/// <summary>
/// Allows this instance to receive incoming requests.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>This method must be called before you call the
/// <see cref="System.Net.HttpListener.GetContext"/> method. If
/// the service was already started, the call has no effect. After you
/// have started an <itemref>HttpListener</itemref> object, you can use
/// the <see cref='System.Net.HttpListener.Stop'/> method to stop it.
/// </remarks>
public void Start()
{
lock (this)
{
if (m_Closed)
{
throw new ObjectDisposedException();
}
// If service was already started, the call has no effect.
if (m_ServiceRunning)
{
return;
}
m_listener = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
try
{
// set NoDelay to increase HTTP(s) response times
m_listener.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Tcp, SocketOptionName.NoDelay, true);
}
catch {}
try
{
// Start server socket to accept incoming connections.
m_listener.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Socket, SocketOptionName.ReuseAddress, true);
}
catch {}
IPAddress addr;
if (Microsoft.SPOT.Hardware.SystemInfo.IsEmulator)
{
addr = IPAddress.Any;
}
else
{
addr = IPAddress.GetDefaultLocalAddress();
}
IPEndPoint endPoint = new IPEndPoint(addr, m_Port);
m_listener.Bind(endPoint);
// Starts to listen to maximum of 10 connections.
m_listener.Listen(MaxCountOfPendingConnections);
// Create a thread that blocks on m_listener.Accept() - basically waits for connection from client.
m_thAccept = new Thread(AcceptThreadFunc);
m_thAccept.Start();
// Waits for thread that calls Accept to start.
m_RequestArrived.WaitOne();
}
}
