/// <summary>
/// Instanciate a new Interprocess Mailbox.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name for the Win32 semaphores and the shared memory file.</param>
/// <param name="size">The size of the shared memory in terms of bytes.</param>
public ProcessMailBox(string name,int size)
{
empty = new ProcessSemaphore(name+".EmptySemaphore.MailBox",1,1);
full = new ProcessSemaphore(name+".FullSemaphore.MailBox",0,1);
file = MemoryMappedFile.CreateFile(name+".MemoryMappedFile.MailBox",MemoryMappedFile.FileAccess.ReadWrite,size);
view = file.CreateView(0,size,MemoryMappedFileView.ViewAccess.ReadWrite);
}
/// <summary>
/// Instanciates an Inter-Process message channel.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="size">The count of messages the channel can queue before it blocks.</param>
/// <param name="name">The channel's name. Must be the same for all instances using this channel.</param>
/// <param name="maxBytesPerEntry">The maximum serialized message size in terms of bytes. Must be the same for all instances using this channel.</param>
public ProcessChannel( int size, string name, int maxBytesPerEntry)
{
int fileSize = 64+size*maxBytesPerEntry;
empty = new ProcessSemaphore(name+".EmptySemaphore.Channel",size,size);
full = new ProcessSemaphore(name+".FullSemaphore.Channel",0,size);
mutex = new ProcessSemaphore(name+".MutexSemaphore.Channel",1,1);
file = MemoryMappedFile.CreateFile(name+".MemoryMappedFile.Channel",MemoryMappedFile.FileAccess.ReadWrite,fileSize);
view = file.CreateView(0,fileSize,MemoryMappedFileView.ViewAccess.ReadWrite);
queue = new MemoryMappedQueue(view,size,maxBytesPerEntry,true,0);
if(queue.Length < size || queue.BytesPerEntry < maxBytesPerEntry)
throw new MemoryMappedArrayFailedException();
}
