[Twisted-Python] UDP Support sanity check

[Richard Taylor]

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Hi

I am trying to implement support for the UDP functionality I need. I think 
that I need to implement the following classes:

For server support:

UDPPort(udp.Port) - adding support for broadcast
ConnectedUDPPort(UDPPort) - connected variant

For client (connection) support:

UDPConnectionBase(FileDescriptor) - creation of non-bound UDP sockets
UDPConnection(UDPConnectionBase) - addition of write method to implement 
IUDPTransport
UDPConnectedConnection(UDPConnectionBase) - support for 'connected' UDP socket 
and write method without host,port arguments.

UDPConnector(base.Connector) - connector class that can create use the 
UDPConnection objects.
UDPConnectedConnector(UDPConnector) - one that works with 
UDPConnectedConnection objects.

Extend the IReactorUDP interface and reactor implementation to support 
connectXXX methods for the new connector types.

I am trying to support the creation of UDP connectors that are meant for 
sending datagrams and will never be bound to a local port and listened on. 
The current support for UDP does not implement and UDP connector type objects 
only UDP Port type objects. This means that a bind is always performed even 
when the connection is only meant for sending. 

I have most of the implementation written (at least in outline). 

One question. It appears to me that for UDP connection objects that concept of 
a protocol does not make much sense. The IUDPTransport interface does have a 
read method (as you would expect) so the protocol would never be called. This 
also calls in to question the need for a 'protocol factory' for such 
connections. Am I correct in this or am I missing something?

Richard



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