/// <summary>
/// a factory method which creates the listener and makes it start listening.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="appName"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static void StartListening(string appName, LinkEventHandler handler)
{
s_appName = appName;
FwBroker broker = FwBroker.GetBroker();
s_port = broker.RegisterAndGetPort(appName);
FwLinkListener.OnLinkRequest += handler;
ChannelServices.RegisterChannel(new TcpChannel(s_port));
RemotingConfiguration.ApplicationName = appName;
RemotingConfiguration.RegisterWellKnownServiceType(typeof(FwLinkListener),
"listener",
WellKnownObjectMode.Singleton
);
//although we don't really need to use it, we create this object now
//so that we can preload with appropriate properties.
string path = FwLinkListener.GetPortPath(s_port, appName);
FwLinkListener listener = (FwLinkListener)Activator.GetObject(typeof(FwLinkListener), path);
if (listener == null)
{
throw new ApplicationException("Could not create the initial listener for this application");
}
listener.Test();
}
public void Activate()
{
if (FwLinkListener.AttemptLink(this))
{
return;
}
throw new ApplicationException("Could not connect to " + m_appName);
}
/// <summary>
/// Attempts to find an application which matches the link, and passes the link to that application.
/// Does not attempt to launch new applications.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="link"></param>
/// <returns>true if it successfully linked to a running application</returns>
public static bool AttemptLink(FwLink link)
{
try
{
FwBroker broker = FwBroker.GetBroker();
int port = broker.GetRunningApplicationPort(link.ApplicationName);
//note that this will not fail, even if no one is listening on that channel
FwLinkListener listener = (FwLinkListener)Activator.GetObject(typeof(FwLinkListener), GetPortPath(port, link.ApplicationName));
//but this will fail if we did not really connect to a listener
listener.Request(link);
return(true);
}
catch (Exception error)
{
}
return(false);
}