Application netconnector_example

The application netconnector_example runs either as an example NetConnector requestor or as a responding service. As a responding service, it can either be registered in NetConnector's configuration, or it can register itself with NetConnector as a running service provider.

With no arguments, netconnector_example runs as a responding service. It's invoked this way by netconnector by virtue of being registered as a service in netconnector.config (or on the netconnector command line).

With the --register-provider option, netconnector_example also runs as a responding service, but it doesn't need to be registered as a service using the NetConnector config. Instead, the user invokes netconnector_example with --register-provider, and netconnector_example registers that running instance with NetConnector. This allows the user to decide what context the responding service should run in.

With the --request-device=<name> option, netconnector_example runs as a requestor, requesting the example responding service on the specified device. The device name must be registered with the netconnector listener, and netconnector_example must be registered as a responding service with the running listener on the specified device.

Here's an example of netconnector_example being registered in the netconnector config file:

{
  "host": "my_acer",
  "services": {
    "netconnector.Example": "netconnector_example"
  },
  "devices": {
    "acer": "192.168.4.118",
    "nuc": "192.168.4.60"
  }
}

The netconnector_example requestor and responding service have a short conversation which appears as log messages.