/// <summary>
/// Send a DCC Chat request to a remote user and wait for a connection
/// using timeout period specified.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>If the user does not respond within the timeout period the DccChatSession
/// will stop listening for a connection. The sesssion instance created then becomes
/// invalid. This methods must be called again and a new instance created in order to
/// initiate a try again.
/// </para>
/// <para>
/// This method should be called from within a try/catch block
/// in case there are socket errors.
/// </para>
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="dccUserInfo">A collection of information about the remote user.</param>
/// <param name="listenIPAddress">The IP address that will be sent to the remote user. It must
/// be in dotted quad format (i.e. 192.168.0.2). If the client is behind a NAT system then
/// this should be the address of that system and not the local host.</param>
/// <param name="listenPort">The TCP/IP port to listen on</param>
/// <param name="timeout">How long to wait for a response in milliseconds.
/// A value of zero will disable the timeout.</param>
public static DccChatSession Request( DccUserInfo dccUserInfo, string listenIPAddress, int listenPort, long timeout )
{
Debug.WriteLineIf( DccUtil.DccTrace.TraceInfo, "[" + Thread.CurrentThread.Name +"] DccChatSession::Request()");
//Create session object
var session = new DccChatSession( dccUserInfo );
session._listenPort = listenPort;
//Start session Thread
session._thread = new Thread(new ThreadStart( session.Listen ) );
session._thread.Name = session.ToString();
session._thread.Start();
//Send Chat request to remote user
session.SendChatRequest( listenIPAddress, listenPort );
//Start timeout thread if timeout > 0
if( timeout > 0 )
{
var timer = new Timer(
session.TimerExpired,
session,
timeout,
0);
Debug.WriteLineIf( DccUtil.DccTrace.TraceInfo, "[" + Thread.CurrentThread.Name +"] DccChatSession::Request timeout thread started");
}
return session;
}
/// <summary>
/// When another a remote user has sent a chat request, this
/// method is called to accept the request and
/// start a chat session with that user.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// This method should be called from within a try/catch block
/// because there are many things that could prevent this
/// connection attempt from succeeding.
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="dccUserInfo">A collection of information about the remote user.</param>
/// <returns>The DccChatSession instance for this session.</returns>
public static DccChatSession Accept( DccUserInfo dccUserInfo )
{
Debug.WriteLineIf( DccUtil.DccTrace.TraceInfo, "[" + Thread.CurrentThread.Name +"] DccChatSession::Accept()");
var session = new DccChatSession( dccUserInfo );
//Start session Thread
session._thread = new Thread(session.Connect) {Name = session.ToString()};
session._thread.Start();
return session;
}