/// <summary>
/// Start the http listener.
/// </summary>
public void Start()
{
try
{
// Create a new http listener
_listener = new HttpListener();
// Add URI prefixes to listen for.
foreach (string uri in _uriList)
{
_listener.Prefixes.Add(uri);
}
// Set the Authentication Schemes.
_listener.AuthenticationSchemes = _authenticationSchemes;
if (_authenticationSchemeSelectorDelegate != null)
{
_listener.AuthenticationSchemeSelectorDelegate = _authenticationSchemeSelectorDelegate;
}
// Get the mime types
_contextMimeType = ReaderHttp.GetMimeType();
// Load all the composition assemblies.
_composition = new Composition();
_composition.Compose();
// Start the listener
_listener.Start();
// Keep the service in the running start
// listen for in-comming requests.
while (_running)
{
// Start a new listening thread for the
// current connection request.
IAsyncResult result = _listener.BeginGetContext(new AsyncCallback(AsynchronousListenerCallback), _listener);
// Wait until the current context is made and processed before continuing.
result.AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne();
}
// If the runServer flag gets set to false,
// stop the server and close the listener.
_listener.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// Log the error.
LogHandler.WriteTypeMessage(
ex.Message,
MethodInfo.GetCurrentMethod(),
Nequeo.Net.Common.Helper.EventApplicationName);
}
finally
{
if (_listener != null)
{
_listener.Close();
}
try
{
_composition.Compose(false);
_composition = null;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// Log the error.
LogHandler.WriteTypeMessage(
ex.Message,
MethodInfo.GetCurrentMethod(),
Nequeo.Net.Common.Helper.EventApplicationName);
}
}
}