Top "Protocols" questions

What's the most efficient protocol for reliable multicast?

When a sender needs to multicast a relatively large volume of data (say several megabytes per second) in a reliable …

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Swift override protocol methods in sub classes

I've a base class that implements an extension that conforms to a protocol as below: protocol OptionsDelegate { func handleSortAndFilter(opt: …

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Understanding the ZMODEM protocol

I need to include basic file-sending and file-receiving routines in my program, and it needs to be through the ZMODEM …

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Using JSONEncoder to encode a variable with Codable as type

I managed to get both JSON and plist encoding and decoding working, but only by directly calling the encode/decode …

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How to pass data between UIViewControllers with protocols/delegates

In the code below I have a ViewController("SenderViewController"), which passes a message to the main ViewController when a button …

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convert NTP time to Human-readable time

i have managed to make a NTP request and retrieve the server time from it's NTP response. i want to …

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What is the easiest way to use the HEAD command of HTTP in PHP?

I would like to send the HEAD command of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol to a server in PHP to retrieve …

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How do the protocols of real time strategy games such as Starcraft and Age of Empires look?

I'm interested in how the protocols (and game loop) work for these type of games; any pointers or insights are …

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Are binary protocols dead?

It seems like there used to be way more binary protocols because of the very slow internet speeds of the …

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Swift 2 Error using mutating function in Protocol extension "Cannot use mutating member on immutable value: 'self' is immutable

Not sure what's going on here, this seems like it should be pretty straight forward. I have a protocol that …

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