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My boss just sent me some links talking about using RxTx in .Net.

That's it! I immediately thought, "what the hell is RxTx?".

I've had a quick look about and it appears to be some kind of pattern used in Java.

Can someone, briefly, explain what the RxTx pattern is (from a .Net perspective)?

Liam
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  • and the downvotes for? – Liam Jan 13 '14 at 11:49
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    Perhaps you could reword your question a bit and show your research, as for now the first answer that comes to mind is _"ask your boss what he means with his email"_. – CodeCaster Jan 13 '14 at 11:51
  • Also, not sure why you think the examples are in Java - there's definitely references to the `System.` namespaces, the use of Linq, etc. – Damien_The_Unbeliever Jan 13 '14 at 11:52
  • I could, but what's wrong with asking what RxTx is on .Net? Someone else may well want to know this? Therefore I'm contributing to the SO community? No? – Liam Jan 13 '14 at 11:52
  • I don't think the links are in Java, they are in .Net. RxTx seems to be some pattern I've never heard of. That is the main question. Let me try and rephrase. – Liam Jan 13 '14 at 11:54
  • I think people are downvoting because stackoverflow is a questions and answers site dealing with answers to specific programming questions. Basically, most users expect a Question OP to post code which can enable them to reproduce the problem he is having. Some are more zealous than others in enforcing the suitability of questions. – Boluc Papuccuoglu Jan 13 '14 at 11:58
  • @BolucPapuccuoglu Why would I post code to a patterns question? This is exactly why the close votes about adding code were removed. [Not every question has to include code](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/210840/should-stack-overflow-be-awarding-as-for-effort/210928#210928). – Liam Jan 13 '14 at 12:00
  • I did not downvote, just trying to explain the reasoning of some users. I don't agree with them or anything – Boluc Papuccuoglu Jan 13 '14 at 12:03
  • Didn't intend that to be solely aimed at you @BolucPapuccuoglu, the whole *you've not added any code therefore it must be a bad question* thing bugs me :) – Liam Jan 13 '14 at 12:06

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Rx stands for .NET Reactive Extensions, linked from your second link:

The Reactive Extensions (Rx)...

...is a library to compose asynchronous and event-based programs using observable collections and LINQ-style query operators.

Tx seems to be an library written on top of Reactive Extensions, which allow you to query and monitor logs:

[Query] as if all the events were in a database, except no database is involved, the query happens directly on raw logs/traces or real-time sessions

Your confusion with Java seems to come from searching the web on RXTX, which is a serial and parallel communications library for Java, not really relevant to the subject at hand. :-)

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