Tango 2

11/23/97


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Table of Contents

Tango 2

Why Tango2 Will Be Better ...

What is Wrong with Tango1...?

Tango2 Basics

Multiple Servers

No Plug-in !

Room Paradigm

Contents-server Independence

Server and Rooms Configuration

Multi-Room Paradigm

Tango Configuration

Restartable Applications

Room Paradigm - Summary

Protocol Improvements

Polling Mechanism

Shared Variables

Locks and Variables (cont.)

Shared Variables - Lifetime

Locks

Values

Predefined Sessions

Predefined Locks and Values

Access Restrictions

Compatible Application Groups

Different Applications

Control Application - Discussions

No Control Application !

Control Types

No Master !

API

API

Tango Reflection API

Tango Reflection API (cont.)

Administrator Interface

Fixed System vs. Sockets

Tango II : daemon

daemon Responsibilities

Connecting to the Room

Managing activities

Moving to the new Room

Services for Applications

daemon Architecture

Modules

Message flow in the daemon

Applets

Room Configuration

Tango2 server

Tango2 server - tasks

Tango2 server - architecture

Tango2 server - Room module

Tango2 server - implementation

Tango2 server

Author: Krzysztof Walczak

Email: gcf@npac.syr.edu

Home Page: http://www.npac.syr.edu