This isn't my area of expertise, so be gentle.
As I understand it, a client (in this case a flash movie, but that won't be the only use) can open an HTTP connection in the background, send XML and get XML back from something on a server. Fine.
Can this connection be kept open? If I want something reporting live data from the server, can the server just keep sending data down the same connection, or does the client have to keep polling, establishing a new connection with each poll?
And if it does need to keep polling with a new connection each time, is it reasonable to do that say 20 times a second over a LAN?
Ta.
As I understand it, a client (in this case a flash movie, but that won't be the only use) can open an HTTP connection in the background, send XML and get XML back from something on a server. Fine.
Can this connection be kept open? If I want something reporting live data from the server, can the server just keep sending data down the same connection, or does the client have to keep polling, establishing a new connection with each poll?
And if it does need to keep polling with a new connection each time, is it reasonable to do that say 20 times a second over a LAN?
Ta.
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