Extending AMPS with Server Modules

Contents:

• 1. Overview of AMPS Server Modules
  • Prerequisites
  • Introduction to AMPS Server Modules
  • How Do AMPS Modules Work?
  • Creating a Module
  • Common Configuration File Options
  • Implementing amps_module_init()
  • Using amps_logger
  • Using amps_allocator
  • Implementing amps_module_terminate()
  • Multithreading in AMPS Modules
• 2. Authentication Modules
  • What’s An Authentication Module?
  • When To Implement an Authentication Module
  • Authentication Context
  • Authenticating Users with AMPS
  • Managing Authentication Contexts
• 3. Entitlement Modules
  • What’s An Entitlement Module?
  • When to Implement an Entitlement Module
  • Entitlement Context
  • Managing Access to Resources
• 4. User-Defined Functions
  • What’s A UDF?
  • When Should I Create a UDF?
  • Implementing a UDF
  • Making UDF Functions Array-Aware
  • Registering the UDF with AMPS
• 5. Authenticator Modules
  • What’s An Authenticator Module?
  • When to Implement an Authenticator
  • Authenticator Context
  • Providing User Credentials for Logon
• 6. Action Modules
  • What’s An Action Module?
  • When to Implement an Administrative Action Module
  • Action Context
  • Implementing an Action
  • Working With Variables
• 7. AMPS Utility API
  • Header File
  • Utility Functions
  • Action Functions
  • Registering a Startup Function
  • Working with Expression Values
• 8. AMPS Embedded Client
  • Header Files
  • Embedded client
  • Embedded Commands
  • Embedded Message Handlers
  • Embedded Messages
• 9. Message Type Modules
  • What’s A Message Type Module?
  • When to Implement a Message Type Module
  • Module Initialization & Topic Based Routing
  • Declaring Supported Operations
  • AMPS Identifiers
  • AMPS Values and Types
  • Parsing, Content Filtering and SOW
  • Aggregation, Joins, Views and Delta Subscribe
  • Delta Publish
• 10. Transport Filter Modules
  • What’s A Transport Filter Module?
  • When to Implement a Transport Filter Module
  • Transport Filter Context
  • Implementing a Transport Filter
  • Determining the Message Type And Connection Information
  • Working With The Message
  • Refusing a Command
  • Client Interaction and Transport Filters
  • Event Logging and Transport Filters
• 11. Debugging AMPS Modules
  • Logging for Debugging
  • Running AMPS Under the Debugger