Re: [sysapps/raw socket api]: New version to be reviewed at Madrid F2F-meeting

Few materials / questions for the Raw Socket Meeting

Use case:
- Allow a Web app to work the same if installed or not with minimum specific technical code
-> use WebSocket if TCPSocket not available

We could provide AbstractSocket to better share interface with WebSocket, potentially in a separate document (as DOM Core?)
Common interface specification doesn't necessary mean common process implementation
send process can remain specific to WebSocket, UDPSocket & TCPSocket


ReceivedTCPEvent should be replaced by MessageEvent used by Web Sockets, Web Workers, and defined in Cross-document messaging
-> http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080610/comms.html



ReceivedUDPEvent might be renamed UDPMessageEvent and extend MessageEvent


onclose handler might receive a web socket defined close event http://www.w3.org/TR/websockets/#event-definitions



Windows & Ringo use the term of DatagramSocket instead of UDPSocket. Would it be a more revelant name?






For information -> few existing APIs

- Windows StreamSocket JS API:
-Web Socket: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.networking.sockets.streamwebsocket.aspx

- TCP StreamSocket: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.networking.sockets.streamsocket.aspx

- UDP DatagramSocket: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/windows/apps/windows.networking.sockets.datagramsocket

- StreamSocketListener: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/windows/apps/windows.networking.sockets.streamsocketlistener


- Mozilla FirefoxOS
- TCPSocket: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/TCPSocket


- node.js:
- net.Socket: http://nodejs.org/api/net.html#net_class_net_socket


- RingoJS Socket module:
- Socket, DatagramSocket, ServerSocket... http://ringojs.org/api/master/net/




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