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Introduction The API for the Internet protocols External data representation and marshalling

Chapter 3: Interprocess Communication. Introduction The API for the Internet protocols External data representation and marshalling Client-Server communication. What happens when several clients send requests to the server concurrently?. Issues

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Introduction The API for the Internet protocols External data representation and marshalling

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  1. Chapter 3: Interprocess Communication • Introduction • The API for the Internet protocols • External data representation and marshalling • Client-Server communication

  2. What happens when several clients send requests to the server concurrently?

  3. Issues • At language-level data (for comm) are stored in data structures • At TCP/UDP-level data are communicated as ‘messages’ or streams of bytes – hence, conversion/flattening is needed • Problem? Different machines have different primitive data reps, e.g., big-endian and little-endian order of integers, float-type, char codes • Marshalling (before trans) and unmarshalling (restored to original on arrival) • Either both machines agree on a format type (included in parameter list) or an intermediate external standard (external data rep) is used, e.g., CORBA Common Data Rep (CDR)/IDL for many languages; Java object serialization for Java code only, Sun XDR standard for Sun NFSs

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