ONC+ RPC Developer's Guide

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Updated: July 2014
 
 
Chapter 5

Advanced RPC Programming Techniques

This section addresses areas of occasional interest to developers using the lower-level interfaces of the RPC package. The topics are:

  • poll() on the server - How a server can call the dispatcher directly if calling svc_run() is not feasible

  • Broadcast RPC - How to use the broadcast mechanisms

  • Batching - How to improve performance by batching a series of calls

  • Authentication - What authentication methods are available in this release

  • Port monitors - How to interface with the inetd and listener port monitors

  • Multiple program versions - How to service multiple program versions