Client side AMF

[Duder Himer]

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I would like to port a Flex client application to C#, which connects to a server and communicates AMF formatted objects over a socket connection.  Skimming over the documentation, I am seeing alot of stuff pertaining to the serverside, but I see a few client side things, but I don't know if they pertain to what I'm trying to do.

1) Can this library be used to serialize/deserialize AMF objects in a client side C# application?  For example, this is my Flex code to serialize an object and send a command with some data:
            var messageToSend:* = new Object();
            messageToSend.cmd = cmdStr;
            messageToSend.data = objectData;
            var serializedMsg:* = new ByteArray();
            serializedMsg.writeObject(messageToSend);
            socket.writeInt(serializedMsg.length);
            socket.writeBytes(serializedMsg);
            socket.flush();

... writeObject in Flex 3, from my superificial understanding, uses the AMF format to serialize the object.  So I think I'd be in good shape if I can figure out how to serialize/deserialize these AMF objects in C#, and also what kind of decorations/restrictions there are on the C# classes that represent the objects.

2) If this can be done, can you please point me to the relevant documentation?  I am having a bit of terminology overload here while looking through the documentation.  I am a pretty experienced C# programmer, but I have only about a month of experience with Flex, and am not sure what exactly you would call what I'm trying to do.  Is it "Flex 2 Remoting"?

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The FluorineFx library can work as a client library too. Currently it implements a NetConnection oriented API (so there is no Flex ChannelSet implementation yet, which however also relies on NetConnection)

 

A good starting point would be the [FluorineFx InstallDir]\Samples\Misc\AMFCall sample (this sample connects to the [FluorineFx InstallDir]\Samples\Flex\Remoting\DataAccess as server-side application)

There is also a FluorineFx Silverlight library (the same sample for Silverlight is described here  http://blog.fluorinefx.com/?p=17 )

 

You can also try to use as you described (1) the FluorineFx.AMF3.ByteArray class and do your own socket communication (if you really want to rewrite that part in C# ?)

(2) It would be still RPC as I guess there is some kind of remote method invocation involved in that case too (you are not just sending some data without use in the server-side) but it is not what we call "Flex Remoting"

 

I recommend using FluorineFx's NetConnection API but you could use what you described at (1) too.

 

Zoli

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From: fluorine-bounces@... [mailto:fluorine-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Duder Himer
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 7:56 AM
To: fluorine@...
Subject: [Fluorine] Client side AMF

I would like to port a Flex client application to C#, which connects to a server and communicates AMF formatted objects over a socket connection.  Skimming over the documentation, I am seeing alot of stuff pertaining to the serverside, but I see a few client side things, but I don't know if they pertain to what I'm trying to do.

1) Can this library be used to serialize/deserialize AMF objects in a client side C# application?  For example, this is my Flex code to serialize an object and send a command with some data:
            var messageToSend:* = new Object();
            messageToSend.cmd = cmdStr;
            messageToSend.data = objectData;
            var serializedMsg:* = new ByteArray();
            serializedMsg.writeObject(messageToSend);
            socket.writeInt(serializedMsg.length);
            socket.writeBytes(serializedMsg);
            socket.flush();

... writeObject in Flex 3, from my superificial understanding, uses the AMF format to serialize the object.  So I think I'd be in good shape if I can figure out how to serialize/deserialize these AMF objects in C#, and also what kind of decorations/restrictions there are on the C# classes that represent the objects.

2) If this can be done, can you please point me to the relevant documentation?  I am having a bit of terminology overload here while looking through the documentation.  I am a pretty experienced C# programmer, but I have only about a month of experience with Flex, and am not sure what exactly you would call what I'm trying to do.  Is it "Flex 2 Remoting"?

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[Duder Himer]

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Well #1 is a snippet of the legacy code, which I am porting over.  I'd prefer the easiest method, but it will need to be equivilant.  I am messing with the NetConnection API now.  I am only guessing that the legacy code is maybe some hacked together version of RTMP since a socket is being used.

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The FluorineFx library can work as a client library too. Currently it implements a NetConnection oriented API (so there is no Flex ChannelSet implementation yet, which however also relies on NetConnection)

 

A good starting point would be the [FluorineFx InstallDir]\Samples\Misc\AMFCall sample (this sample connects to the [FluorineFx InstallDir]\Samples\Flex\Remoting\DataAccess as server-side application)

There is also a FluorineFx Silverlight library (the same sample for Silverlight is described here  http://blog.fluorinefx.com/?p=17 )

 

You can also try to use as you described (1) the FluorineFx.AMF3.ByteArray class and do your own socket communication (if you really want to rewrite that part in C# ?)

(2) It would be still RPC as I guess there is some kind of remote method invocation involved in that case too (you are not just sending some data without use in the server-side) but it is not what we call "Flex Remoting"

 

I recommend using FluorineFx's NetConnection API but you could use what you described at (1) too.

 

Zoli

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From: fluorine-bounces@... [mailto:fluorine-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Duder Himer
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 7:56 AM
To: fluorine@...
Subject: [Fluorine] Client side AMF

I would like to port a Flex client application to C#, which connects to a server and communicates AMF formatted objects over a socket connection.  Skimming over the documentation, I am seeing alot of stuff pertaining to the serverside, but I see a few client side things, but I don't know if they pertain to what I'm trying to do.

1) Can this library be used to serialize/deserialize AMF objects in a client side C# application?  For example, this is my Flex code to serialize an object and send a command with some data:
            var messageToSend:* = new Object();
            messageToSend.cmd = cmdStr;
            messageToSend.data = objectData;
            var serializedMsg:* = new ByteArray();
            serializedMsg.writeObject(messageToSend);
            socket.writeInt(serializedMsg.length);
            socket.writeBytes(serializedMsg);
            socket.flush();

... writeObject in Flex 3, from my superificial understanding, uses the AMF format to serialize the object.  So I think I'd be in good shape if I can figure out how to serialize/deserialize these AMF objects in C#, and also what kind of decorations/restrictions there are on the C# classes that represent the objects.

2) If this can be done, can you please point me to the relevant documentation?  I am having a bit of terminology overload here while looking through the documentation.  I am a pretty experienced C# programmer, but I have only about a month of experience with Flex, and am not sure what exactly you would call what I'm trying to do.  Is it "Flex 2 Remoting"?

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