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| <h3>New Client/Server Protocol</h3> |
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| <p> |
| We planned this for a long time, and now it's becoming reality: |
| the communication between server and client is being replaced with a new, JSON-based format |
| (see <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=311355">bug 311355</a>). |
| This new protocol will enable alternative client implementations for RAP. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| In this milestone, we focused our efforts on retrofitting LCAs to utilize this new |
| protocol for communication with the client. |
| The following widgets are already using the new protocol: |
| Button, Combo, Composite, Group, Label, Link, ProgressBar, Sash, Scale, Shell, Slider, |
| Spinner, Text, CCombo and CLabel. Changes are currently tracked in |
| <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=351945">bug 351945</a>. |
| Also the text size determination has been switched to the protocol. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <img class="framed" src="images/RAP-Protocol.png" /> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| We're planning to complete this conversion before the end of this year. |
| As the protocol stabilizes, we'll update the specification on the |
| <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/RAP/Protocol">RAP Protocol wiki page</a>. |
| </p> |
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| </div> |
