Glossary

controller

Server side module for business logic. The controller can be compared to a regular ASP.NET MVC controller with the difference that the XSockets controller is stateful.

IMessage

The internal message format of XSockets.NET

PersistenId

A unique identifier that is used on connection level (protocol) and is used to identify a client. This is also used when reconnecting to the server. When the PersistentId is sent in with the handshake the reconnect events will be triggered and the user will also be able to get back unique dta form the storage.

RMI

Remote Method Invocation

RPC

Remote Procedure Call

simple messaging

A basic pattern where messages arrive in the OnMessage method and simple business logic can decide what actions to take.

XSockets

Software for targeted real-time communication

XSockets.NET

Software for targeted real-time communication

ControllerId

Unique for each instance of a controller, only lives dureing the lifetime of the controller instance. The controller gets a new ControllerId every time it is opened.