Distributed chat application with Apache AVRO

This is a simple Java chat application built with the Apache AVRO framwork for Remote Method Invocation. It is built to work distributed on different devices.

INSTALL

Eclipse

0. Compile the Avro schemes into Java code using the following commands

    cd lib/
    java -jar avro-tools-1.7.7.jar compile -string protocol ../src/chat.avpr ../src/
    java -jar avro-tools-1.7.7.jar compile -string protocol ../src/chatClientServer.avpr ../src/
   

1. Import the project in Eclipse as an existing Java project.

2. First start the Server, then the different clients.

3. Use our CLI for chatting

CLI

0. Compile the Avro schemes into Java code using the following commands

    cd lib/
    java -jar avro-tools-1.7.7.jar compile -string protocol ../src/chat.avpr ../src/
    java -jar avro-tools-1.7.7.jar compile -string protocol ../src/chatClientServer.avpr ../src/
   

1. Compile the java code

    cd ..
    ant build
   

2. Start your server on port 10010 for example

    cd bin/
    java -classpath ".:../lib/avro-1.7.7.jar:../lib/avro-ipc-1.7.7.jar:../lib/jackson-core-asl-1.9.13.jar:../lib/jackson-mapper-asl-1.9.13.jar:../lib/slf4j-api-1.7.7.jar:../lib/slf4j-simple-1.7.7.jar:../lib/asg.cliche-110413.jar" avro/chat/server/ChatServer 10010
   

3. Start as many clients as you want. Use help for possible arguments.

    java -classpath ".:../lib/avro-1.7.7.jar:../lib/avro-ipc-1.7.7.jar:../lib/jackson-core-asl-1.9.13.jar:../lib/jackson-mapper-asl-1.9.13.jar:../lib/slf4j-api-1.7.7.jar:../lib/slf4j-simple-1.7.7.jar:../lib/asg.cliche-110413.jar:../lib/xuggle-xuggler-5.4.jar" avro/chat/client/ChatClient help
   

AUTHORS

Eduard Besjentsev & Olivier Brewaeys