When developing a protocol-independent client/server application, client and server must meet the following requirements:
- The server-side of the application must be able to register its existence within, or become accessible to one or more namespaces.
- The client application must be able to find the service within a namespace and obtain the required transport protocol and addressing information.
For those accustomed to developing TCP/IP-based applications, this may seem to involve little more than looking up a host address and then using an agreed port number. Other networking schemes however, allow the ___location of the service, the protocol used for the service, and other attributes to be discovered at run-time.
See Also
Winsock Name Resolution | Name Resolution Model | Namespace Organization | Namespace Provider Architecture
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