XDR External Data Representation
XDR External Data Representation
XDR as a case study
XDR
Data Conversion
XDR Data Types
Implicit vs. Explicit Typing
XDR Programming
Conversion Terminology
XDR Buffer Creation
XDR filters
XDR Filters
xdr_int()
xdr_int()
xdr_int()
Complex Data Filters
xdr_array()
xdr_array()
Inside xdr_array()
xdr_string()
Problem!!
Distributed Program Design
RPC Remote Procedure Call
PP Presentation
Sun RPC
Sun RPC Organization
Procedure Arguments
Procedure Identification
Procedure Identification
Program Identifiers
Procedure Identifiers & Program Version Numbers
Iterative Server
Communication Semantics
Dynamic Port Mapping
The portmapper
More on the portmapper
Sun RPC Programming
RPC Programming
RPC Run-time Library
High-level Client Library
High-Level Server Library
High-Level Server Library (cont.)
High-Level Library Limitation
Low-level RPC Library
RPCGEN
RPCGEN
rpcgen Output Files
Client Creation
Server Creation
Example Protocol Definition
PP Presentation