/// <summary>
/// Starts a new server channel.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="provider">The channel provider, on which to send
/// the notification that a server is being constructed</param>
/// <param name="identifier">A semi-unique identifier for this
/// "bundle" that is being constructed</param>
/// <returns>The constructed server channel, or <c>null</c> if there
/// was no listeners for server channels registered on <paramref name="provider"/></returns>
public static ServerChannel Start(IChannelProvider provider, string identifier)
{
Contracts.CheckValue(provider, nameof(provider));
provider.CheckNonWhiteSpace(identifier, nameof(identifier));
using (var pipe = provider.StartPipe <IPendingBundleNotification>("Server"))
{
var sc = new ServerChannel(provider, identifier);
pipe.Send(sc);
return(sc.ThisIfActiveOrNull);
}
}
