Objects of SunNET

Currently there are nine objects which make up SunNET. They are:

• $sunnet

  Contains the base driver for dealing with connections as well as sending and interpreting information.

• $sunnet_utils

  Contains the programmer interface for SunNET as well as the packet creation routines.

• $sunnet_link

  This is the parent to the actual io ports on SunNET. All communication to or from a MOO must go through a child of this object.

• $sunnet_connection

  This is a placeholder object and may eventually help with distributing messages (taking that function away from SunNET itself.) Currently it does not have much implemented, but should be heavily used in the upcoming non-beta release of SunNET.

• $sunnet_protocols

  Contains the base level protocols for SunNET including RCALL, RCALLRESULT, ACK, ALIAS, IKNOW, and QUERY. This also contains the unimplemented SHUTDOWN protocol.

• $sunnet_db

  Holds a list of key/data pairs for use on SunNET. Most notably, it is used with $sunnet_fo.

• $sunnet_scheduler

  This is the timing mechanism for SunNET. In addition, it is a general use scheduler for programmers to queue tasks on.

• $sunnet_pc

  This is the normal users interface to SunNET. By default it contains a modified page and an @rwho verb. I will be the first to admit it needs some fleshing out.

• $sunnet_fo

  $sunnet_fo contains the remote (and local) login watcher. It has very little use outside of that and is an optional part of the SunNET.