JSyncManager

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The jSyncManager

The jSyncManager is a pure Java API and application set for synchronizing PalmOS based devices with various types of computer systems.

The jSyncManager comprises the following components:

• The jSyncManager API, an Object Oriented protocol stack set, with data accessor and conversion classes:
  • The jSyncManager Transports, used to abstract access to hardware and network layers (RS-232, USB, TCP/IP, etc.),
  • The jSyncManager Serial Protocol Stack, used to connect to handhelds across connections which don't provide their own framing and integretity checking,
  • The jSyncManager USB Protocol Stack, used to connect to handhelds across connections which do provide their own framing and integrity checking (USB, TCP/IP),
  • The jSyncManager Data Abstraction Classes, used to abstract PalmOS data types as standard Java classes and types,
  • The jSyncManager Data Conversion Classes, used to convert data to and from common data types (iCalendar, vCard, XML, CSV, etc.) to various PalmOS data formats,
  • The jConduit API, used to define and implement plug-ins to the jSyncManager Synchronization Engine to allow third parties to add their own synchronization logic for their own applications and databases,
  • The jSyncManager Synchronization Engine, used to manage a single instance of a complete jSyncManager protocol stack to provide high-level synchronization services.

• The jSyncManager Core Application Set, which includes:
  • The jSyncManager Swing Client, a GUI-based application for synchronizing a handheld, providing logging facilities, jConduit Management, Transport selection, an Online Help Subsystem, and other options,
  • The jSyncManager Multiport Server, a server-style application which runs either from within a text console or as a daemon, providing simultaneous synchronization facilities for potentially hundreds of handhelds,
  • The Communications API Test Tool, for testing and detecting installation errors in the Java Communications API.

• The jSyncManager Core jConduit Bundle, which includes the following jConduits:
  • Alerter
  • FotoReader
  • Installer
  • TestConduit
  • DefaultConduit
  • MemoWriter
  • TextDump
  • Deleter
  • NetInstaller
  • Email
  • NotepadViewer

Additionally, the jSyncManager Project supports a number of separate, related sub-projects, including:

• Error Transport, used to generate random errors within a serial transport instance in order to test data integrity routines (also useful for testing the maximum data damage the protocol stack can manage and still synchronize successfully),
• OS/2 USB, a sub-project to implement a USB transport for IBM's OS/2 Operating System,
• CDK-J Bridge, a special jConduit subsystem to permit conduits written to PalmSource's Conduit Developer Kit for Java (CDK-J) APIs on any platform,
• The jSerial API, a specification and implementation for an RS-232 serial access library,
• Plucker Support, a library to permit generating and working with [Plucker-based data in pure Java.

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References:

• The jSyncManager Homepage
• The jSyncManager Project Page
• JavaDoc for the jSyncManager Classes
• Web interface to the jSyncManager CVS Repository