// This is the main class that controls logic flow of the server (see comments below for process description)
// It is sufficient to run this controller to start full-functional server
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("Starting server initialization...");
// Initializes MEF loader class and triggers loading of dll files
// All classes loaded with MEF are contained in the loader object, and are accessible from it
Console.WriteLine("\tStarting MEF catalog...");
Loader loader = new Loader();
loader.LoadCatalog();
// Basically just re-writing loaded classes from dynamic loader object to static lists (see 00_DataObjects/Objects/)
// Note: it was decided to keep 4 lists instead on one generic because of 2 reasons:
// Resource shortage, due to several people dropped out from the program
// To keep the code cleaner and to ensure type-safe behavior (however this has made the code larger and more redundant)
Console.WriteLine("\tRegistering connectors...");
foreach (var i in loader.Test)
{
TestObject.Add(i);
}
foreach (var i in loader.Weather)
{
WeatherObject.Add(i);
}
foreach (var i in loader.Kodi)
{
KodiObject.Add(i);
}
foreach (var i in loader.GenericInfo)
{
GenericInfoObject.Add(i);
}
// This piece of code does 2 things:
// Initializes DB connection and loads the rules from the database
// Starts a daemon which executes business rules (once per minute)
Console.WriteLine("\tLoading business rules...");
BusinessRules.BusinessRules.Initialize();
// This part goes through all loaded dll classes and collects their definition (methods exposed for administration, i.e. staring with A and AGet)
// This information is then wrapped into the objects and is exposed to Admin section of a client
Console.WriteLine("\tCollecting admin methods...");
BusinessRules.DataCollector.Collector.Collect();
// Just some hosting of web services
// There is a separate web service exposed for each source (was done to reduce code complexity, provide type safety and comply to required architecture)
// Note that web services are added to this project, since they are registered in static classes, which are not visible from other projects
Console.WriteLine("\tHosting web services...");
new ServiceHost(typeof(TestService)).Open();
new ServiceHost(typeof(KodiService)).Open();
new ServiceHost(typeof(WeatherService)).Open();
new ServiceHost(typeof(GenericInfoService)).Open();
new ServiceHost(typeof(AdminService)).Open();
Console.WriteLine("Server initialization complete");
Console.WriteLine("------------------------------\n");
Console.ReadLine();
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("Starting server initialization...");
Console.WriteLine("\tStarting MEF catalog...");
Loader loader = new Loader();
loader.LoadCatalog();
Console.WriteLine("\tRegistering connectors...");
foreach (var i in loader.Test)
{
TestObject.Add(i);
}
foreach (var i in loader.Weather)
{
WeatherObject.Add(i);
}
foreach (var i in loader.Kodi)
{
KodiObject.Add(i);
}
foreach (var i in loader.GenericInfo)
{
GenericInfoObject.Add(i);
}
Console.WriteLine("\tLoading business rules...");
BusinessRules.BusinessRules.Initialize(); //comment this when testing locally
Console.WriteLine("\tCollecting admin methods...");
BusinessRules.DataCollector.Collector.Collect(); //comment this when testing locally
Console.WriteLine("\tHosting web services...");
new ServiceHost(typeof(TestService)).Open();
new ServiceHost(typeof(KodiService)).Open();
new ServiceHost(typeof(WeatherService)).Open();
new ServiceHost(typeof(GenericInfoService)).Open();
new ServiceHost(typeof(AdminService)).Open();
Console.WriteLine("Server initialization complete");
Console.WriteLine("------------------------------\n\n");
Console.ReadLine();
}