ESHET Protocol Specifications

This section loosely defines the protocols used by ESHET clients to talk to an ESHET server, including a binary protocol for communication over TCP sockets and a wesocket protocol for use by web clients.

Both are defined as a serialisation of an generic protocol, using common conventions.

Contents:

• Conventions
  • Values
  • Binaries
  • Types
  • Defining Types
  • Defining Functions
• Generic Protocol
  • Common Types
  • Messages
  • Errors
  • Wrapping up
• Binary Protocol
  • Utility Functions
  • Message Format
  • Framing
• Websocket Protocol
  • Message Mangling