tymoor/Netler.NET

Server and Client for cross-process method calls over TCP using MessagePack

Netler.NET

A library for cross-process method calls over TCP. For instance for calling .NET methods from Elixir (see https://hexdocs.pm/netler/). All messages are serialized using the fast and light MessagePack binary format. The library also includes a client that can be used to call a Netler server from another .NET application.

Documentation

Auto generated documentation is available here: DOCS.md

Code Examples

Creating a Server That Exposes a Method

This snippet creates a Netler.Server that listens on port 5544. It exposes a single anonymous method on route Add.

using Netler;

...

var server = Server.Create((config) =>
    {
        config.UsePort(5544);
        config.UseRoutes((routes) =>
        {
            routes.Add("Add", (param) =>
            {
                var a = Convert.ToInt32(param[0]);
                var b = Convert.ToInt32(param[1]);
                return a + b;
            });
            // More routes can be added here ...
        });
    });

server.Start();

Calling a Method on The Server

This snippet calls the method in the example above. The client, in this example, is running on the same machine as the server, but in a different process.

using Netler;

...

using (var client = new Client(5544))
{
    var response = client.Invoke("Add", new object[] { 2, 3 });
    var responseAsInt = Convert.ToInt32(response); // The response is 5
}