/// <summary>
/// Convenience method for <see cref="ServerChannel.Start"/> that looks more idiomatic to typical
/// channel creation methods on <see cref="IChannelProvider"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="provider">The channel provider.</param>
/// <param name="identifier">This is an identifier of the "type" of bundle that is being published,
/// and should form a path with forward-slash '/' delimiters.</param>
/// <returns>The newly created server channel, or <c>null</c> if there was no listener for
/// server channels on <paramref name="provider"/>.</returns>
public static ServerChannel StartServerChannel(this IChannelProvider provider, string identifier)
{
Contracts.CheckValue(provider, nameof(provider));
Contracts.CheckNonWhiteSpace(identifier, nameof(identifier));
return(ServerChannel.Start(provider, identifier));
}
/// <summary>
/// Create an output "file" and return a handle to it.
/// </summary>
public static IFileHandle CreateOutputFile(this IHostEnvironment env, string path)
{
Contracts.AssertValue(env);
Contracts.CheckNonWhiteSpace(path, nameof(path));
return(new SimpleFileHandle(env, path, needsWrite: true, autoDelete: false));
}