NAME

ivy-c - a software bus library

SYNOPSIS

Ivy-c provides a useful set of C library functions for communicating between different processes through a software bus

DESCRIPTION

Ivy is a software bus, ie a system that allows any software component to freely exchange data. The basic principle of a software bus is to ease the rapid implementation of new agents, and to manage a dynamic collection of agents on the bus: agents connect, send and receive messages, and disconnect without perturbing the overall functionment of the bus. Each time an application initializes a connection on the bus, a "ready" message is sent to all other applications already connected, and the list of the messages subscribed by this application is dispatched. The format for the messages is free.
The essential functions of Ivy are:
Connexion
Message
Message
Main

FILES

/usr/include/ivy.h
/usr/include/ivyloop.h
/usr/include/ivysocket.h

ENVIRONMENT

IVYBUS
IVYDOMAINS

DIAGNOSTICS

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BUGS

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AUTHORS


Francois-Regis Colin <fcolin@cenatoulouse.dgac.fr>
Stephane Chatty <chatty@cenatoulouse.dgac.fr>

SEE ALSO

ivyprobe (1) ivy-c-functions (1)

For further details, please refer to the Ivy html page at http://www.cenatls.cena.dgac.fr/pii/produits/Ivy.html

NOTES

In case of any comment or bug report on this library, please contact fcolin@cenatoulouse.dgac.fr, chatty@cenatoulouse.dgac.fr, jacomi@cenatoulouse.dgac.fr