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Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 02:15:25 -0400
From: Mohamed Lrhazi <lrh...@gmail.com>
Subject: [Twisted-Python] RTFM about custom reactors
To: twisted-python@twistedmatrix.com
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Hi Mohamed:
>I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction....
>I am attempting to connect a proprietary network OS plugin system to
>Python, to allow for writing traffic handling plugins in Python, and
>was wondering what it would take to connect such a system into
>Twisted, thus allowing the writing of normal twisted apps on top....
>Is it matter of learning and writing a custom reactor? My current
>understanding is that the reactor is what detects and dispatches
>events... but does it also dispatch the "data", as in the traffic
>payload? what can I read to learn more?
I strongly suspect what you want to implement is a custom protocol rather than
a custom reactor. Look at that first.
Based on past e-mail and examples, I believe the rule of thumb is one writes a
custom reactor if you are porting to a new operating system/or taking advantage
of some specific OS feature. There are exceptions like wxReactor that is to
make Twisted interoperate with a windowing system but there functions that make
the regular reactor interoperate with those systems.
Cheers,
Andrew
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