//called by sendMessage in MessageAppForm
public void sendMessage(string messageString)
{
if (messageString.Length < MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH)
{
Message message = new Message(messageString, currentSubject.ID);
clientComp.sendMessage(message); //tells client component to send the message
}
else
{
messageAppForm.createPopUp($"Too long, maximum allowed message length is {MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH} characters");
}
}
//
//callbacks
//
//callback when server receives a message
public void messageReceivedCallback(Message message)
{
Contact contact = contactManager.identifySender(message); //uses IP of sender it identify them, creates new contact if they are unknown
//the Message IP field is cleared and the sender field is set to the ID of the contact
messageManager.commitMessage(message); //commit to database
if (currentSubject != null) //if a subject is selected
{
if (contact.ID == currentSubject.ID) //if the contact who sent the message is the current focus on the messaging window, display the message
{
displayMessage(message); //only get to this point if received succesfully, so display it
}
}
//Console.WriteLine($"{contact.contactName} - IP: {contact.getIPString()}");
//string messageString = message.message;
//Console.WriteLine($"message received: \n{messageString}"); //print to console for now
}
//takes a single Message as a parameter and sends to it MessageAppForm to be displayed
private void displayMessage(Message message)
{
Delegate del = new MAFDisplayMessageDelegate(messageAppForm.displayMessage);
messageAppForm.Invoke(del, message);
}
//callback for confirming message has been send
public void messageSentCallback(Message message)
{
messageManager.commitMessage(message); //commit to database
messageAppForm.messageSentConfirmed(); //tells form to clear the input box
displayMessage(message); //show the message
}