Network.MessagePackRpc.Client

This module is client library of MessagePack-RPC. The specification of MessagePack-RPC is at http://redmine.msgpack.org/projects/msgpack/wiki/RPCProtocolSpec.

A simple example:

import Network.MessagePackRpc.Client

add :: RpcMethod (Int -> Int -> IO Int)
add = method "add"

main = do
  conn <- connect "127.0.0.1" 1234
  print =<< add conn 123 456

RPC connection

data Connection

RPC connection type

connect

Arguments

:: String

Host name

-> Int

Port number

-> IO Connection

Connection

Connect to RPC server

RPC error

data RpcError

RPC error type

Constructors

ServerError Object

An error occurred at server

ResultTypeError String

Result type mismatch

ProtocolError String

A protocol error occurred

Instances

Eq RpcError

Ord RpcError

Show RpcError

Typeable RpcError

Exception RpcError

Call RPC method

type RpcMethod a = Connection -> a

call

Arguments

:: RpcType a

=> Connection

Connection

-> String

Method name

-> a

Call an RPC Method

method :: RpcType a => String -> RpcMethod a

Create an RPC Method (call c m == method m c)