a remote procedure call (RPC) is a form of inter-process communication (IPC)
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Communication between microservices - request data
I am dealing with communication between microservices.
For example (fictive example, just for the illustration):
Microservice A - Store Users (getUser, etc.)
Microservice B - Store Orders (createOrder, etc.)
Now if I want to add new Order from the…
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Why is exactly once semantics infeasible?
In RPC semantics where Erlang has hope for the best, SUN RPC with at-least once and Java RMI with at-most-once but no one has exactly once semantics.
Why does it seem infeasible to have exactly once semantics?
For example if the client keeps…
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C/C++ RPC Tutorial for Linux
Can someone point me to a decent RPC tutorial for (or books) linux, like in this post. I tried looking around myself, I've only found tutorials that are really old.
Thanks
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fast-ish python/jython IPC?
All I want to do is make some RPC calls over sockets. I have a server that does backendish stuff running jython 2.5. I need to make some calls from a frontend server running Django on CPython. I've been beating my head against a wall getting any…
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XML RPC GUI for developers in Windows?
Is there something like this for Windows?
If not, what is the easiest/quickest way to test an XML RPC?
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MessagePack: fast cross-platform serializer and RPC - please share experience
Looking for some fast, simple and stable RPC library I stumbled upon MessagePack project which seems to be very good. It is also under active development.
If you used it in any way, could you please share your experience?
P.S. I think this question…
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C++ RPC library suggestions
I'm looking for suggestions regarding RPC libraries implemented in C++, for C++ developers.
Some requirements constraints:
Should work on both linux/unix and win32 systems
Be able to execute free function and class methods
Hopefully written in…
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developing a maintainable RPC system
I am working on a web application that will make extensive use of AJAX techniques for client/server communication...JSON-RPC specifically. Zend Framework is being used server-side, and it offers a nice JSON-RPC server that I would like to use.
My…
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What methods exist for local remote procedure call?
I am working on two separate C# applications, and I'm trying to determine what is the best way to create a remote procedure call from one app to the other. Webservices are not necessary in this case because the applications will always run on the…
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What is the point of LRPC? Why would anyone want to make Remote Procedure Calls to the same machine?
From what I understand about RPC (Remote Procedure Calls), is that they provide a way to send function calls, invocations, etc to remote machines. The obvious advantage of this is that you can have a single program that runs on a cluster of machines…
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How to implement a login page in a GWT app?
My WebApp needs to authenticate user before allowing any sort of access. The scenario I'm trying to implement is a login page with username and password fields. Once user hits "send" button, a sign like "Verifing..." should be shown up while an RPC…
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IDL for JSON REST/RPC interface
We are designing a fairly complex REST API, in which most of the I/O are JSON encoded objects with a specific structure. One challenge we have found is to document the API in such a way that makes it easier for clients to post correct input and…
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Do we still need a connection pool for microservices talking HTTP2?
As HTTP2 supports multiplexing, do we need still a pool of connections for microservice communication?
If yes, what are the benefits of having such a pool?
Example:
Service A => Service B
Both the above services have only one instance available.…
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"The RPC server is unavailable" using WMI query
I have a workgroup of web servers running Server 2008 R2 in which I'm trying to manage a script that checks the disk space of all of them. I had set this up a few months ago when the servers were being set up and I believe it was working fine. Now I…
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Celery rpc vs amqp result backend
How does the rpc result backend differ from the amqp backend? I see in the changelog that it replaced it, but although it is written as a protocol (with the ://), the underlying protocol is still amqp, correct?
For instance, result_backend =…
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