private void acceptConnection()
 {
     /*Pre: the listenOnPort method created a thread.*/
     /*Post:the method will continually look for new connections*/
     listening = true;
     ClientControl.addReferenceToMainController(this);
     ClientControl.addReferenceToView(this.view);
     while (listening == true)
     {
         //blocking - the socket starts listening
         tcpServer.Listen(int.MaxValue);
         try
         {
             //wait for connection attempted, store socket info inside tryToConnect
             Socket tryToConnect = tcpServer.Accept();
             //if number of clients does not exceed MAXCLIENTS
             int numClients = clientList.Count;
             if (numClients < MAXCLIENTS && tryToConnect != null)
             {
                 //create new client
                 ClientControl client = new ClientControl(tryToConnect, (r.Next(10000) + r.Next(10)));
                 //and add client object to linked list
                 clientList.AddLast(client);
                 //tell main view that client was added
                 view.Invoke(view.writeToStatusTextBox, "Client: "+ client.clientThread.Name +" added.");
             }
             else
             {
                 //otherwise tell main view client was not added
                 view.Invoke(view.writeToStatusTextBox, "Client could not be added.");
                 //create new network stream
                 NetworkStream ntwkstrm = new NetworkStream(tryToConnect);
                 ASCIIEncoding encode = new ASCIIEncoding();
                 byte[] sendBytes = new byte[4];
                 //read anything already on stream
                 ntwkstrm.Read(sendBytes, 0, 4);
                 //send last client BUSY signal
                 sendBytes = encode.GetBytes("BUSY");
                 ntwkstrm.Write(sendBytes, 0, sendBytes.Length);
                 //close network stream
                 ntwkstrm.Flush();
                 ntwkstrm.Close();
             }
         }
         catch (SocketException se)
         {
             //if socket fails close it
             if (tcpServer != null)
                 tcpServer.Close();
             //and abort thread
             if (listeningOnPort != null)
                 listeningOnPort.Abort();
         }
         catch (ThreadAbortException tae)
         {
             //if thread is attempted to abort check if socket is closed if not close it.
             if (tcpServer != null)
                 tcpServer.Close();
             //then remove all clients
             for (int i = clientList.Count; i>0; i--)
                 clientList.RemoveFirst();
         }
         catch (Exception e)
         {
         }
     }
 }
        public void makeBid(string xml, ClientControl cle)
        {
            try
            {
                //client attempts to bid on item
                XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
                StringReader red = new StringReader(xml);
                doc.Load(red);

                XmlElement root = doc.DocumentElement;
                //read item id and bid ammount from xml string
                string id = root.SelectSingleNode("itemID").InnerText;
                string bid = root.SelectSingleNode("amount").InnerText;

                //attempt to get auction item from id
                Model.AuctionItem temp = this.listOItems.getItemByID(Int32.Parse(id));

                //creates new bid
                Model.Bid newBid = new AuctionServer.Model.Bid(Int32.Parse(cle.clientThread.Name), temp, float.Parse(bid));

                //attempt to bid on item
                if (temp.setCurrentHighBid(newBid))
                    view.Invoke(view.writeToStatusTextBox, newBid.ToString());
                else
                    view.Invoke(view.writeToStatusTextBox, "Client: " + cle.clientThread.Name + " was UNSUCCESSFUL.");
            }
            catch (FormatException fe)
            {
                view.Invoke(view.writeToStatusTextBox, "FormatException in ServerControl.makeBid(string, ClientControl) with: " +fe.Message);
            }
            catch (/*SomeKindOf*/Exception e)
            {
                view.Invoke(view.writeToStatusTextBox, "Exception in ServerControl.makeBid(string, ClientControl) with: " + e.Message);
            }
        }
 public void removeClient(ClientControl removeThisClient)
 {
     /*Pre: a client object to be removed is supplied*/
     /*Post:the client object has been removed from the linked list making room for other clients*/
     try
     {
         //if client object is in the list
         if (clientList.Contains(removeThisClient))
         {
             //remove the object from the list
             clientList.Remove(removeThisClient);
             view.Invoke(view.writeToStatusTextBox, "Client: "+ removeThisClient.clientThread.Name +" removed.");
         }
     }
     catch (ArgumentException ae)
     {
         //if a bad argument was supplied tell the main view what caused it
         if (view != null)
             view.Invoke(view.writeToStatusTextBox, "Argument exception in RemoveClient StreamingServer: " + ae.Message);
     }
 }
        public byte[] getAuctionItemsAsBytes(ClientControl client)
        {
            /*Returns auction item at position i as bytes where every
             *item field is seperated by a two byte int16 containing
             *the length of the next field.
             */
            try
            {
                //creates an XML file containg all auction items to be sent to specific client
                LinkedListNode<Model.AuctionItem> temp = this.listOItems.getItemFirstNode();
                Model.AuctionItem work;
                //add root node tag
                string outString = "<Auction>";

                for (int i = 0; i < this.listOItems.getNumberOfItems(); i++)
                {
                    work = temp.Value;
                    //add item node tag
                    outString += "<item>";
                    //get AuctionItem XML string
                    outString += work.makeXMLNode();
                    //open status tag
                    outString += "<status>";
                    //determine status of auction item for specific client
                    if (work.getCurrentHighBid().getClient().ToString() == "-1")
                    {
                        if (work.getClosingTime() < DateTime.Now)
                        {
                            outString += "This auction is over. No one won this item.";
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            outString += "This auction is not over. No one has bid yet.";
                        }
                    }
                    else if (work.getCurrentHighBid().getClient().ToString() == client.clientThread.Name)
                    {
                        if (work.getClosingTime() < DateTime.Now)
                        {
                            outString += "This auction is over. You won this item.";
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            outString += "This auction is not over. You are the highest bidder.";
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        if (work.getClosingTime() < DateTime.Now)
                        {
                            outString += "This auction is over. You lost this item.";
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            outString += "This auction is not over. You are not the highest bidder.";
                        }
                    }
                    //close status tag and item node
                    outString += "</status>";
                    outString += "</item>";

                    //next auction item
                    temp = temp.Next;
                }
                //close Auction root node
                outString += "</Auction>";

                //view.Invoke(view.writeToStatusTextBox, "Sending: "+outString);
                //return byte[] of XML string
                byte[] packet = encode.GetBytes(outString);
                return packet;
            }
            catch (NullReferenceException nre)
            {
                //if null reference exception occured return byte[] with error string.
                string error = nre.ToString();
                byte[] errorPacket = new byte[error.Length];
                encode.GetBytes(error.ToCharArray(), 0, error.Length, errorPacket, 0);
                return errorPacket;
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                //if exception occured return byte[] with error string
                string error = e.ToString();
                byte[] errorPacket = new byte[error.Length];
                encode.GetBytes(error.ToCharArray(), 0, error.Length, errorPacket, 0);
                return errorPacket;
            }
        }