[Cps4] Ice Age

[Ruslan Spivak]

В Втр, 04/04/2006 в 01:56 +0200, Tiry пишет:
> Hi,
> 
> I just installed Ice and the python binding.
> Setup ran allmost fine.
> 
> I also take a look at the first hundred pages of the hudge PDF doc.
> I must say that I am pretty impressed by what ICE claims to provide.
> After having work a lot with DCOM and a couple of weeks with CORBA, the
> way ICE is presented is quite refreshing. It also look like a lot of
> missing features in common ORB have been integrated inside the ICE
> framework.
> 
> So, I would be very happy if we make ICE part of CPS4.

me too :)

> 
> But.
> 
> Even if ICE looks fine and clean, deploying a ORB architecture allways
> need some work.
> So using ICE just for bridging CPS and Jack Rabbit looks to me quite
> overkill.
> 
yup

> But if we consider ICE in a broader approche, it could be interessting :
>  - Make a true language independant remote interface for CPS
>    -> Replace RemoteControler with an ICE interface
>      -> Have a true Component based API
>      -> Expose CPS Events
>  - Use ICE to have a connected/bi-directionnal connection between CPS
> and Apogee
>  - Use ICE and IceBox to build a simple extension framework so that
> builing simples extensions to CPS (Event Listeners, Injectors, Builders)
> can be done in any languages
>  - Expose a Java compatible remote interface for intragation with
> existing portals and portlets

+1 As for projects, for example, then AFP project would benefit greatly
from using Ice - response speed, bandwidth, caching, CNG <--> CPS
bi-connection

Ruslan