Can one say an architecture using websocket technology is based on client-server model?

manpreet Best Answer 3 years ago

Can one say an architecture using websocket technology is based on client-server model?

By definition The client–server model is a distributed application structure that partitions tasks or workloads between the providers of a resource or service, called servers, and service requesters, called clients.

However using the websocket technology, two endpoints can both act as providers of a resource or service and also service requesters.

Say for example in a situation where the two endpoints are: a user device with a gps sensor and a computer machine, both connected in the network using websocket. And the computer machine is sending requests to obtain the current position of the user device (here the user device is acting as a resource provider and the computer machine as a requester). Later on the user device uses the websocket connection to request all its positions on the last 5 days to the computer machine (now the user device is acting as the requester and the computer machine as the resource provider).

If both devices can act as resource provider and requester, are they complying with the client-server model definition or not?

manpreet 3 years ago

No it's not breaking anything. End Points are not devices they are connections between devices. ie if we were asking each other questions and answering them

There would two connections between two 'devices' giving four endpoints. You to me and me to you. No conflict.