Establishing interaction between a process and a server process

1 . A method for establishing interaction between a process and a server process comprising:

sending a request to a server, the request having a pointer and a registration for an object, the object being designated to receive responses from the server;

receiving at the object the pointer and an indication that the server has instantiated a server process; and

interacting with the server process.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the object is an asynchronous callback function.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising unmarshaling the pointer at the object.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising marshaling the pointer to a controlling object.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising forwarding a notification that the server has instantiated a server process to the controlling object.

6 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

unmarshaling the pointer at the object; and

forwarding a notification that the server has instantiated a server process to the controlling object using information contained in the unmarshaled pointer.

7 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the pointer comprises an address and a pre-determined thread identifier of the controlling object.

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising sending a notification to the controlling object using the pre-determined thread identifier.

9 . A computer system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory comprising program instructions executable by the processor to:

send a request to a server to instantiate a server process;

receive a response from the server process via an asynchronous callback function; and

interact with the server process.

10 . The computer system of claim 9 , wherein the memory further comprises program instructions executable by the processor to marshal a pointer to a controlling object.

11 . The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the pointer comprises an address and a pre-determined thread identifier of the controlling object.

12 . The computer system of claim 11 , wherein the asynchronous callback function receives the response from the server on a thread other than a pre-determined thread indicated by the pre-determined thread identifier of the controlling object.

13 . The computer system of claim 11 , wherein the memory further comprises program instructions executable by the processor to unmarshal the pointer at the asynchronous callback function.

14 . The computer system of claim 12 , wherein the memory further comprises program instructions executable by the processor to send a notification to the controlling object on the pre-determined thread.

15 . A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

marshal a pointer to a controlling object;

send a request to a server, the request having the pointer;

receive an indication that the server has instantiated a server process and the pointer;

send a notification that the server has instantiated the server process to the controlling object; and

interact with the server process.

16 . The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to register an object with the server, the object being designated to receive responses from the server.

17 . The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , further comprising computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to unmarshal the pointer at the object.

18 . The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the object is an asynchronous callback function.

19 . The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the pointer comprises an address and a pre-determined thread identifier of the controlling object.

20 . The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising sending the notification to the controlling object using a pre-determined thread indicated by the predetermined thread identifier of the controlling object.