/// <summary>
/// Activates the flow of messages inside the dataflow-network.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="source"></param>
/// <exception cref="DataflowNetworkFailedException">Thrown when the dataflow-network has encountered an exception during its lifetime.</exception>
public void Start <T>(ISourceAgent <T> source)
{
if (disposed)
{
throw new ObjectDisposedException(null, "DataflowNetwork already disposed.");
}
if (m_SourceAgent == null || m_SourceAgent != source)
{
throw new ArgumentException("SourceAgent not linked with this network.", "source");
}
// Attach sinks.
foreach (var nullLink in m_NullLinks)
{
nullLink();
}
try
{
// Tell the producer to start producing items.
var mainTask = source.StartAsync();
m_ConstituentTasks.Add(mainTask);
// Block and wait for all the dataflow-network constituents to complete their work.
Task.WaitAll(m_ConstituentTasks.ToArray(), m_Cts.Token);
m_LogAgent.LogInfo(DataflowNetworkConstituent.Network, m_Name, "Network finished successfully.");
DumpStats();
m_LogAgent.Complete();
}
catch (AggregateException ex)
{
m_LogAgent.LogError(DataflowNetworkConstituent.Network, m_Name, ex.Flatten(), "The network encountered an unhandled exception.");
throw new DataflowNetworkFailedException("The datanetwork " + m_Name + " failed. See the inner exception for more details", ex);
}
catch (OperationCanceledException)
{
var exceptions = m_ConstituentTasks.Where(task => task.IsFaulted).Select(task => task.Exception);
foreach (var ex in exceptions)
{
m_LogAgent.LogError(DataflowNetworkConstituent.Network, m_Name, ex.Flatten(),
"The network encountered an unhandled exception.");
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
m_LogAgent.LogError(DataflowNetworkConstituent.Network, m_Name, ex, "The network encountered an unhandled exception.");
throw new DataflowNetworkFailedException("The datanetwork " + m_Name + " failed. See the inner exception for more details", ex);
}
finally
{
m_ConstituentTasks.Clear();
m_Cts.Cancel();
GC.Collect();
Dispose();
}
}
public static void LogError(params object[] objs)
{
agent.LogError(objs);
}