/// <summary>
/// <para>Receives messages of a Sender having the same handle.</para>
/// <para>When using the end point manager service, some security measures are advised.</para>
/// <para>You can use Shared.Encrypt(...) (and Shared.Decrypt(...)) to encrypt your received messages (if they are strings) via the MessageReceived event.</para>
/// <para>Alternatively you can use a ssh tunnel, that will probably be safer and faster</para>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="handle">
/// <para>The handle is a value shared by a Sender and its Receivers. ; , * + and - cannot be used!</para>
/// <para>It links both parties so messages from a Sender get to the right Receivers.</para>
/// <para>Make sure this is a unique value: use a GUID for instance:</para>
/// <para>There is absolutely no checking to see if this handle is used in another Sender - Receivers relation.</para>
/// </param>
/// <param name="ipAddressToRegister">
/// <para>This parameter is only useful if you are using an end point manager service.</para>
/// <para>A receiver listens to all available IPs for connections. The ip that is registered on the end point manager (service) is by default automatically determined.</para>
/// <para>However, this does not take into account that senders, receiver or end point manager services are possibly not on the same network.</para>
/// <para>Therefor you can override this behaviour by supplying your own IP that will be registered to the end point manager service.</para>
/// </param>
/// <param name="allowedPorts">
/// <para>This parameter is only useful if you are using an end point manager service.</para>
/// <para>To make firewall settings easier, you can specify a pool of TCP ports where the receiver can choose one from to listen on. If none of these ports are available, this will fail.</para>
/// <para>If you don't use this parameter, one of the total available ports on the system will be chosen.</para>
/// </param>
/// <param name="endPointManagerServiceConnection">
/// <para>This is an optional parameter.</para>
/// <para>If you don't use it, receiver end points are stored in the Windows registry and IPC communication is only possible for processes running under the current local user.</para>
/// <para>If you do use it, these end points are fetched from a Windows service over tcp, making it a distributed IPC.This however will be slower and implies a security risk since there will be network traffic.</para>
/// </param>
public Receiver(string handle, IPAddress ipAddressToRegister = null, int[] allowedPorts = null, EndPointManagerServiceConnection endPointManagerServiceConnection = null)
{
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(handle))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(handle);
}
if (handle.Contains(";") || handle.Contains(",") || handle.Contains("*") || handle.Contains("+") || handle.Contains("-"))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(handle);
}
Handle = handle;
EndPointManagerServiceConnection = endPointManagerServiceConnection;
for (int i = 1; i != 21; i++) //Try 20 times, for when the same port is chosen by another application.
{
try {
_tcpReceiver = new TcpListener(EndPointManager.RegisterReceiver(Handle, ipAddressToRegister, allowedPorts, EndPointManagerServiceConnection));
_tcpReceiver.Start(endPointManagerServiceConnection == null ? 1 : 2); //Keep one connection open to enable the service pinging it.
break;
}
catch (EndPointManagerServiceConnectionException) {
throw;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// The sender must use this to be able to send data to the correct receivers.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="handle">
/// <para>The handle is a value shared by a Sender and its Receivers.</para>
/// <para>It links both parties so messages from a Sender get to the right Receivers.</para>
/// <para>Make sure this is a unique value: use a GUID for instance:</para>
/// <para>There is absolutely no checking to see if this handle is used in another Sender - Receivers relation.</para>
/// </param>
/// <param name="endPointManagerServiceConnection"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
internal static List <IPEndPoint> GetReceiverEndPoints(string handle, EndPointManagerServiceConnection endPointManagerServiceConnection)
{
var endPoints = new List <IPEndPoint>();
var allEndPoints = GetRegisteredEndPoints(endPointManagerServiceConnection);
//Only cleanup if there is no epm service.
if (endPointManagerServiceConnection == null)
{
CleanupEndPoints(allEndPoints, true);
}
if (allEndPoints.ContainsKey(handle))
{
var dic = allEndPoints[handle];
foreach (string ip in dic.Keys)
{
var ipAddress = IPAddress.Parse(ip);
foreach (int port in dic[ip])
{
endPoints.Add(new IPEndPoint(ipAddress, port));
}
}
}
return(endPoints);
}
/// <summary>
/// <para>Add a new Sender in the code of the process you want to send messages. Make sure the handles matches the one of the Receivers.</para>
/// <para>When using the end point manager service, some security measures are advised.</para>
/// <para>You can use Shared.Encrypt(...) (and Shared.Decrypt(...)) to encrypt messages (if they are strings) before sending them.</para>
/// <para>Alternatively you can use a ssh tunnel, that will probably be safer and faster</para>
/// <para>Suscribe to OnSendFailed for error handeling. Please note: Sending will always fail when a Receiver disappears.</para>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="handle">
/// <para>The handle is a value shared by a Sender and its Receivers. ; , * + and - cannot be used!</para>
/// <para>It links both parties so messages from a Sender get to the right Receivers.</para>
/// <para>Make sure this is a unique value: use a GUID for instance:</para>
/// <para>There is absolutely no checking to see if this handle is used in another Sender - Receivers relation.</para>
/// </param>
/// <param name="endPointManagerServiceConnection">
/// <para>This is an optional parameter.</para>
/// <para>If you don't use it, receiver end points are stored in the Windows registry and IPC communication is only possible for processes running under the current local user.</para>
/// <para>If you do use it, these end points are fetched from a Windows service over tcp, making it a distributed IPC.This however will be slower and implies a security risk since there will be network traffic.</para>
/// </param>
/// <param name="buffered">
/// <para>When true, a message (+ encapsulation) you send is kept in memory. When you resend the same message it will not be serialized again.</para>
/// <para>This buffer can ony hold one message. Using this will make sending messages faster and will take up more memory. Use this wisely for large messages.</para>
/// </param>
public Sender(string handle, EndPointManagerServiceConnection endPointManagerServiceConnection = null, bool buffered = false)
{
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(handle))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(handle);
}
if (handle.Contains(";") || handle.Contains(",") || handle.Contains("*") || handle.Contains("+") || handle.Contains("-"))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(handle);
}
Handle = handle;
Buffered = buffered;
EndPointManagerServiceConnection = endPointManagerServiceConnection;
_tcpSenders = new ConcurrentDictionary <TcpClient, IPEndPoint>();
_bf = new BinaryFormatter();
}
/// <summary>
/// Add a new tcp port to the endpoints for a receiver.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="handle">
/// <para>The handle is a value shared by a Sender and its Receivers. ; , * + and - cannot be used!</para>
/// <para>It links both parties so messages from a Sender get to the right Receivers.</para>
/// <para>Make sure this is a unique value: use a GUID for instance:</para>
/// <para>There is absolutely no checking to see if this handle is used in another Sender - Receivers relation.</para>
/// </param>
/// <param name="ipAddressToRegister">
/// <para>This parameter is only useful if you are using an end point manager service.</para>
/// <para>A receiver listens to all available IPs for connections. The ip that is registered on the end point manager (service) is by default automatically determined.</para>
/// <para>However, this does not take into account that senders, receiver or end point manager services are possibly not on the same network.</para>
/// <para>Therefor you can override this behaviour by supplying your own IP that will be registered to the end point manager service.</para>
/// </param>
/// <param name="allowedPorts">
/// <para>This parameter is only useful if you are using an end point manager service.</para>
/// <para>To make firewall settings easier, you can specify a pool of TCP ports where the receiver can choose one from to listen on. If none of these ports are available, this will fail.</para>
/// <para>If you don't use this parameter, one of the total available ports on the system will be chosen.</para>
/// </param>
/// <param name="endPointManagerServiceConnection">
/// <para>This is an optional parameter.</para>
/// <para>If you don't use it, receiver end points are stored in the Windows registry and IPC communication is only possible for processes running under the current local user.</para>
/// <para>If you do use it, these end points are fetched from a Windows service over tcp, making it a distributed IPC.This however will be slower and implies a security risk since there will be network traffic.</para>
/// </param>
/// <returns></returns>
internal static IPEndPoint RegisterReceiver(string handle, IPAddress ipAddressToRegister, int[] allowedPorts, EndPointManagerServiceConnection endPointManagerServiceConnection)
{
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(handle))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(handle);
}
IPEndPoint endPoint = null;
if (ipAddressToRegister == null)
{
foreach (var ipCandidate in Shared.GetIPs())
{
if (!ipCandidate.Equals(IPAddress.Loopback) && !ipCandidate.Equals(IPAddress.IPv6Loopback) &&
(ipCandidate.AddressFamily == AddressFamily.InterNetwork || ipCandidate.AddressFamily == AddressFamily.InterNetworkV6))
{
ipAddressToRegister = ipCandidate;
break;
}
}
}
string ip = ipAddressToRegister.ToString();
var endPoints = GetRegisteredEndPoints(endPointManagerServiceConnection);
if (endPointManagerServiceConnection == null)
{
CleanupEndPoints(endPoints, false);
}
if (!endPoints.ContainsKey(handle))
{
endPoints.Add(handle, new Dictionary <string, HashSet <int> >());
}
if (!endPoints[handle].ContainsKey(ip))
{
endPoints[handle].Add(ip, new HashSet <int>());
}
endPoint = new IPEndPoint(ipAddressToRegister, GetAvailableTcpPort(allowedPorts));
endPoints[handle][ip].Add(endPoint.Port);
SetRegisteredEndPoints(endPoints, endPointManagerServiceConnection);
return(endPoint);
}
/// <summary>
/// Set endpoints to the Windows Registry (current user, volatile) or the end point manager service, if any.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="endPoints"></param>
/// <param name="endPointManagerServiceConnection"></param>
private static void SetRegisteredEndPoints(Dictionary <string, Dictionary <string, HashSet <int> > > endPoints, EndPointManagerServiceConnection endPointManagerServiceConnection)
{
var sb = new StringBuilder();
foreach (string handle in endPoints.Keys)
{
sb.Append(handle);
sb.Append('*');
var ips = endPoints[handle];
foreach (string ip in ips.Keys)
{
sb.Append(ip);
sb.Append('-');
foreach (int port in ips[ip])
{
sb.Append(port);
sb.Append('+');
}
sb.Append(',');
}
sb.Append(';');
}
if (endPointManagerServiceConnection == null)
{
SetRegisteredEndPoints(sb.ToString());
}
else
{
endPointManagerServiceConnection.SendAndReceiveEPM(sb.ToString());
}
}
/// <summary>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="endPointManagerServiceConnection"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static Dictionary <string, Dictionary <string, HashSet <int> > > GetRegisteredEndPoints(EndPointManagerServiceConnection endPointManagerServiceConnection)
{
var endPoints = new Dictionary <string, Dictionary <string, HashSet <int> > >();
string value = endPointManagerServiceConnection == null?GetRegisteredEndPoints() : endPointManagerServiceConnection.SendAndReceiveEPM(string.Empty);
if (value.Length != 0)
{
string[] handleKvps = value.Split(new char[] { ';' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
foreach (string token1 in handleKvps)
{
string[] handleKvp = token1.Split(new char[] { '*' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
string handle = handleKvp[0];
string[] ipKvps = handleKvp[1].Split(new char[] { ',' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
foreach (string token2 in ipKvps)
{
string[] ipKvp = token2.Split(new char[] { '-' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
string ip = ipKvp[0];
var ports = ipKvp[1].Split(new char[] { '+' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
if (!endPoints.ContainsKey(handle))
{
endPoints.Add(handle, new Dictionary <string, HashSet <int> >());
}
if (!endPoints[handle].ContainsKey(ip))
{
endPoints[handle].Add(ip, new HashSet <int>());
}
var hs = endPoints[handle][ip];
foreach (string port in ports)
{
hs.Add(int.Parse(port));
}
}
}
}
//The service, if any, handles the cleaning. Otherwise this must be done here.
if (endPointManagerServiceConnection == null)
{
CleanupEndPoints(endPoints, true);
}
return(endPoints);
}