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+require 'drb'
+require 'base/kpse/trees'
+
+class KpseServer
+
+    attr_accessor :port
+
+    def initialize(port=7000)
+        @port = port
+    end
+
+    def start
+        puts "starting drb service at port #{@port}"
+        DRb.start_service("druby://localhost:#{@port}", KpseTrees.new)
+        trap(:INT) do
+            DRb.stop_service
+        end
+        DRb.thread.join
+    end
+
+    def stop
+        # todo
+    end
+
+end
+
+class KpseClient
+
+    attr_accessor :port
+
+    def initialize(port=7000)
+        @port = port
+        @kpse = nil
+    end
+
+    def start
+        # only needed when callbacks are used / slow, due to Socket::getaddrinfo
+        # DRb.start_service
+    end
+
+    def object
+        @kpse = DRbObject.new(nil,"druby://localhost:#{@port}")
+    end
+
+end
+
+
+# SERVER_URI="druby://localhost:8787"
+#
+#   # Start a local DRbServer to handle callbacks.
+#   #
+#   # Not necessary for this small example, but will be required
+#   # as soon as we pass a non-marshallable object as an argument
+#   # to a dRuby call.
+#   DRb.start_service
+#
+#   timeserver = DRbObject.new_with_uri(SERVER_URI)