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Re: java unix domain sockets ... or substitute

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On 9/3/2014 1:26 PM, Andreas Leitgeb wrote:
> I've googled for the terms java unix domain sockets, and it seems like 
> this cannot be done with plain Java (and its JSL) alone.
> 
> There are a few 3rd party libs (junixsocket & JUDS) which unfortunately
> both need native libs, which is a non-starter for me.
> 
> My current approach is to use named pipes intead, where the server
> blockingly reads on a "main" pipe (opened just like a plain file).
> 
> Clients first create a new pair of named pipes, and pass the names to
> the server, who in response creates a new thread to communicate over
> those pipes and serve client's task that way.
> 
> This is somewhat awkward (especially cleaning up of stale named pipes),
> and named pipes do not prohibit two readers erroneously on the same pipe.
> 
> I wonder, if there is:
> 
>  - a new way to do unix domain sockets in Java (that google doesn't yet
>     find, or only for non-obvious-to-me keyword).  This also includes
>     solutions that involve execution of standard unix tools, just no JNI.
> 
>  - a way to negotiate a bidirectional channel between a client and
>     the server that doesn't involve creating pipe nodes in the
>     filesystem.
> 
> The client is non-Java, but otherwise quite flexible.
> 
> I don't want to use inet sockets (not even localhost), because not every
> user on that machine should be able to connect, and I don't want to stick
> any authorization stuff into the protocol.
> 

Maybe you can create a Java proxy that the non-Java client can use.
Then you can use Java messaging (Java EE).

A simpler solution may be to use ZeroMQ: <http://zeromq.org/bindings:java>

-- 
Wayne

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java unix domain sockets ... or substitute Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-09-03 17:26 +0000
  Re: java unix domain sockets ... or substitute Wayne <nospam@all.invalid> - 2014-09-03 13:36 -0400
    Re: java unix domain sockets ... or substitute Fredrik Jonson <fredrik@jonson.org> - 2014-09-04 07:42 +0000
    Re: java unix domain sockets ... or substitute Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-09-04 07:52 +0000
  Re: java unix domain sockets ... or substitute Josip Almasi <joe@vrspace.org> - 2014-09-04 09:45 +0200
    Re: java unix domain sockets ... or substitute Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-09-04 09:14 +0000
      Re: java unix domain sockets ... or substitute Josip Almasi <joe@vrspace.org> - 2014-09-05 10:20 +0200
  Re: java unix domain sockets ... or substitute Fredrik Jonson <fredrik@jonson.org> - 2014-09-04 08:34 +0000
    Re: java unix domain sockets ... or substitute Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-09-05 01:06 +0000
  Re: java unix domain sockets ... or substitute Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2014-09-04 11:35 +0100
  Re: java unix domain sockets ... or substitute "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-09-04 15:11 +0100
    Re: java unix domain sockets ... or substitute Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2014-09-04 15:57 +0100
      Re: java unix domain sockets ... or substitute "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-09-04 16:21 +0100
        Re: java unix domain sockets ... or substitute Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-09-05 10:55 +0000
  Re: java unix domain sockets ... or substitute (SOLVED) Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-09-05 00:53 +0000
    Re: java unix domain sockets ... or substitute (SOLVED) Josip Almasi <joe@vrspace.org> - 2014-09-05 10:23 +0200

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