/// <summary>
/// Start the server with the command-line arguments
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static bool StartServer(string[] args)
{
// Get the configuration from the command-line arguments
Config config = new Config();
if(!config.Parse(args))
return false;
// Create an instance of the server and start it with the configuration
Server server = new Server();
return server.Start(config);
}
/// <summary>
/// Start the server (both TCP socket and name pipe)
/// </summary>
/// <param name="config">Configuration of this instance</param>
/// <returns>Return true if the server did start, false otherwise</returns>
public bool Start(Config config)
{
try
{
// Create an instance of the logger
logger_ = new Logger(config.LogLevel);
// Record the name of the pipe, we may need it later to restart the pipe
pipeName_ = config.Pipe;
// First, start the named pipe
StartPipe();
// Then, start the TCP socket
StartSocket(config.Port);
}
catch(SocketException e)
{
// A socket error, display it
logger_.Log(Level.Error, e.Message);
// and stop the application there
return false;
}
catch(IOException e)
{
// A I/O (probably pipe) error, display it
logger_.Log(Level.Error, e.Message);
// and stop the application there
return false;
}
// The server did start
return true;
}
