[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > We have been asked to develop and application for a client that is a > 'notification" system. We would like to use python, but are struggling > to find the right starting point. Any suggestions, tips or sample code > would be appreciated. > > Application outline; > > Machine A is running a "listener" application that is connected to a > another device via the serial post and waits for events. We have not > problem working with the serial port, or the waiting for the event to > happen. > > When A received a specific event, it needs to send a message to machine > B that and event has occurred and that type of event. > > Machine B will take the event notification, processes some additional > information (ie. database lookups) and then notify a series of clients > that have "registered" with machine B to receive events. > > I think this is sometimes called "published/subscriber" ???
This is exactly the sort of thing that OSE is purpose built for. See recipe from Python Cookbook online at: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/81614 http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/81615 OSE can be obtained from: http://ose.sourceforge.net The documentation for the Python wrappers for OSE can be found at: http://ose.sourceforge.net/browse.php?group=python-manual&entry=manual.htm Graham -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
