R: Messaging services struggle

> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: red5-bounces@... [mailto:red5-bounces@...] Per conto
> di Walter Tak
> Inviato: mercoledì 1 luglio 2009 15.27
> A: red5@...
> Oggetto: Re: [Red5] Messaging services struggle
>
> Messaging is nothing more than sending a fews string to one specific or
> all
> clients from the server.
>
> You'd want to create your own method/function in Red5 that will accept a
> few
> parameters like:
>
> public void incomingMessage( String msgText, String msgTarget ) {
>     // if the target is empty we'll send the message to all clients
> connected to this room/scroop
>     // if the target has an ID we'll iterate through all connections and
> see
> if one has that ID and then send the message to that single connection
> }
>
> On the flash/flex side you could create a custom function as well, that
> you'd add to the client object of NetConnection , something like:
>
> function incomingMessage(msgText:String, msgSenderID:String,
> msgSenderName)
> {
>     // if the sender is a ID then it's a private incoming message,
> especially for you, put the message in a private popup box or somethign
>     // if the sender is empty then it's a public message that should be
> printed in the public/generic textarea
> }
>
> Best OOP practise is to create a new class and use that as the client
> object
> e.g.
>
> ...
> connection = new NetConnection();
> connection.client = new CustomClientNetConnection();
> ...
> class CustomClientNetConnection{
>     public function incomingMessage(msgText:String, msgSenderID:String,
> msgSenderName):void {
>         // do stuff
>     }
> }
> ...
>
> You get the idea.
>
> Walter
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm struggling with getting RED5 messaging services to work with a Flex
> > client. In particular it isn't clear to me how to define and set a
> > suitable
> > channel for the "producer" and "consumer" entities in the client.
> >
> > Can messaging work over rtmp or is it limited to http channels?
> > Also, how should I configure red5-web.xml to enable support for
> messaging?
> > Are there any examples or tutorials I could consider similar to the
> > excellent J. Bauch "Migration Guide" which helped me a lot in setting up
> > Remote Object support?
> >
> > I'm sorry for the many questions but even after a lot of googling and
> > searching through the mailing list it appears that messaging and data-
> push
> > is one of the less debated issues in RED5.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for any light you will shed on this topic.
> > Regards,
> > Ettore
>
>
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