10.1. The Problem

Thanks to using a local data store on the client, the SmartCA is definitely offline capable. Now, the challenge is to get it online and connected to the server. I am going to be calling this process of connecting to the server and transferring application data back and forth the Synchronization process.

What the SmartCA application needs is an intelligent, service-based way of synchronizing its data with the server. The user should not be bothered with any silly errors because they are not connected to the network or the Internet, they should be able to do their work, and the application should gracefully handle the transactions and pushing the data back and forth.