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The dispatcher module
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The discussion of the modules is divided into the following parts:
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What does the module do?
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What happens when the module fails?
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How does the module correspond to the real-world scenario of the chess club?
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The dispatcher module is the first module to have contact with a player.
When a player connects to the GGS, it is first greeted by the dispatcher
module, which sets up an accepting socket for each player.
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Is this the proper way to day the dispatcher greets connecting players?
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When a player connects to the GGS, the player is first greeted by the dispatche
r module, which sets up an accepting socket for each player.
The dispatcher is the module which handles the interfacing to the operating
system when working with sockets.
Operating system limits concerning the number of open files, or number
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more in detail in chapter
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reference "sec:Operating-system-limitations"
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@ -4505,9 +4470,9 @@ Should the dispatcher module fail to function, no new connections to the
this window is the GGS unable to process new connection requests.
Due to the modular structure of the GGS, the rest of the system is not
harmed by the dispatcher process not functioning.
The process does not contain a state, therefore a simple restart of the
process is sufficient in restoring the GGS to a pristine state after a
dispatcher crash
The dispatcher process does not contain a state, therefore a simple restart
of the process is sufficient in restoring the GGS to a pristine state after
a dispatcher crash
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@ -4527,7 +4492,7 @@ Returning to scenario of the chess club, the dispatcher module is the doorman
When a player enters the chess club, the player is greeted by the doorman,
letting the player in to the club.
The actual letting in to the club is in the GGS represented by the creation
of a player process discussed in
of a player process discussed in section
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reference "sub:The-player-module"
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the writing of this thesis.
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Operating system limitations
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name "sec:Operating-system-limitations"
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Describe file and socket limitations
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Results and discussion
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