[Opensim-dev] WxServices

[James Hughes]

On 04/25/2011 07:20 AM, Melanie wrote:
> So, if I understand this correctly, it's a unifying framework to
> load http(s) handlers into either a rubust shell or a region server
> without having to make it a full region module?
>
> I believe this is overcomplicating things. If a web service is
> written as a ROBUST handler/service, no shim is needed between
> ROBUST and it. It would only need a shim to load it into a region
> server and that shim could be (and maybe should be) trivially added
> to core.
>
> I see no point in a middleware that abstracts and API by, more or
> less, simply renaming it.
>
> Can you explain what this is meant to facilitate and why new names
> for established APIs are needed?
>
> Melanie
>

Hi Melanie,

The intent is to have a generic way to add user developed handlers as
Robust shells to expose internal resources to external applications. For
example, providing a handler that a Web UI could call to create and
manage user accounts. Another case might add a new service that
extends the data. An example that comes to mind is the profile service
that runs in PHP.

The idea is to provide an easy way to implement those things outside of core
using Robust. But, maybe I'm not seeing the forest for the trees :)

I will have some time in a couple of days to look at it again. Any
insight to what
I might be overlooking would be welcomed.

Thanks,
BlueWall