libt2n - C++ library for IPC
libt2n (talk to neighbor) is a C++ library for inter-process communication (IPC) with an additional code generator (libt2n-codegen)
Introduction
Before inventing our own IPC library, we checked a lot of other IPC frameworks like CORBA, D-BUS and ICE. But they weren't easy
to use (you need many lines of code to export or use a method, let alone good error handling) and did not allow passing complex
C++ objects like vectors, maps and your own classes. To get all this we had to develop our own framework.
Here's a list of goals we had in mind while developing:
- easy to use, mimimum of code-lines needed to export and use methods
- handles complex C++ structures like maps of vectors, etc.
- passes exceptions from the server back to the caller
- easy integration into autotools and pkg-config
- C++ only
- Synchronous, blocking, no callbacks
- no server-side objects, just functions you can call
- no threads or multiple server processes for handling multiple requests at once
Serializing all the complex objects is done with Boost serialization.
Requirements and Dependencies
For using the library:
For building new servers:
- gccxml
- libxmlpp
- pkg-config (strongly recommended)
- GNU autotools (autoconf, automake, libtool)
Documentation
The library documentation is here (generated with Doxygen). It includes a usage example where
you see how easy it is to use libt2n.
License
LGPL for the library and GPL for the code generator and examples. For details see the files COPYING.LIB and COPYING included in the source package.
Download
Source TGZs
libt2n-0.3.tar.gz, released 2007-05-08.
libt2n-0.2.tar.gz, released 2006-12-21.
Contact
If you have any problems using the library, feel free to ask us via email at: