RFA Consumer and Provider localhost Java example

delroy.hughes
delroy.hughes Newcomer
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Is it possible to build a test example of Java RFA Consumer and Provider which can run on a localhost (as two separate JVMs) without any external connectivity to Reuters data feed and have the local RFA provider (OMMProvider) receive subscription RIC requests and then programmatically simulate publishing a data feed of OMMItemEventMsg messages e.g. MarketPrice data corresponding to requested consumer subscription RICs?

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  • umer.nalla
    umer.nalla LSEG
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    Hi @delroy.hughes

    Please refer to the RFAJ_QuickStartGuide.pdf which comes with your RFA Java API.

    The section on Direct Connect talks precisely about connecting the example QuickStartConsumer directly to QuickStartProvider.

    It provides the steps required to configure and run the two examples so that they talk to each other ie. the QuickStartProvider publishes data and the QuickStartConsumer connects to the Provider and consumes the data.

    As you will note from the QuickStart.xml config file - the Provider listens on port localhost:14002 for incoming connection + item requests and the Consumer tries to connect + subscribe localhost:14002

    You can do something similar with the other Consumer and Interactive Provider examples that are including with the RFA API.

    However, if you are planning to do any new development using Java - then I would strongly recommend you explore our Elektron Message API which is part of the Elektron SDK and also offers the above Direct Connect functionality.

    EMA is much easier to learn to use and requires much less coding to implement a provider and/or consumer. In addition to this, EMA is our newer strategic performance realtime API and will continue to benefit from any new functionality and features. RFA is in maintenance mode and will not receive any such new features etc.

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