Can a C# Server App communicate with Java Client?

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I would like to write a C# Server App for a game, and have two clients, one using C# for windows users, and another in Java for everyone else. I need to know how hard it would be for the Java Client to receive info from the C# Server App.

Main Setup Theory - For the Server I am writing it to update a database every tick, then have the Server send a update command to the clients that are connected, the clients will then update themselves using the a Sql Query. Would this be the best way to do it, or would it be better to have the server send all the info to the Clients?

Posted 12-Oct-11 13:32pm

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aidin Tajadod 12-Oct-11 19:43pm

I don't see any problems communicating between clients and your server. you need to implement some sort of protocols on TCP. so every one knows how to talk to the server.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Oct-11 20:07pm

I outlined possible compatibility hassles, see also my comment to the OP's comment below.
--SA

aidin Tajadod 12-Oct-11 20:23pm

you got my 5

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-12T13:51:00

It depends very much on what kind of data is provided by the server. For the messages from the server, I can see two immediate possibilities: using JSON via System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.DataContractJsonSerializer of .NET side or making you server providing Web Service, so the communication can be done via SOAP and WSDL.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON[^],
http://json.org/[^],
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.runtime.serialization.json.datacontractjsonserializer.aspx[^],
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms733127.aspx[^],
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_service[^],
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSDL[^].

As I understand, clients use SQL directly with the database server, so this does not depend on you server.
As this is pretty boring but doable.

—SA