Supporting a template without any message and header fields

[niravsh]

Hi,

I want to define a protocol which uses multicast udp connection and its packet is a simple string without any packet header field or message field. Also, the encode message method checks for ':' and '=' characters whereas I do not need such checks.

I just need rammbock to send string to a UDP multicast group. Can anyone please help me understand how to enable this feature?

Thanks in advance.

[jussimalinen]

If I'm not mistaken, supporting multicast sending would require setting extra options for the socket. That is not supported currectly, but most likely would not be too difficult to implement. Unfortunately I am very busy right now, so it might take somewhile before I have time to look at that.

If you are interested in implementing this yourself, pull requests (with tests) are welcome! Also if you work for Nokia, you can contact the internal mailing list to discuss the implementation priorities.