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Implement RPC via SIP
Look at the following use case.
I have a client (Java) application, which wants to get/set the state of another, remote application (C). The communication between them is done via SIP, which is run ...
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Message Passing: How to detect and/or handle “dead ends”
I'm playing with a mental model for distributed actor system that communicates using messages. In this, it is possible for an actor to create another actor. I've encountered one specific situation ...
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Is often using int constants as parameters in communication between objects considered bad design?
An app I'm working on is designed with MVC. The components often interacts with each other by passing int constants, which then have to be interpreted with if statements. I'm wondering if this is ...
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Design pattern for bidirectional signals/events
This problem feels rather basic, yet I've never known a great solution. I'm looking for a way for components in an application to notify each other while being as decoupled as possible (both at ...
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In objective C, where does the inheritance chain end? [closed]
In objective C, classes are objects, but what object owns the class objects?
I am trying to get as detailed an understanding of iOS programming as I can, and this question popped into my head, so I ...
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Objective C - nested messages … confusion about
Wonder if anyone could shed some light on this messaging construct:
The documentation says that messages appear btwn brackets [] and
that the msg target/object is on the left, whilst the msg itself ...
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How to implement session state in a backend web application?
When using a non-MVC service-oriented/Interactor pattern approach to decoupled system architecture, how is session state implemented?
I've been thinking of building the frontend of an application ...
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UI message passing programming paradigm
I recently (about two months ago) read an article that explained some user interface paradigm that I can't remember the name of and I also can't find the article anymore.
The paradigm allows for ...
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Objective-C message passing related queries
I am learning objective-C after having good knowledge of C/C++. I have 2 questions:
Are Obj-C message passing and C++ vtable, two different ways of implementing polymorphism or Are they two very ...
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Merits of a “Message Passing” system vs. an “Event Based” system
My question is coming from an somewhat uneducated perspective.
What are the relative merits of a "message passing" system vs an "event based" system.
Why would one choose one over the other? What ...
