Changes between Version 14 and Version 15 of WikiStart

Timestamp:

02/28/19 17:00:57 (6 years ago)

Author:

wouter

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WikiStart

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 The parties server is a component in the bigger genius2 framework. Its main function is to
 * create an running instance of a party when a certain address on the server is requested
-* It then returns a websocket on which the party can be contacted
-* The connection implements something like {{{Connection<Inform, Action>}}} (see the references module in genius2 core)
- * accepts Inform objects and these are passed into the party (see the the party module in genius2 core)
- * can send Action objects as requested by the agent (see the events module in genius2 core)
+* It then returns the address of a a websocket on which the party can be contacted. Usually this websocket will be on the same computer, but it might be elsewhere)
+* The websocket connection implements 
+ * accepts JSON-formatted Inform objects and these are passed into the party (see the the party module in genius2 core)
+ * can send JSON-formatted Action objects as requested by the agent (see the events module in genius2 core)
 
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+In Genius2, the class {{{Connection<Inform, Action>}}} (see the references module in genius2 core) represents an abstract connection, the actual conversion is done with Jackson in the partiesserver.
 
 == Using the source code ==