Service binding

The process of a netlet requesting and getting access to a service.

Several steps are involved:

1. The client netlet presents to the node a warrant for the service.
2. The node examines the warrant and determines how to get a descriptor for the service. It may download it, it may already have a copy, or it may actually be embedded in the warrant.
3. The node creates the service netlet from the descriptor.
4. The node initialises the netlet.
5. The node creates a service session between the client netlet and the service netlet.

Figure: A client netlet binds to a service through another netlet. The netlet-to-netlet binding creates a service session. Both netlets need to sit on the same node. The service is fufilled through the netlet, and is more than just the netlet itself.

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See also: binding protocol, facet, SAS.