Re: BSD TCP Programming on iPad
Re: BSD TCP Programming on iPad
- Subject: Re: BSD TCP Programming on iPad
- From: Conrad Shultz <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:01:09 -0700
Why would the platform, architecture, or server language impact the implementation of a network client application? That sort of defeats the whole point of TCP/IP and the rest of the protocol stack...
Can you elaborate more on what you are trying to do? It sounds to me like you are putting the cart before the horse.
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On Apr 27, 2011, at 2:09, Bing Li <email@hidden> wrote:
> Dear Keith and all,
>
> I hope my iPad could communicate with my servers. The servers run Java.
> However, I don't want to use Web services. So I hope I could use BSD sockets
> to talk with remote Java servers. I think XML should be utilized too for
> this case.
>
> I am not sure if it is possible to do that.
>
> Best regards,
> Bing
>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Keith Duncan <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 25 Apr 2011, at 16:00, Bing Li wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Marcus,
>>>
>>> Could you tell me which features are not available when using BSD sockets
>> on
>>> iOS? Although I would like to use CFNetwork APIs, I cannot find enough
>>> materials to learn how to use them. The guide from apple.com is too
>> limited
>>> to be useful. Could you provide me with other resources about CFNetwork
>>> APIs.
>>
>> If I recall correctly, using the socket() API directly won't bring the WWAN
>> radio online, you need to use CoreFoundation API or higher for this to
>> happen.
>>
>> The CFNetwork adds very little on top of BSD sockets, the biggest feature
>> being CFRunLoop integration, where the system will create and manage a
>> select() (or equivalent) loop for you.
>>
>> Take a look at CFSocket.h to get started.
>>
>> Keith
>>
>>
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