A C++ template library for calling remote methods transparently
This template library allows you to easily define a set of methods, which can be called just like a regular method. Calling one of these methods will trigger a call to the exec() method in a class derived from the call_dispatcher interface, which can then move or transmit (be it over TCP/IP, or any data transportation method).
On the 'receiving side', this data can be fed into the exec() method of the call_receiver class, which will finally call the previously defined method. Any data returned by this method will be sent back to the 'calling side', to be used as the return value of the original call.
The call_receiver class implements call_dispatcher interface, so the example directly 'connects' a call_sender derived class to a call_receiver derived class and calls 2 methods. One of the methods does a simple calculation and returns a result, the other prints "Hello world". In any real-world scenario, there will be some form of communication protocol separating the sender and receiver.
git clone https://github.com/tomwimmenhove/rpcbuf.git
cd rpcbuf/example
g++ -o example example.cpp -std=c++17 -Wall -O2