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An object-oriented implementation of the Xpress Transfer Protocol

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Multimedia: Advanced Teleservices and High-Speed Communication Architectures (IWACA 1994)

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Object-oriented design principles map well onto protocol implementations because protocols essentially manipulate two structures-packets and the states of the endpoints. In this paper we describe an implementation of the Xpress Transfer Protocol as a user-space daemon written in C++. The object-oriented model forces the programmer to properly place functionality and information ownership. The model facilitates porting to various platforms and greatly eases the task of building data delivery services.

This work is supported by Sandia Corporation under its Contract No. DE-AC04-94AL85000 with the United States Department of Energy, and CRADA No. 1136 between Sandia National Laboratories and AT&T Bell Labs.

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  1. Sandia National Laboratories, California

    W. Timothy Strayer, Simon Gray & Raymond E. Cline Jr.

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  1. W. Timothy Strayer
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Strayer, W.T., Gray, S., Cline, R.E. (1994). An object-oriented implementation of the Xpress Transfer Protocol. In: Steinmetz, R. (eds) Multimedia: Advanced Teleservices and High-Speed Communication Architectures. IWACA 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 868. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58494-3_32

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