public bool StartWebServer(string webRoot, int port)
{
if (_server != null) {
throw new InvalidOperationException("The server has already been started.");
}
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(webRoot)) {
throw new ArgumentNullException("webRoot");
}
if (Directory.Exists(webRoot) == false) {
throw new ArgumentException("Invalid directory specified as the web root.", "webRoot");
}
bool started = false;
try {
Server server = new Server(port, "/", webRoot);
server.Start();
_server = server;
started = true;
}
catch (Exception e) {
throw new InvalidOperationException("Failed to start server.", e);
}
if (started) {
UriBuilder uriBuilder = new UriBuilder();
uriBuilder.Scheme = "http";
uriBuilder.Host = "localhost";
uriBuilder.Port = port;
_rootUri = uriBuilder.Uri;
}
return started;
}
