stream - Reliable Data Streams

One of the most common needs between any two endpoints is creating streams of data. The "type":"stream" reliable channel is a request from one endpoint to open a stream to another.

The stream open request may contain a single additional packet attached as the BODY that is the options for this stream request, these options should contain anything the recipient app needs to determine what the stream is for and to create it.

{
  "c":1,
  "type":"stream"
}
BODY: ...

Once accepted (and once the open packet is acknowledged), the stream may immediately begin sending data in either direction. All streamed data is attached as the binary BODY to every packet. The JSON may contain one of the following options:

• "chunk":true - when set, the attached BODY should be buffered along with any other chunks in order, until a packet is received without a chunk at which time they are all processed
• "enc":"..." - what encoding is the attached data, current options are: binary (default), json, and lob. This applies to any buffered chunks as well at the time it's processed (enc is not valid to be set when chunk is true).

Any channel end or err is processed normally and has the same implications for a stream.