/// <summary>
/// Listens to client requests and put them to the queue from where the working thread takes them
/// and notifies the call-backs the pipe input channel.
/// </summary>
private void DoListening()
{
using (EneterTrace.Entering())
{
try
{
// Reconnect the server pipe in the loop.
// If the client is not available the thread will wait forewer on WaitForConnection().
// When the listening is stopped then the thread is correctly released.
while (!myStopListeningRequestFlag)
{
myPipeServer.WaitForConnection();
DynamicStream aDynamicStream = null;
try
{
aDynamicStream = new DynamicStream();
// Start thread for reading received messages.
EneterThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(() =>
{
while (!myStopListeningRequestFlag && myPipeServer.IsConnected)
{
// Read the whole message.
try
{
myMessageHandler(aDynamicStream);
}
catch (Exception err)
{
EneterTrace.Warning(TracedObject + ErrorHandler.DetectedException, err);
}
}
aDynamicStream.Close();
});
// Write incoming messages to the dynamic stream from where the reading thread will notify them.
if (!myStopListeningRequestFlag && myPipeServer.IsConnected)
{
// Read the whole message.
try
{
StreamUtil.ReadToEndWithoutCopying(myPipeServer, aDynamicStream);
}
catch (Exception err)
{
EneterTrace.Warning(TracedObject + ErrorHandler.DetectedException, err);
}
}
}
finally
{
if (aDynamicStream != null)
{
// Note: Do not close the dynamic stream here!
// There can be data read before the closing and the client can still finish to read them.
//aDynamicStream.Close();
// Unblock the reading thread that can be waiting for messages.
aDynamicStream.IsBlockingMode = false;
}
}
// Disconnect the client.
if (!myStopListeningRequestFlag)
{
myPipeServer.Disconnect();
}
}
}
catch (Exception err)
{
// if the error is not caused by closed communication.
if (!myStopListeningRequestFlag)
{
EneterTrace.Error(TracedObject + ErrorHandler.FailedInListeningLoop, err);
}
}
}
}