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This book focuses on resolving complexity using specific C++ features, patterns, and ACE. The second volume in this series ” C++ Network Programming: Systematic Reuse with ACE and Frameworks [SH] ”extends our coverage to include object-oriented network programming frameworks provided by ACE. These frameworks reify common usage patterns of the ACE wrapper facade classes presented in this book to support broader, more extensible levels of systematic reuse. A distinguishing factor between the ACE wrapper facade classes covered in this book and the ACE framework classes covered in Volume 2 is that the ACE wrapper facade classes have few virtual methods, whereas the ACE framework classes have mostly virtual methods .

This book is based on ACE version 5.2, released in October 2001. The ACE software and all the sample applications described in our books are open -source and can be downloaded at http://ace.ece.uci.edu and http://www.riverace.com. These sites also contain a wealth of other material on ACE, such as tutorials, technical papers, and an overview of other ACE wrapper facades for IPC and synchronization mechanisms that aren't covered in this book. We encourage you to obtain a copy of ACE so you can follow along, see the actual ACE classes and frameworks in complete detail, and run the code examples interactively as you read through the book. Precompiled versions of ACE can also be purchased at a nominal cost from http://www.riverace.com.

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