ToolTalk User's Guide

Copyright

  Preface

  1.  Introducing the ToolTalk Service

  2.  An Overview of the ToolTalk Service

  3.  Message Patterns

  4.  Setting Up and Maintaining the ToolTalk Processes

  5.  Maintaining Application Information

  6.  Maintaining Files and Objects Referenced in ToolTalk Messages

  7.  Participating in ToolTalk Sessions

  8.  Sending Messages

How the ToolTalk Service Routes Messages

Sending Notices

Sending Requests

Sending Offers

Changes in State of Sent Message

Message Attributes

Address Attribute

Scope Attributes

Serialization of Structured Data

ToolTalk Message Delivery Algorithm

Process-Oriented Message Delivery

Object-Oriented Message Delivery

Otype Addressing

Modifying Applications to Send ToolTalk Messages

Creating Messages

Adding Message Callbacks

Sending a Message

Examples

  9.  Dynamic Message Patterns

  10.  Static Message Patterns

  11.  Receiving Messages

  12.  Objects

  13.  Managing Information Storage

  14.  Handling Errors

  A.  Migrating from the Classing Engine to the ToolTalk Types Database

  B.  A Simple Demonstration of How the ToolTalk Service Works

  C.  The ToolTalk Standard Message Sets

  D.  Frequently Asked Questions

  Glossary

  Index