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You could even write your own wrapper using C and the BSD libraries > Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:07:59 -0700 > From: scott_ellswo...@alumni.hmc.edu > To: bing...@asu.edu > CC: Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com > Subject: Re: BSD TCP Programming on iPad > > Reread the suggestions. Keith suggested CFNetwork and CFSocket.h to handle > BSD sockets, JohnP and JohnJ gave documentation and sample code. > > Have you looked at the resources? > > For what it is worth, I write Java servers regularly Serving some xml or > json over http has some advantages, but if the server is already written, > and you do not wish to change it, the suggestions above should be enough to > get started. > > Scott > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Bing Li <lbl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dear Conrad, > > > > I appreciate so much for your reply! > > > > I have a Java based server. So iPad needs to communicate with it. Moreover, > > I hope a P2P model can be established between the server and multiple > > iPads. > > Therefore, I hope I could use TCP to design the protocol directly instead > > of > > using HTTP. > > > > However, I have NOT got sufficient materials to program TCP on iPad. > > > > Thanks so much! > > Bing > > > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:01 AM, Conrad Shultz < > > con...@synthetiqsolutions.com> wrote: > > > > > Why would the platform, architecture, or server language impact the > > > implementation of a network client application? That sort of defeats the > > > whole point of TCP/IP and the rest of the protocol stack... > > > > > > Can you elaborate more on what you are trying to do? It sounds to me like > > > you are putting the cart before the horse. > > > > > > -- > > > Conrad Shultz > > > Synthetiq Solutions > > > www.synthetiqsolutions.com > > > twitter.com/TechConrad > > > > > > > > > On Apr 27, 2011, at 2:09, Bing Li <lbl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Dear Keith and all, > > > > > > > > I hope my iPad could communicate with my servers. The servers run Java. > > > > However, I don't want to use Web services. So I hope I could use BSD > > > sockets > > > > to talk with remote Java servers. I think XML should be utilized too > > for > > > > this case. > > > > > > > > I am not sure if it is possible to do that. > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Bing > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Keith Duncan <ke...@33software.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> > > > >> On 25 Apr 2011, at 16:00, Bing Li wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Dear Marcus, > > > >>> > > > >>> Could you tell me which features are not available when using BSD > > > sockets > > > >> on > > > >>> iOS? Although I would like to use CFNetwork APIs, I cannot find > > enough > > > >>> materials to learn how to use them. The guide from apple.com is too > > > >> limited > > > >>> to be useful. Could you provide me with other resources about > > CFNetwork > > > >>> APIs. > > > >> > > > >> If I recall correctly, using the socket() API directly won't bring the > > > WWAN > > > >> radio online, you need to use CoreFoundation API or higher for this to > > > >> happen. > > > >> > > > >> The CFNetwork adds very little on top of BSD sockets, the biggest > > > feature > > > >> being CFRunLoop integration, where the system will create and manage a > > > >> select() (or equivalent) loop for you. > > > >> > > > >> Take a look at CFSocket.h to get started. > > > >> > > > >> Keith > > > >> > > > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > > > > > > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > > > > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > > > > > > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > > > > > > > > > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/conrad%40synthetiqsolutions.com > > > > > > > > This email sent to con...@synthetiqsolutions.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > > > > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/scott_ellsworth%40alumni.hmc.edu > > > > This email sent to scott_ellswo...@alumni.hmc.edu > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/shashaness%40hotmail.com > > This email sent to shashan...@hotmail.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. 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