Difference between Reactor pattern and TCPServer

[Sylva1n]

Hello,

my app has to listen to multiple clients using a TCP socket.

Can I use the Reactor pattern rather than TCPServer?

I don't understand if the Reactor pattern supports several clients...


Thank you,

Sylvain

[alex]

Can I use the Reactor pattern rather than TCPServer?
I don't understand if the Reactor pattern supports several clients...

It does but it will serve them serially. You can have multiple reactors, each in its own thread just make sure you coordinate well how notifications are handled.
EDIT: to be more precise, socket handles are looped over through select (poll/epoll if available). Notifications are dispatched through NotificationCenter.