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§Delphi?实验室:?DataSnap?XE?-?Callbacks(回调)? ?? Abstract: Delphi Labs DataSnap XE Callbacks demo shows the most simple use of callbacks. Both client and server are Delphi VCL Forms applications. This tutorial covers broadcasting to a channel and notifying a specific callback. ????Introduction The objective of this tutorial is to create the simplest possible DataSnap Delphi client and server applications that use callbacks for communication. In this lab exercise, we are going to use Delphi XE to build a simple callbacks demo system consisting of server and client applications. The server application will serve as a communication hub for multiple client applications running in the network. It is a more realistic scenario as compared to sending notifications directly from server application user interface to clients. In most scenarios, a server application will not have any user interface, so callbacks are a great mechanism for clients to communicate with each other. Message Exchange Patterns The most common message exchange pattern in client/server applications is “request-response”. One application (“a client”) is sending a message (“a request) to another application running in the network (“a server”) and the server sends back a message (“a response). Hide image expand view In many real world applications, it would also be useful to have the opposite situation, where it is a server application that sends a message (“a notification”) to a client application. A server application may want to inform a client that something interesting has happened on the server. This is called “a callback” – a situation when server “calls back” the client. Hide image expand view ????Imagine a chat application where multiple client applications connected to the server can communicate with each other. One client sends a message to the server and then the server forwards this message to one or more connected client applications. Hide image expand view The possibility for the server to asy