public void RunServer()
{
Logger.LogApplicationEvents("Server Starting");
int messageCounter = 0;
Dictionary <int, string> messageList = new Dictionary <int, string>();
var PairPipes = new Dictionary <NamedPipeServerStream, NamedPipeServerStream>();
FileIO fileManager = new FileIO();
string incomingPipeName = fileManager.ReadXMLDocument("pipeName-incoming"); //string indicator of the element to search in the XML doc
string outgoingPipename = fileManager.ReadXMLDocument("pipeName-outgoing"); //string indicator of the element to search in the XML doc
ServerPipes openPipes = new ServerPipes();
Logger.LogApplicationEvents("Server Started");
do
{
////Console.WriteLine("Waiting for connections...");
NamedPipeServerStream pipe_in = openPipes.OpenInPipe("serverIn");
NamedPipeServerStream pipe_out = openPipes.OpenOutPipe("serverOut");
// Start a new thread, Send the pipe_in pipe to the new thread
Thread RecieveFromClients = new Thread(() => RecieveFromAllClients(pipe_in, ref messageList, ref messageCounter, ref PairPipes));
RecieveFromClients.Name = "RecieveMessageThread";
RecieveFromClients.Start();
//Start a new thread, Send the pipe_out pipe to the new thread
Thread SendToClients = new Thread(() => SendToAllClients(pipe_out, ref messageList, ref messageCounter));
SendToClients.Name = "SendMessageThread";
SendToClients.Start();
//Lets store both pipes together in a list as a pair. That way when one closes, we can close the other also.
PairPipes.Add(pipe_in, pipe_out);
//Increment the client counter so the server knows when to return
openPipes.ClientCounter++;
Thread.Sleep(1);
if (Run == false)
{
RecieveFromClients.Join();
SendToClients.Join();
}
} while (Run);
}
/*
* METHOD : ServerAcceptLoopThread
* DESCRIPTION : This method is used to open the incoming and outgoing pipes to the clients
* before treading off to open another connection
* PARAMETERS : void : The method takes no arguments
* RETURNS : void : The methods has no return
*/
public static void ServerAcceptLoopThread()
{
Logger.LogApplicationEvents("Server Started");
int messageCounter = 0;
Dictionary <int, string> messageList = new Dictionary <int, string>();
var PairPipes = new Dictionary <NamedPipeServerStream, NamedPipeServerStream>();
FileIO fileManager = new FileIO();
string incomingPipeName = fileManager.ReadXMLDocument("pipeName-incoming"); //string indicator of the element to search in the XML doc
string outgoingPipename = fileManager.ReadXMLDocument("pipeName-outgoing"); //string indicator of the element to search in the XML doc
ServerPipes openPipes = new ServerPipes();
/* Use the var initalClientConnection to allow the thread to enter the main connection loop
* ONLY one the first cycle before a client has connected. For all other subsequent iterations
* of the loop keep cycling until all clients have shutdown, or logged off */
int initalClientConnection = 1;
while ((initalClientConnection == 1) || (openPipes.ClientCounter > 0))
{
////Console.WriteLine("Waiting for connections...");
NamedPipeServerStream pipe_in = openPipes.OpenInPipe("serverIn");
NamedPipeServerStream pipe_out = openPipes.OpenOutPipe("serverOut");
// Start a new thread, Send the pipe_in pipe to the new thread
Thread RecieveFromClients = new Thread(() => RecieveFromAllClients(pipe_in, ref messageList, ref messageCounter, ref PairPipes));
RecieveFromClients.Name = "RecieveMessageThread";
RecieveFromClients.Start();
//Start a new thread, Send the pipe_out pipe to the new thread
Thread SendToClients = new Thread(() => SendToAllClients(pipe_out, ref messageList, ref messageCounter));
SendToClients.Name = "SendMessageThread";
SendToClients.Start();
//Lets store both pipes together in a list as a pair. That way when one closes, we can close the other also.
PairPipes.Add(pipe_in, pipe_out);
//Increment the client counter so the server knows when to return
openPipes.ClientCounter++;
initalClientConnection = 0;
////Console.WriteLine("Client {0} connected...", openPipes.ClientCounter);
}
}