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MsgFabric reference

• Sending messages -- hub.send()
• Endpoint targets -- hub.local.addStream() and hub.local.addTarget()
• Hub -- hub = MsgFabric.create()
  • Channels and connections -- hub.connect()
  • Target Router -- hub.local
  • Fabric Router -- hub.router

Premade MsgFabric Packages

• default: import MsgFabric from "msg-fabric-core" uses "msg-fabric-core/esm/mf-json.js"

• core: import MsgFabric from "msg-fabric-core/esm/mf/core.js"

• with JSON support:

  • basic (default): import MsgFabric from "msg-fabric-core/esm/mf-json.js"
  • for Web: import MsgFabric from "msg-fabric-core/esm/mf-json-web.js"
  • for NodeJS: import MsgFabric from "msg-fabric-core/esm/mf-json-node.js"

• with CBOR support:

  • basic: import MsgFabric from "msg-fabric-core/esm/mf-cbor.js"
  • for Web: import MsgFabric from "msg-fabric-core/esm/mf-cbor-web.js"
  • for NodeJS: import MsgFabric from "msg-fabric-core/esm/mf-cbor-node.js"

Plugins

• Transport Codecs:

  • JSON: plugins/json
  • CBOR: plugins/cbor

• Web platform

  • plugins/ids/web
  • plugins/web for using WebSocket, MessageChannel, postMessage, WebRTC, WebWorkers, ServiceWorkers, and iFrames

• NodeJS platform

  • plugins/ids/node
  • plugins/net for using TCP, TLS, and NodeJS Streams

• p2p-basic

  Provides a basic hello protocol between fabric routers.

• Discovery (alpha)

  Pluggable discovery mechanisms for target endpoints and router connections.

• Direct connections

  Useful for peering multiple MsgFabric hubs

• RPC (alpha)

  An RPC plugin sketch for stateful and idempotent/stateless RPC dispatch.