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Asked: 2026-05-11T08:49:47+00:00

I’m developing an application in which distributed components talk to one another over a

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I’m developing an application in which distributed components talk to one another over a network, in an asynchronous, pub/sub kind of way.

For this, I like the idea of sending XML over sockets – it’s asynchronous, I don’t need a server of any kind, and it can work locally or over a network. I would have to roll my own pub/sub mechanism, which probably won’t be too onerous – I could use the IP address as the id of the subscriber. The implementation language will be C++. I’ve used this method before with good results. But, I wonder if there is a better way? Any advice welcome.

Edit: I haven’t made a decision yet, but I’m interested in cparcode’s comment on protobuf:

‘I never understood the popularity of using XML for network comms. Any way, I realize that the protocol is only part of your problem but on that subject, there’s Google’s protobuf too: http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/ – caparcode (Mar 11 at 1:01)’

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  1. Instead of using XML it might be best to use an existing message passing framework. Have a look at libt2n or d-bus

    But it you have used your own socket implementation in the past with good results i don’t see a reason why you should change. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it 🙂

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