Programming with the X/Open Transport Interface (XTI)

Programming with the X/Open Transport Interface (XTI)

Overview of the Transport Interface

Modes of service
    Connection-mode service
        Local management
        Connection establishment
        Data transfer
        Connection release
    Connectionless-mode service
    State transitions

Connection-mode service
    Local management
    Connection establishment
    Data transfer
    Connection release

Connectionless-mode service
    Local management
    Data transfer
    Datagram errors

A read/write interface
    write
    read
    close

Advanced topics
    Asynchronous execution mode
    Advanced programming example

State transitions
    Transport interface states
    Outgoing events
    Incoming events
    Transport user actions
    State tables

Guidelines for protocol independence

Examples
    An example connection-mode client
    An example connection-mode server
    An example connectionless-mode transaction server
    An example read/write client
    An example event-driven server