C++ Network Programming, Volume 2: Systematic Reuse With Ace And Frameworks

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Do you need to develop flexible software that can be customized quickly? Do you need to add the power and efficiency of frameworks to your software? The ADAPTIVE Communication Environment (ACE) is an open-source toolkit for building high-performance networked applications and next-generation middleware. ACE's power and flexibility arise from object-oriented frameworks, used to achieve the systematic reuse of networked application software. ACE frameworks handle common network programming tasks and can be customized using C++ language features to produce complete distributed applications. C++ Network Programming, Volume 2, focuses on ACE frameworks, providing thorough coverage of the concepts, patterns, and usage rules that form their structure. This book is a practical guide to designing object-oriented frameworks and shows developers how to apply frameworks to concurrent networked applications. C++ Networking, Volume 1, introduced ACE and the wrapper facades, which are basic network computing ingredients. Volume 2 explains how frameworks build on wrapper facades to provide higher-level communication services. Written by two experts in the ACE community, this book contains: An overview of ACE frameworks Design dimensions for networked services Descriptions of the key capabilities of the most important ACE frameworks Numerous C++ code examples that demonstrate how to use ACE frameworks C++ Network Programming, Volume 2, teaches how to use frameworks to write networked applications quickly, reducing development effort and overhead. It will be an invaluable asset to any C++ developer working on networkapplications. The ADAPTIVE Communication Environment (ACE) is an open-source toolkit for building high-performance networked applications and next- generation middleware. This book focuses on ACE frameworks, covering the concepts, patterns, and usage rules that form their structure. It offers a practical guide to designing object-oriented frameworks and shows developers how to apply frameworks to concurrent networked applications, explaining how frameworks build on wrapper facades to provide higher-level communication services. Huston is president and CEO of a technical support and consulting firm. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Table of Contents (NOTE: Chapters 3-9 begin with an Overview and each chapter concludes with a Summary.) Foreword. About this Book. 1. Object-Oriented Frameworks for Network Programming. An Overview of Object-Oriented Frameworks. Comparing Software Development and Reuse Techniques. Applying Frameworks to Network Programming. A Tour Through the ACE Frameworks. Example: A Networked Logging Service. 2. Service and Configuration Design Dimensions. Service and Server Design Dimensions. Configuration Design Dimensions. 3. The ACE Reactor Framework. The ACE_Time_Value Class. The ACE_Event_Handler Class. The ACE Timer Queue Classes. The ACE_Reactor Class. 4. ACE Reactor Implementations. The ACE_Select_Reactor Class. The ACE_TP_Reactor Class. The ACE_WFMO_Reactor Class. 5. The ACE Series Configurator Framework. The ACE_Service_Object Class. The ACE_Service_Repository Class. The ACE_Service_Config Class. 6. The ACE Task Framework. The ACE_Message_Queue Class. The ACE_Task Class. 7. The ACE Acceptor-Connector Framework. The ACE_Svc_Handler Class. The ACE_Acceptor Class. The ACE_Connector Class. 8. The ACEProactor Framework. The Asynchronous I/O Factory Class. The ACE_Handler Class. The Proactive Acceptor-Connector Class. The ACE_Proactor Class. 9. The ACE Streams Framework. The ACE_Module Class. The ACE_Stream Class. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.