/// <summary>
/// The Shutdown method is invoked to instruct the module
/// to terminate the connection to the peer system. If the
/// graceful flag is set to true, then the module will wait
/// until all pending I/O operations are completed before
/// </summary>
/// <param name="graceful"></param>
public void Shutdown(bool graceful)
{
if (_moduleState == ModuleStates.Module_State_Active)
{
_moduleState = ModuleStates.Module_State_Closing;
if (graceful == false)
{
// REC: Remove all pending send operations
// from the queue and return their buffers
// to the buffer pool:
lock (_synchTxContextQueue)
{
while (_txContextQueue.Count > 0)
{
IoContext txContext = _txContextQueue.Dequeue();
txContext._ipcBuffer.RdIndex = 0;
txContext._ipcBuffer.WrIndex = 0;
lock (_synchIoContextQueue)
{
_ioContextQueue.Enqueue(txContext);
}
}
}
// REC: Close the socket that is being
// used to send data to the client:
_socket.Close();
}
else
{
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// The Activate method is invoked to instruct the IPC module
/// to start asynchronously processing IO.
/// </summary>
public void Activate()
{
if (_moduleState == ModuleStates.Module_State_Shutdown)
{
_moduleState = ModuleStates.Module_State_Active;
// REC: Disable the Nagle algorithm:
_socket.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Tcp, SocketOptionName.NoDelay, true);
// REC: Dispatch the Event_Opened event to the
// module's owner:
EventHandler <VfxIpcEventArgs> tmp = EventDispatch;
if (tmp != null)
{
tmp(this, new VfxIpcEventArgs(VfxIpcEventTypes.Event_Session_Opened));
}
// REC: Initiate the first receive operation against the
// socket associated with the module. As receive operations
// complete, the completion handler will take care of all the
// subsequent IO context generation / management:
IoContext rxContext = new IoContext(_socket, new VfxMsgBlock(8192));
InitiateRecv(rxContext);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// The InitiateSend method starts an asynchronous send
/// operation using the supplied IO context. If there is
/// already a send operation in progress, the IO context
/// will be enqueued to the pending IO queue and will be
/// sent when the current operation completes.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ctx">
/// The IO context that contains the buffer to be sent.
/// </param>
/// <param name="internalSend">
/// Flag that indicates whether or not the send operation
/// is being initiated from internal or external code.
/// </param>
private void InitiateSend(IoContext ctx, bool internalSend)
{
if (internalSend == true)
{
ctx._ipcSocket.BeginSend(ctx._ipcBuffer.Buffer, ctx._ipcBuffer.RdIndex,
ctx._ipcBuffer.Length(), 0, CompleteSend, ctx);
}
else
{
//lock (_txContextQueue)
lock (_synchTxContextQueue)
{
if (_txPending == false)
{
// REC: The pending flag gets set so that the
// next call to InitiateSend can determine if
// it can send or needs to queue the request:
_txPending = true;
ctx._ipcSocket.BeginSend(ctx._ipcBuffer.Buffer, ctx._ipcBuffer.RdIndex,
ctx._ipcBuffer.Length(), 0, CompleteSend, ctx);
}
else
{
// REC: If a send is already pending, then the
// request is queued for the completion handler
// to pick up when the current send is done:
_txContextQueue.Enqueue(ctx);
}
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// The acceptor's activate method is called to start
/// accepting incoming connections. The acceptor initiates
/// an asynchronous accept operation, which is then handled
/// in the OnAccept method when a connection is established.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ipcEndPoint">
/// The IP endpoint that the acceptor is to accept incoming
/// connections on.
/// </param>
/// <param name="factory">
/// The session factory that the acceptor is to use when
/// creating new sessions to handle the incoming connections.
/// </param>
public void Activate(IPEndPoint ipcEndPoint, IVfxIpcSessionFactory factory)
{
Socket ipcSocket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.IP);
IoContext context = new IoContext(ipcSocket, ipcEndPoint);
_mapEndpoints.Add(ipcEndPoint, context);
_mapFactories.Add(ipcEndPoint, factory);
context.IpcSocket.Bind(context.IpcEndPoint);
context.IpcSocket.Listen(100);
context.IpcSocket.BeginAccept(CompleteAccept, context);
}
/// <summary>
/// The HandleTx method is invoked to request that an instance
/// of the VfxTcpModule send the data in the specified message
/// block out to the peer system it is connected to.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="mb">
/// The message block that contains the data that is to be sent
/// to the peer system the module is connected to.
/// </param>
public void HandleTx(VfxMsgBlock mb)
{
if (_moduleState == ModuleStates.Module_State_Active)
{
// REC: Send all of the data in the buffer:
while (mb.Length() > 0)
{
IoContext ctx = null;
lock (_synchIoContextQueue)
{
if (_ioContextQueue.Count > 0)
{
ctx = _ioContextQueue.Dequeue();
}
}
if (ctx != null)
{
if (ctx._ipcBuffer.Remaining() >= mb.Length())
{
// REC: Append the contents of the buffer
// to the IO context's buffer and push it
// onto the outgoing queue:
ctx._ipcBuffer.UnsafeAppend(mb);
mb.RdIndex = mb.WrIndex;
InitiateSend(ctx, false);
}
else
{
// REC: Copy as much data as possible into
// the context and attempt to send that:
int txLength = ctx._ipcBuffer.Remaining();
ctx._ipcBuffer.UnsafeAppend(mb, txLength);
// REC: Adjust the source buffer's index:
mb.RdIndex += txLength;
InitiateSend(ctx, false);
}
}
else
{
// REC: Wait for a buffer to become available:
_eventTxBuffer.WaitOne();
}
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// The Shutdown method is invoked to request that the
/// acceptor shutdown a specific endpoint. The acceptor
/// will respond to this method being invoked by shutting
/// down the specified endpoint so that connections are no
/// longer accepted on it.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ipcEndPoint">
/// The endpoint that is to be shutdown.
/// </param>
public void Shutdown(IPEndPoint ipcEndPoint)
{
if (_mapEndpoints.ContainsKey(ipcEndPoint))
{
IoContext context = _mapEndpoints[ipcEndPoint];
context.IpcSocket.Close();
_mapEndpoints.Remove(ipcEndPoint);
}
if (_mapFactories.ContainsKey(ipcEndPoint))
{
_mapFactories.Remove(ipcEndPoint);
}
}
private void CompleteAccept(IAsyncResult ar)
{
IoContext context = ar.AsyncState as IoContext;
if (context != null)
{
try
{
Socket peer = context.IpcSocket.EndAccept(ar);
// REC: Locate the factory associated with this endpoint
// and create the appropriate type of session instance:
if (_mapFactories.ContainsKey(context.IpcEndPoint))
{
IPEndPoint peerEP = peer.RemoteEndPoint as IPEndPoint;
if (ValidatePeer(peerEP))
{
VfxTcpModule tcpModule = new VfxTcpModule();
tcpModule.Init(peer, this.RxBuffering);
// REC: Create a new instance of the session handler that
// is configured for the endpoint and associated the
// client IO stream with it:
IVfxIpcSession session = _mapFactories[context.IpcEndPoint].CreateSession();
session.Init(tcpModule);
}
else
{
peer.Close();
}
}
// REC: Initiate another asynchronous connection:
context.IpcSocket.BeginAccept(CompleteAccept, context);
}
catch (System.ObjectDisposedException)
{
// REC: This exception gets thrown when an asynchronous
// accept fails due to the socket it was initiated from
// being closed. This is part of the shutdown procedure
// and should just be caught and ignored.
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// The Init method is called to initialize the IPC module
/// with an instance of a .NET socket that will be used to
/// communicate with a peer system.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="socket">
/// The socket that the module will use for communicating
/// with the peer system.
/// </param>
/// <param name="buffered">
/// The flag that indicates whether or not the module will
/// offload incoming data onto a separate thread before it
/// routes those messages up to the module's owner.
/// </param>
public void Init(Socket socket, bool buffered = false)
{
// REC: Retain a reference to the socket for use
// with the send and receive operations:
this._socket = socket;
// REC: Configure the receive buffering flag:
this._rxBuffering = buffered;
// REC: Pre-allocate the transmit contexts that will
// be used for sending data to the peer system:
for (int i = 0; i != _maxTxContexts; i++)
{
IoContext txContext = new IoContext(socket, new VfxMsgBlock(8192));
_ioContextQueue.Enqueue(txContext);
}
// REC: If the buffered flag is set, then the module will
// push incoming data onto a separate thread for subsequent
// processing by the owner of the module.
if (buffered == true)
{
// REC: Allocate an initial bunch of IO contexts that
// will be used for buffering incoming data. These are
// going to be reused, so they are allocated up front:
for (int i = 0; i != _maxRxContexts; i++)
{
IoContext rxContext = new IoContext(socket, new VfxMsgBlock(8192));
_rxContextQueue.Enqueue(rxContext);
}
// REC: The module starts a secondary thread which will
// be used to buffer incoming data as it is received from
// the peer system that the module is communicating with:
this._rxThread = new Thread(HandleReceive_Entrypoint);
this._rxThread.Start();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// The Activate method is invoked to instruct the IPC module
/// to start asynchronously processing IO.
/// </summary>
public void Activate()
{
if (_moduleState == ModuleStates.Module_State_Shutdown)
{
_moduleState = ModuleStates.Module_State_Active;
// REC: Disable the Nagle algorithm:
_socket.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Tcp, SocketOptionName.NoDelay, true);
// REC: Dispatch the Event_Opened event to the
// module's owner:
EventHandler<VfxIpcEventArgs> tmp = EventDispatch;
if (tmp != null)
{
tmp(this, new VfxIpcEventArgs(VfxIpcEventTypes.Event_Session_Opened));
}
// REC: Initiate the first receive operation against the
// socket associated with the module. As receive operations
// complete, the completion handler will take care of all the
// subsequent IO context generation / management:
IoContext rxContext = new IoContext(_socket, new VfxMsgBlock(8192));
InitiateRecv(rxContext);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// The HandleReceive_Entrypoint method is the entrypoint for
/// the buffering thread that is started by the module if the
/// module's owner has enabled incoming IO buffering.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context"></param>
private void HandleReceive_Entrypoint(object context)
{
// REC: The fragment buffer is used when there is residual
// data remaining from a previously processed buffer. This
// is allocated at 2x the receive block size, in order for
// reducing the need to "expand" the fragment buffer when
// data is left over from a receive operation:
VfxMsgBlock rxFragment = new VfxMsgBlock(16384);
while (true)
{
// REC: Lock the pending receive queue and check whether or not
// there are any receive blocks waiting to be processed:
IoContext rxPending = null;
lock (this._synchRxPendingQueue)
{
if (this._rxPendingQueue.Count > 0)
{
rxPending = this._rxPendingQueue.Dequeue();
}
}
if (rxPending != null)
{
// REC: If there is data in the fragment buffer
// then we need to append the data from the incoming
// receive context to it:
if (rxFragment.Length() > 0)
{
rxFragment.Append(rxPending._ipcBuffer);
// REC: Dispatch from the fragment buffer instead
// of from the receive context:
EventHandler <VfxIpcEventArgs> tmp = EventDispatch;
if (tmp != null)
{
tmp(this, new VfxIpcEventArgs(rxFragment));
rxFragment.Crunch();
}
// REC: Reset the pointers in the receive context
// since its data has been copied to the fragment
// buffer for subsequent processing:
rxPending._ipcBuffer.RdIndex = rxPending._ipcBuffer.WrIndex = 0;
}
else
{
// REC: There is no fragment remaining from the previous
// receive operation, so we can just dispatch directly from
// the received context:
EventHandler <VfxIpcEventArgs> tmp = EventDispatch;
if (tmp != null)
{
tmp(this, new VfxIpcEventArgs(rxPending._ipcBuffer));
rxPending._ipcBuffer.Crunch();
}
// REC: Determine if there is a fragment in the buffer
// so that we can chain it to subsequent blocks:
if (rxPending._ipcBuffer.Length() > 0)
{
// REC: There is a fragment of a message remaining
// in the current buffer, so it has to be copied into
// the fragment buffer for further processing:
rxFragment.Append(rxPending._ipcBuffer);
// REC: Reset the points in the pending receive context
// since it has been copied into the fragment buffer:
rxPending._ipcBuffer.RdIndex = 0;
rxPending._ipcBuffer.WrIndex = 0;
}
}
// REC: Put the receive context back into the queue so
// that it can be used by subsequent receive operations:
lock (this._rxContextQueue)
{
this._rxContextQueue.Enqueue(rxPending);
}
}
else
{
// REC: A message block wasn't available for us on this
// iteration, so just wait until one is added to the queue:
this._eventRxBuffer.WaitOne();
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// The CompleteRecv method is invoked in response to
/// an asynchronous receive operation completing.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ar"></param>
private void CompleteRecv(IAsyncResult ar)
{
// REC: Retrieve the IO context that is associated with the
// original asynchronous receive operation.
IoContext rxContext = ar.AsyncState as IoContext;
if (rxContext != null)
{
try
{
// REC: Get the total number of bytes that were read
// from the peer system by this operation:
int rxBytes = rxContext._ipcSocket.EndReceive(ar);
if (rxBytes > 0)
{
// REC: Adjust the write index in the message block:
rxContext._ipcBuffer.WrIndex = rxContext._ipcBuffer.WrIndex + rxBytes;
// REC: Offload the received data onto a separate thread:
if (this._rxBuffering == true)
{
Socket rxSocket = rxContext._ipcSocket;
lock (this._synchRxPendingQueue)
{
// REC: Push the received data onto the queue so that
// it can be picked up by the secondary receive thread
// for further processing:
this._rxPendingQueue.Enqueue(rxContext);
// REC: If the queue was empty prior to this context
// being added to it, we need to signal the secondary
// receive thread so that it can start processing the
// data again:
if (this._rxPendingQueue.Count == 1)
{
this._eventRxBuffer.Set();
}
}
// REC: Attempt to pull another context from the context
// queue so that we can receive more data:
IoContext rxNext;
if (this._rxContextQueue.Count > 0)
{
rxNext = this._rxContextQueue.Dequeue();
}
else
{
// REC: Note that this is BAD and will result in the
// exhaustion of all the system's memory if there is a
// continuous problem with the speed at which messages
// are being consumed on the receive thread...
rxNext = new IoContext(rxSocket, new VfxMsgBlock(8192));
}
// REC: Initiate a new receive operation, using the next
// available receive context:
InitiateRecv(rxNext);
}
else
{
// REC: If receive buffering has not been enabled then the
// data is dispatched directly to the module's owner:
EventHandler <VfxIpcEventArgs> tmp = EventDispatch;
if (tmp != null)
{
tmp(this, new VfxIpcEventArgs(rxContext._ipcBuffer));
// REC: Adjust the buffer to take into consideration
// any data that was read by the module's owner:
rxContext._ipcBuffer.Crunch();
// REC: Initiate another receive operation using the
// same receive buffer that was just processed:
InitiateRecv(rxContext);
}
}
}
else
{
_moduleState = ModuleStates.Module_State_Shutdown;
// REC: This might happen as the result of the
// user closing the session down.
EventHandler <VfxIpcEventArgs> tmp = EventDispatch;
if (tmp != null)
{
VfxIpcEventArgs dxArgs = new VfxIpcEventArgs(VfxIpcEventTypes.Event_Session_Closed);
tmp(this, dxArgs);
}
}
}
catch (SocketException)
{
_moduleState = ModuleStates.Module_State_Shutdown;
// REC: This might happen as the result of the
// user closing the session down.
EventHandler <VfxIpcEventArgs> tmp = EventDispatch;
if (tmp != null)
{
VfxIpcEventArgs dxArgs = new VfxIpcEventArgs(VfxIpcEventTypes.Event_Session_Closed);
tmp(this, dxArgs);
}
}
catch (ObjectDisposedException)
{
_moduleState = ModuleStates.Module_State_Shutdown;
// REC: This happens if the socket gets closed
// locally rather than being closed by the peer.
EventHandler <VfxIpcEventArgs> tmp = EventDispatch;
if (tmp != null)
{
VfxIpcEventArgs dxArgs = new VfxIpcEventArgs(VfxIpcEventTypes.Event_Session_Closed);
tmp(this, dxArgs);
}
}
}
}
private void InitiateRecv(IoContext rxContext)
{
rxContext._ipcSocket.BeginReceive(rxContext._ipcBuffer.Buffer, rxContext._ipcBuffer.WrIndex,
rxContext._ipcBuffer.Remaining(), 0, CompleteRecv, rxContext);
}
/// <summary>
/// The CompleteSend event handler is invoked in response to an
/// asynchronous send operation being completed. The system reacts
/// to the completion by finalizing the asynchronous operation and
/// then starting a new one.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ar"></param>
private void CompleteSend(IAsyncResult ar)
{
IoContext ctx = ar.AsyncState as IoContext;
if (ctx != null)
{
int txBytes = ctx._ipcSocket.EndSend(ar);
if (txBytes > 0)
{
// REC: If the system did not transmit all of the data
// that was in the IO context buffer then it initiates
// a new send operation against the residual content:
if (txBytes < ctx._ipcBuffer.Length())
{
// REC: Adjust the read index...
ctx._ipcBuffer.RdIndex += txBytes;
ctx._ipcBuffer.Crunch();
// REC: and try to send it again...
InitiateSend(ctx, true);
}
else
{
lock (_synchIoContextQueue)
{
// REC: Reset the message block's
// read and write indices:
ctx._ipcBuffer.RdIndex = 0;
ctx._ipcBuffer.WrIndex = 0;
// REC: Return the buffer to the
// pool so it can be used again:
_ioContextQueue.Enqueue(ctx);
// REC: If there were no contexts remaining
// in the transmit queue when this one was
// returned to it, trigger the buffer event
// so that HandleTx can acquire one:
if (_ioContextQueue.Count == 1)
{
_eventTxBuffer.Set();
}
}
lock (_synchTxContextQueue)
{
if (_txContextQueue.Count > 0)
{
IoContext next = _txContextQueue.Dequeue();
InitiateSend(next, true);
}
else
{
_txPending = false;
// REC: If the module is being shutdown
// and there are no further pending sends
// left to process, generate the shutdown
// event to notify the module's owner:
if (_moduleState == ModuleStates.Module_State_Closing)
{
_moduleState = ModuleStates.Module_State_Shutdown;
// REC: Close the socket to ensure that the
// disconnect event is triggered:
_socket.Close();
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// The CompleteRecv method is invoked in response to
/// an asynchronous receive operation completing.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ar"></param>
private void CompleteRecv(IAsyncResult ar)
{
// REC: Retrieve the IO context that is associated with the
// original asynchronous receive operation.
IoContext rxContext = ar.AsyncState as IoContext;
if (rxContext != null)
{
try
{
// REC: Get the total number of bytes that were read
// from the peer system by this operation:
int rxBytes = rxContext._ipcSocket.EndReceive(ar);
if (rxBytes > 0)
{
// REC: Adjust the write index in the message block:
rxContext._ipcBuffer.WrIndex = rxContext._ipcBuffer.WrIndex + rxBytes;
// REC: Offload the received data onto a separate thread:
if (this._rxBuffering == true)
{
Socket rxSocket = rxContext._ipcSocket;
lock (this._synchRxPendingQueue)
{
// REC: Push the received data onto the queue so that
// it can be picked up by the secondary receive thread
// for further processing:
this._rxPendingQueue.Enqueue(rxContext);
// REC: If the queue was empty prior to this context
// being added to it, we need to signal the secondary
// receive thread so that it can start processing the
// data again:
if (this._rxPendingQueue.Count == 1)
{
this._eventRxBuffer.Set();
}
}
// REC: Attempt to pull another context from the context
// queue so that we can receive more data:
IoContext rxNext;
if (this._rxContextQueue.Count > 0)
{
rxNext = this._rxContextQueue.Dequeue();
}
else
{
// REC: Note that this is BAD and will result in the
// exhaustion of all the system's memory if there is a
// continuous problem with the speed at which messages
// are being consumed on the receive thread...
rxNext = new IoContext(rxSocket, new VfxMsgBlock(8192));
}
// REC: Initiate a new receive operation, using the next
// available receive context:
InitiateRecv(rxNext);
}
else
{
// REC: If receive buffering has not been enabled then the
// data is dispatched directly to the module's owner:
EventHandler<VfxIpcEventArgs> tmp = EventDispatch;
if (tmp != null)
{
tmp(this, new VfxIpcEventArgs(rxContext._ipcBuffer));
// REC: Adjust the buffer to take into consideration
// any data that was read by the module's owner:
rxContext._ipcBuffer.Crunch();
// REC: Initiate another receive operation using the
// same receive buffer that was just processed:
InitiateRecv(rxContext);
}
}
}
else
{
_moduleState = ModuleStates.Module_State_Shutdown;
// REC: This might happen as the result of the
// user closing the session down.
EventHandler<VfxIpcEventArgs> tmp = EventDispatch;
if (tmp != null)
{
VfxIpcEventArgs dxArgs = new VfxIpcEventArgs(VfxIpcEventTypes.Event_Session_Closed);
tmp(this, dxArgs);
}
}
}
catch (SocketException)
{
_moduleState = ModuleStates.Module_State_Shutdown;
// REC: This might happen as the result of the
// user closing the session down.
EventHandler<VfxIpcEventArgs> tmp = EventDispatch;
if (tmp != null)
{
VfxIpcEventArgs dxArgs = new VfxIpcEventArgs(VfxIpcEventTypes.Event_Session_Closed);
tmp(this, dxArgs);
}
}
catch (ObjectDisposedException)
{
_moduleState = ModuleStates.Module_State_Shutdown;
// REC: This happens if the socket gets closed
// locally rather than being closed by the peer.
EventHandler<VfxIpcEventArgs> tmp = EventDispatch;
if (tmp != null)
{
VfxIpcEventArgs dxArgs = new VfxIpcEventArgs(VfxIpcEventTypes.Event_Session_Closed);
tmp(this, dxArgs);
}
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// The Init method is called to initialize the IPC module
/// with an instance of a .NET socket that will be used to
/// communicate with a peer system.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="socket">
/// The socket that the module will use for communicating
/// with the peer system.
/// </param>
/// <param name="buffered">
/// The flag that indicates whether or not the module will
/// offload incoming data onto a separate thread before it
/// routes those messages up to the module's owner.
/// </param>
public void Init(Socket socket, bool buffered=false)
{
// REC: Retain a reference to the socket for use
// with the send and receive operations:
this._socket = socket;
// REC: Configure the receive buffering flag:
this._rxBuffering = buffered;
// REC: Pre-allocate the transmit contexts that will
// be used for sending data to the peer system:
for (int i = 0; i != _maxTxContexts; i++)
{
IoContext txContext = new IoContext(socket, new VfxMsgBlock(8192));
_ioContextQueue.Enqueue(txContext);
}
// REC: If the buffered flag is set, then the module will
// push incoming data onto a separate thread for subsequent
// processing by the owner of the module.
if (buffered == true)
{
// REC: Allocate an initial bunch of IO contexts that
// will be used for buffering incoming data. These are
// going to be reused, so they are allocated up front:
for (int i = 0; i != _maxRxContexts; i++)
{
IoContext rxContext = new IoContext(socket, new VfxMsgBlock(8192));
_rxContextQueue.Enqueue(rxContext);
}
// REC: The module starts a secondary thread which will
// be used to buffer incoming data as it is received from
// the peer system that the module is communicating with:
this._rxThread = new Thread(HandleReceive_Entrypoint);
this._rxThread.Start();
}
}
private void InitiateRecv(IoContext rxContext)
{
rxContext._ipcSocket.BeginReceive(rxContext._ipcBuffer.Buffer, rxContext._ipcBuffer.WrIndex,
rxContext._ipcBuffer.Remaining(), 0, CompleteRecv, rxContext);
}
/// <summary>
/// The InitiateSend method starts an asynchronous send
/// operation using the supplied IO context. If there is
/// already a send operation in progress, the IO context
/// will be enqueued to the pending IO queue and will be
/// sent when the current operation completes.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ctx">
/// The IO context that contains the buffer to be sent.
/// </param>
/// <param name="internalSend">
/// Flag that indicates whether or not the send operation
/// is being initiated from internal or external code.
/// </param>
private void InitiateSend(IoContext ctx, bool internalSend)
{
if (internalSend == true)
{
ctx._ipcSocket.BeginSend(ctx._ipcBuffer.Buffer, ctx._ipcBuffer.RdIndex,
ctx._ipcBuffer.Length(), 0, CompleteSend, ctx);
}
else
{
//lock (_txContextQueue)
lock(_synchTxContextQueue)
{
if (_txPending == false)
{
// REC: The pending flag gets set so that the
// next call to InitiateSend can determine if
// it can send or needs to queue the request:
_txPending = true;
ctx._ipcSocket.BeginSend(ctx._ipcBuffer.Buffer, ctx._ipcBuffer.RdIndex,
ctx._ipcBuffer.Length(), 0, CompleteSend, ctx);
}
else
{
// REC: If a send is already pending, then the
// request is queued for the completion handler
// to pick up when the current send is done:
_txContextQueue.Enqueue(ctx);
}
}
}
}
