I'm new to Twisted and really enjoying the event driven approach,
especially with the availability of in-line callbacks to avoid callback
hell. So thanks to all of you who have worked on Twisted.
The program I'm writing uses AMP for peer to peer communication. I like
AMP because it's natively asynchronous, has multi-language support, and
efficient, not wasting resources on HTTP headers, etc. There are times
when I need to send files, 1-2 MB over the connection. AMP provides a
binary type, but it's limited to 64k, so I'd have to split the files up
and make 16+ calls to transfer a single file. So I need to switch to a
more appropriate (not yet determined) protocol for the transfer, and
then back to AMP. AMP provides a protocol switch command, which is
great, but then I'd need to switch back to AMP and I have no idea what
approach to take here. It doesn't help that I don't have a file
transfer protocol selected.
Speaking of file transfer protocol , Twisted's FTP seems like overkill
for my simple scenario, though if I could harness the functionality I
need, I'd use it. I've also read up on Twisted's Producer/Consumer
approach, which I'm thinking if I have to roll my own, this is the path
I should take. However, I surely can't be the first person in more than
a decade to want to transfer a file while speaking AMP.
So, how do I switch back from a file transfer protocol to AMP and what
existing protocol, if any, should I use for the transfer?
Thanks so much.
-Randall