Re: Multicast-Socket and JavaScript

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Simon <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> my application should have a form of push-service. So I decided to get
> the xml-messages from the server over multicast in my intranet. In the
> NSPR API I read something about "mcast", but not a lot. So I have two
> questions:
> - can I join to a multicast session from JavaScript or need I c++?
> - where can I found more information about this topic? (C++ or
> JavaScript)

NSPR supports multicast.  It's an area I'm unfamiliar with.  I only
remember there are socket options you can set to join or leave
a multicast session.

NSPR is a C API, so you can definitely call it from C++.  I don't
know if you can call the NSPR multicast functions from JavaScript.

Wan-Teh