object_protocol
    by James Tucker
    http://ra66i.org
    http://github.com/raggi/object_protocol

== DESCRIPTION:

An Object Protocol for ruby. Simply implements send and receive using a 
serializer that responds to #dump and #load. This protocol does not handle the 
"packetization" or framing of data. This should be performed by an external 
handler such as my sized_header_protocol.

== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

* Simplicity.
* Accepts any serializer supporting #dump and #load.
* Part of the API feels a bit clunky when chaining.
* Needs it's documentation filling in.

== SYNOPSIS:

The following example is an example designed to run with EventMachine and 
sized_header_protocol. See the docs for sized_header_protocol for more 
information regarding the chaining api setup.

Provide any serializer supporting #dump and #load. Known options include:
* Marshal
* YAML
* JSON
I'm sure there must be others too.

  require 'rubygems'
  require 'eventmachine'
  require 'sized_header_protocol'
  require 'object_protocol'

  module Op

    def post_init
      @serializer = Marshal
      @packr = SizedHeaderProtocol.new(self, :send_data, nil, :receive_data)
      @proto = ObjectProtocol.new(@packr, :send_data, self, :receive_object, @serializer)
      @packr.read_obj = @proto
    end

    def receive_data(data)
      @packr.receive_data(data)
    end

    def send_object(object)
      @proto.send_data(object)
    end

    def receive_object(object)
      p object
      send_object(object.reverse)
    end

  end

  EM.run do

    EM.start_server '127.0.0.1', 8000, Op do |c|
      EM.add_timer(0.1) { c.send_object [:from, :server] }
    end

    EM.connect '127.0.0.1', 8000, Op do |c|
      EM.add_timer(0.1) { c.send_object [:from, :client] }
    end

    EM.add_timer(0.5) { EM.stop }

  end

Also, for further details or explanation, see the test (spec) suite.

== REQUIREMENTS:

* A packetization lib (sized_header_protocol)
* A transport system (eventmachine / packet / rev)
* Bacon for the spec suite.

== INSTALL:

* sudo gem install object_protocol

== LICENSE:

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2008 James Tucker

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