/// <summary>
/// Named pipe server through P/Invoke-ing the native APIs
/// </summary>
static void PInvokeNativePipeServer()
{
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Create a named pipe.
//
// Prepare the pipe name
String strPipeName = String.Format(@"\\{0}\pipe\{1}",
".", // Server name
"HelloWorld" // Pipe name
);
// Prepare the security attributes
IntPtr pSa = IntPtr.Zero; // NULL
SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa = new SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES();
SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR sd;
SecurityNative.InitializeSecurityDescriptor(out sd, 1);
// DACL is set as NULL to allow all access to the object.
SecurityNative.SetSecurityDescriptorDacl(ref sd, true, IntPtr.Zero, false);
sa.lpSecurityDescriptor = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(Marshal.SizeOf(
typeof(SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR)));
Marshal.StructureToPtr(sd, sa.lpSecurityDescriptor, false);
sa.bInheritHandle = false; // Not inheritable
sa.nLength = Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES));
pSa = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(sa.nLength);
Marshal.StructureToPtr(sa, pSa, false);
// Create the named pipe.
IntPtr hPipe = PipeNative.CreateNamedPipe(
strPipeName, // The unique pipe name.
PipeOpenMode.PIPE_ACCESS_DUPLEX, // The pipe is bi-directional
PipeMode.PIPE_TYPE_MESSAGE | // Message type pipe
PipeMode.PIPE_READMODE_MESSAGE | // Message-read mode
PipeMode.PIPE_WAIT, // Blocking mode is on
PipeNative.PIPE_UNLIMITED_INSTANCES, // Max server instances
BUFFER_SIZE, // Output buffer size
BUFFER_SIZE, // Input buffer size
PipeNative.NMPWAIT_USE_DEFAULT_WAIT, // Time-out interval
pSa // Pipe security attributes
);
if (hPipe.ToInt32() == PipeNative.INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
Console.WriteLine("Unable to create named pipe {0} w/err 0x{1:X}",
strPipeName, PipeNative.GetLastError());
return;
}
Console.WriteLine("The named pipe, {0}, is created.", strPipeName);
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Wait for the client to connect.
//
Console.WriteLine("Waiting for the client's connection...");
bool bConnected = PipeNative.ConnectNamedPipe(hPipe, IntPtr.Zero) ?
true : PipeNative.GetLastError() == PipeNative.ERROR_PIPE_CONNECTED;
if (!bConnected)
{
Console.WriteLine(
"Error occurred while connecting to the client: 0x{0:X}",
PipeNative.GetLastError());
PipeNative.CloseHandle(hPipe); // Close the pipe handle.
return;
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Read client requests from the pipe and write the response.
//
// A byte buffer of BUFFER_SIZE bytes. The buffer should be big
// enough for ONE request from a client.
string strMessage;
byte[] bRequest = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];// Client -> Server
uint cbBytesRead, cbRequestBytes;
byte[] bReply; // Server -> Client
uint cbBytesWritten, cbReplyBytes;
bool bResult;
while (true)
{
// Receive one message from the pipe.
cbRequestBytes = BUFFER_SIZE;
bResult = PipeNative.ReadFile( // Read from the pipe.
hPipe, // Handle of the pipe
bRequest, // Buffer to receive data
cbRequestBytes, // Size of buffer in bytes
out cbBytesRead, // Number of bytes read
IntPtr.Zero); // Not overlapped I/O
if (!bResult /*Failed*/ || cbBytesRead == 0 /*Finished*/)
{
break;
}
// Unicode-encode the byte array and trim all the '\0' chars at
// the end.
strMessage = Encoding.Unicode.GetString(bRequest).TrimEnd('\0');
Console.WriteLine("Receives {0} bytes; Message: \"{1}\"",
cbBytesRead, strMessage);
// Prepare the response.
// '\0' is appended in the end because the client may be a native
// C++ program.
strMessage = "Default response from server\0";
bReply = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(strMessage);
cbReplyBytes = (uint)bReply.Length;
// Write the response to the pipe.
bResult = PipeNative.WriteFile( // Write to the pipe.
hPipe, // Handle of the pipe
bReply, // Buffer to write to
cbReplyBytes, // Number of bytes to write
out cbBytesWritten, // Number of bytes written
IntPtr.Zero); // Not overlapped I/O
if (!bResult /*Failed*/ || cbReplyBytes != cbBytesWritten /*Failed*/)
{
Console.WriteLine("WriteFile failed w/err 0x{0:X}",
PipeNative.GetLastError());
break;
}
Console.WriteLine("Replies {0} bytes; Message: \"{1}\"",
cbBytesWritten, strMessage.TrimEnd('\0'));
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Flush the pipe to allow the client to read the pipe's contents
// before disconnecting. Then disconnect the pipe, and close the
// handle to this pipe instance.
//
PipeNative.FlushFileBuffers(hPipe);
PipeNative.DisconnectNamedPipe(hPipe);
PipeNative.CloseHandle(hPipe);
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Create the mailslot.
//
// Prepare the slot name
String strMailslotName = String.Format(@"\\{0}\mailslot\{1}",
".", // Server name
"HelloWorld" // Pipe name
);
// Prepare the security attributes
IntPtr pSa = IntPtr.Zero; // NULL
SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa = new SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES();
SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR sd;
SecurityNative.InitializeSecurityDescriptor(out sd, 1);
// ACL is set as NULL to allow all access to the object.
SecurityNative.SetSecurityDescriptorDacl(
ref sd, true, IntPtr.Zero, false);
sa.lpSecurityDescriptor = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(Marshal.SizeOf(
typeof(SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR)));
Marshal.StructureToPtr(sd, sa.lpSecurityDescriptor, false);
sa.bInheritHandle = false; // Not inheritable
sa.nLength = Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES));
pSa = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(sa.nLength);
Marshal.StructureToPtr(sa, pSa, false);
// Create the mailslot.
IntPtr hMailslot = MailslotNative.CreateMailslot(
strMailslotName, // The name of the mailslot
0, // No maximum message size
MailslotNative.MAILSLOT_WAIT_FOREVER,
pSa); // Security attributes
if (hMailslot.ToInt32() == MailslotNative.INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
Console.WriteLine("CreateMailslot failed w/err 0x{0:X}",
Marshal.GetLastWin32Error());
return;
}
Console.WriteLine("Mailslot {0} created successfully.", strMailslotName);
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Check messages in the mailslot.
//
try
{
// In a loop, check for new messages every 5 seconds.
while (true)
{
Console.WriteLine("Checking new messages...");
ReadMailslot(hMailslot);
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000);
}
}
finally
{
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Close the handle of the mailslot instance.
//
MailslotNative.CloseHandle(hMailslot);
}
}
