[Serusers] Summary of using SER as an app server

[Jiri Kuthan]

At 12:51 AM 10/5/2004, Franklin, Allen wrote:
>A very basic hook is provided that allows a script to call functions in a user-provided shared library,
>but this hook is only useful for rewriting the URI of the "current" message.

Thats incorrect. The shlibs can do and do much more than URI rewriting. See module list
and what they do.

>SER does not allow scripts or app server processes to see or modify the SDP, so an app
>server process could not be used to initiate a voice call.

There are modules that do SDP mangling. nathelper for example.

>SER does not have a SIP parser as would be found in a traditional SIP stack.

I don't know what a traditional SIP stack is but if you mean something slow
that SER doesn't have it ;) It is not available as a separate library if you
mean that.

Otherwise your assessment has been correct. If you are looking for a real
application server (meaning a stateful call control element) than it is
not SER. We have AA (www.iptel.org/aa).

-jiri