Re: Re: xPLHubs (again!)

["Malcolm Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "John B" <home-automation@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 7:29 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_xpl] Re: xPLHubs (again!)

> The only issue with this is that for users who don't use services,
it's
> quite possible that a regular Windows app could be the hub.
> It's also quite possible that the role of the hub could switch between
> applications quite rapidly (i.e. if users are opening/closing xPL apps
> that act as hubs)
>
> Consider a device with an interval of 9 (the maximum permitted value).
> If the hub is never left running for more than 18 minutes, the client
> will never disappear, because the hub will never be up long enough for
> it to timeout.
>

Very true - I hadn't thought of that.

> Xpllib only saves the hubs when it's shutting down, so I see no
problem
> with you adopting the same approach in your own library.
>

Then that's what I'll do too - I'm glad I can avoid writing to disk every
couple of minutes.

Mal



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