Contents

• Object-Based Protocol Implementation
• Protocols and Sessions
  • Configuring a Protocol Graph
  • Operations on Protocol Objects
  • Operations on Session Objects
  • Asynchronous versus Synchronous Protocols
  • Process Models for Protocols
• Message Library
  • Adding and Stripping Headers
  • Fragmenting and Reassembling Messages
  • Traversing Messages
  • Other Operations
• Participant Library
  • Participant Addresses
  • Relative Protocol Numbers
• Event Library
• Map Library
• Example Protocol
  • Header Files
  • Initialization
  • Opening Connections
  • Demultiplexing Incoming Messages
  • Sending and Receiving Messages
  • Control Operations
  • Close
• Reference Counting Sessions
  • References
  • Reference counts
    • Counting External References
    • Counting xPops
  • Internal vs. External Reference Counts
  • Session Caching Strategies
• More Example Protocols
  • Fragmentation
  • Reassembly
  • Synchrony, Timeouts, and Blocking
  • Purely Synchronous Protocol
  • Virtual Protocols
• References
• About this document ...