public void Start()
{
Stopwatch stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
// Start the task that listens to incomming messages and queue them
messageListenerTask.Start();
// Send map and their respective position to everyone and start the game
SignalGameStartToAllActors();
while (true)
{
try
{
// Waits for the next message to arrive
Communication.Request request = messageQueue.Take() as Communication.Request;
if (request != null)
{
HandleRequest(request);
}
}
catch (InvalidOperationException)
{
break; // No more message to receive and the task receiving messages is finished, get out of the infinite while loop
}
}
stopwatch.Stop();
logger.LogMap(map.ToString());
logger.LogExecutionTime((int)stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds, map.Rats.Count == 0 ? ProcessType.Cat : ProcessType.Rat);
}
/// <summary>
/// Handle a request message
/// </summary>
/// <param name="request"></param>
private void HandleRequest(Communication.Request request)
{
ActorProcess sender = GetActorProcessByRank(request.Rank);
// Death confirmation
DeathConfirmation deathConfirmation = request as DeathConfirmation;
if (deathConfirmation != null)
{
HandleDeath(deathConfirmation, sender);
return;
}
// Validate that the process is still in the game (playing).
// This is meant to deny requests that were sent in between the moment the actor was removed from the game and the moment the actor learned about it.
if (!sender.Playing)
{
return; // Ignore the request, the process is no longer playing
}
// Move request
MoveRequest moveRequest = request as MoveRequest;
if (moveRequest != null)
{
HandleMovePlayer(moveRequest, sender);
return;
}
// Meow request
MeowRequest meowRequest = request as MeowRequest;
if (meowRequest != null)
{
HandleMeow(meowRequest, sender);
return;
}
}