use XML a lot and are comfortable with the
> technology.
> Messages are self-describing and verifiable.  We are leaning towards a
> slightly
> "heavier" transport that favors abstraction over speed.  I think that if we
> have
> situations where we need more speed, it will be situations like "we need to
> get
> 4 GB of medical images from here to there", in which case we'll either open
> up a "raw" AMQP channel that does no formatting, or, even faster, open up
> a socket connection.
>
> I had written an initial version of a library to interface to AMQP that I
> am mostly
> discarding in favor of a re-write that makes implementing servers easier
> and provides
> more flexibility (for example: server classes that support messages where
> some must be replied
> to and others that are not, direct messages, and fanout messages).
>
> I've got chunks of code written but am still working on the lower level
> design.  The
> architecture is pretty much done.  Lots more coding to do.
>
> I've thought about this (very fun) problem a lot, and have had a few
> "epiphanies".  There
> is a lot more details I'm not mentioning because there is so much.  I would
> be happy
> to answer any questions or trade ideas.
>
> PS: I don't always examine every rabbitmq-discuss message, so please feel
> free
> contact me directly.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Jim
>
> Jim Irrer     irrer at umich.edu       (734) 647-4409
> University of Michigan Hospital Radiation Oncology
> 519 W. William St.             Ann Arbor, MI 48103
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Alexis Richardson <alexis at rabbitmq.com>wrote:
>
>> Jim
>>
>> Please can I ask how you are getting on with this?
>>
>> I have a potential customer doing a mega project with Smartgrid who is
>> facing the issues you describe below.  They are based in Michigan and
>> were keen to hear any success stories and meet people locally who
>> could help them find RabbitMQ development skills.
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> alexis
>>
>> RabbitMQ
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Jim Irrer <irrer at umich.edu> wrote:
>> > Hi -
>> >
>> > We are replacing much of our SOAP infrastructure with AMQP, and
>> > one problem we are looking at is how to wrap an AMQP call so that
>> > it has a nice programming interface.  Basically we want to serialize
>> > an object on one side and de-serialize on the other side, and do it
>> > in a language independent way (we use Java C#, and C++).
>> >
>> > I am looking at REST (Representational State Transfer), XML-RPC,
>> > and possibly JSON-RPC.  Ideally we would like something that
>> > automatically does the serialization/de-serialization or generates
>> > code that does it.
>> >
>> > Has anyone found a technology that they like?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > - Jim
>> >
>> > Jim Irrer     irrer at umich.edu       (734) 647-4409
>> > University of Michigan Hospital Radiation Oncology
>> > 519 W. William St.             Ann Arbor, MI 48103
>> >
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