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.NET Messaging Web Service
Bid Request Id: 33742
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QUIET (19 ratings)
(Software buyer rating 9.95)
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Very Good - 18.92%
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Excellent
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Nov 3, 2002 10:15:57 AM EDT
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Bidding Closes: |
Nov 17, 2002 10:18:11 AM EDT
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12/1/2002
TIME EXPIRED
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Description:
details in enclosed doc
Deliverables: 1) Complete and fully-functional working program(s) in executable form as well as complete source code of all work done.
2) Installation package that will install the software (in ready-to-run condition) on the platform(s) specified in this bid request.
3) Complete ownership and distribution copyrights to all work purchased.
Platform:
.NET j# or c#
Must be 100% finished and received by buyer on:
Dec 1, 2002 EDT
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Nov 3, 2002 2:37:28 PM EDT
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I'd have no problem implementing this, but I have a few concerns:
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There could be problems transmitting to clients on a WAN if they're behind a
firewall or NAT. Ports may be restricted, or the internal IP may be
unreachable.
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The servers could quickly become a bottleneck. Message senders would have
to block/wait until the server had finished its transmit attempt. The
more clients were registered, the worse performance would get.
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Server resources could be wasted trying to transmit to unavailable clients.
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When a client is sent a point message, it must explicitly consume it.
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The specification is a little vague about what happens to unconsumed point
messages.
Is there a reason you need a 'push' mechanism? It might be worth
considering a polling approach something like this:
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Client registers with server and receives unique cookie
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Client periodically calls a 'GetMessages' webmethod on the server, passing its
cookie.
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If unconsumed messages exist, they're returned to the client in a single XML
collection and marked as consumed on the server (or deleted?)
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The server would maintain a reference to the client's 'last received' broadcast
message (it's easy to identify which broadcast messages have been received by
everyone, and are safe for deletion).
This could resolve the potential issues highlighted above. Performance on
the server would be better as sent messages would simply be stored in the
database (effectively queued until a client retrieves them). Clients
would need to do a little work in polling, but in comparison the server
could put its feet up and relax. Deployment to clients would be simpler;
there'd be no need to set up a listener for inbound messages.
I've previously implemented a similar messaging subsystem (albeit polling-based,
with a single server). It exceeded our expectations and was used for
everything from locking mechanisms to audit trails!
Hope this is of some use. If I'm barking up the wrong tree, please let me
know!
Regards
Chris
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This bid was accepted by the buyer!
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$250 (USD)
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Nov 4, 2002 4:35:10 PM EDT
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Implementing pull mechanism as described in my comment.
There are more things we'd need to discuss, but I'm happy to wait until my bid's accepted/rejected :o)
What database server would be available? If it's still undefined, might be worth considering MSDE as it's freely deployable.
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