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README.md

  1. Dependencies =================

Debian

  • g++ 4.8 or 4.9
  • GNU make
  • libboost-filesystem-dev
  • p≡p Engine (which needs gpgme-thread, a patched libetpan, libboost-system-dev)

It comes with libevent 2.20, that needs GNU autohell to build. :-/ Maybe Debian Jessie's version 2.0 also works well, I never tried.

  1. Build ==========
  • build p≡p Engine

  • first build libevent, see libevent-2.0.22-stable/README (a user-install in $HOME/local/ is fine)

  • edit the library and include paths server/Makefile so p≡p & libevent will be found

  • run "make" in the server/ path

  1. Running ============
  • run ./mt-server

  • visit http://127.0.0.1:4223/ in your javascript-enabled web browser to see the test JavaScript client

  • call some functions ("version()" or "get_gpg_path()" should work just fine)

  1. Extending / Customizing ============================
  • The 'FunctionMap function' in mt-server.cc defines which functions are callable via the JSON-RPC interface. The existing entries show the syntax of that map.

  • At the moment only functions with a non-void return type ere supported. It is possible to extend the FunctionMap to support also void-returning functions if desired, but it would require more template specializations in function_map.hh etc. The alternative is a helper function that calls the void function and just returns a dummy value.

  • The current implementation supports input and output parameters, no "inout".

  • For each type there must exist specializations of the template classes "In" (for input parameters) and "Out" (for output parameters). The linker will tell you, which specializations are needed. ;-)

  • The specializations for "generic types" are in function_map.cc

  • The specializations for "p≡p-specific types" are in pep-types.cc

  1. TODO =========
  • Add unit tests (I'd suggest GoogleTest/gtest? Any complaints?)

  • Fix the bugs that are found by the Unit tests, if any.

  • Let's generate all the tedious boiler plate code

    • the content of pep-types.cc
    • perhaps the FunctionMap 'function' in mt-server.cc
    • perhaps the JavaScript side of the HTML test page to ensure to be consistent with the server side in pep-types.cc
  • Adapt the "p≡p Transport API", when it is final. (either manually or by code generator, if ready)