[sync] How does rpc work with SyncML

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

Quoting Anthony Mills <amills at gascard.net>:

> I have almost finished converting my WBXML stuff to php.  I would like
> to start adding the SyncML, the last bit to convert depends on which way
> I go.   How does it work?  The content of the HTTP request goes where?
> (Let's assume the WBXML is decoded.)  Is a string sent to some other
> server? a function.  Or is it streamed through the system.  Or are there
> no plans yet?  The last part assumes the interface is SAX.  I need to
> change it to fit your design.

Well, the design is relatively non-existant. So, what do you want to do?

Right now, the request goes to rpc.php. That page checks the content-type of the
request and loads the appropriate rpc driver - either the syncml driver
directly in this case, or an wbxml driver that'll just extend the syncml
driver.

It checks authentication, which might have to be tweaked for syncml.

It grabs the input; it might be better to have an option to just pass in the
php://stdin stream so that you can use sax on the whole thing.

Then it calls getResponse() on the rpc driver, and passes the results back to
the client.

So there's a lot of flexibility in there.

-chuck

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