Java or C++

After ice and applet problem surfaced, I had to decide how to do the communication.

• Do the whole ting in the coordinator itself in c++


• Write additional code for an 'server-side proxy' to connect to the applet with usual TCP connection and with Ice protocol to to the coordinator.

Currently, I decided to take the second route because:

• Socket programming is easier in Java, especially as the other side is also Java.


• Serialization of objects is straightforward, thaere are no endianess issues. (ok, there are, but handled by Ice)


• Standalone communication module is needed anyway, as coordinator will most likely be running on a firewalled machine