[QPID-664] High-level C++ client API.

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.8
• Component/s: C++ Client
• Assignee: Gordon Sim
• Reporter: Alan Conway
• Created: 26/Oct/07 20:49
• Updated: 29/Jul/13 19:05
• Resolved: 08/Dec/10 16:13

Description

Attached a proposal for a high-level C++ client API. The existing client::Session class will be renamed Session_0_10 and remain as an internal direct mapping of the 0_10 protocol. The new API is just a thin layer over Session_0_10 providing:

• improved usability
• abstraction from specific protocol version

The usability improvements include

• Self-contained classes reflecting domain concepts (Queue, Exchange, Subscriber, Subscription)
• simplification of obscure (and probably change-prone protocol) areas: E.g. apply a simple flow control policy object rather than fiddling with session.MessageFlow functions.
• Better memory safety, simpler thread management (these last points could be integrated early into the existing API.)

Comments are most welcome, lets hone it before we implement it.

Issue Links

• incorporates: QPID-1780 Remove boost dependencies from C++ client API
• is duplicated by: QPID-342 Isolate C++ client API