CASA/extern/w32/namedpipes/AppModule.NamedPipes/ClientPipeConnection.cs
2006-01-17 23:06:37 +00:00

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C#

using System;
using System.IO;
using AppModule.InterProcessComm;
namespace AppModule.NamedPipes {
#region Comments
/// <summary>
/// Used by client applications to communicate with server ones by using named pipes.
/// </summary>
#endregion
public sealed class ClientPipeConnection : APipeConnection {
#region Comments
/// <summary>
/// The network name of the server where the server pipe is created.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// If "." is used as a server name then the pipe is connected to the local machine.
/// </remarks>
#endregion
private string Server = ".";
#region Comments
/// <summary>
/// Closes a client named pipe connection.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// A client pipe connection is closed by closing the underlying pipe handle.
/// </remarks>
#endregion
public override void Close() {
CheckIfDisposed();
NamedPipeWrapper.Close(this.Handle);
}
#region Comments
/// <summary>
/// Connects a client pipe to an existing server one.
/// </summary>
#endregion
public override void Connect() {
CheckIfDisposed();
this.Handle = NamedPipeWrapper.ConnectToPipe(this.Name, this.Server);
}
#region Comments
/// <summary>
/// Attempts to establish a connection to the a server named pipe.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// If the attempt is successful the method creates the
/// <see cref="AppModule.NamedPipes.PipeHandle">PipeHandle</see> object
/// and assigns it to the <see cref="AppModule.NamedPipes.APipeConnection.Handle">Handle</see>
/// field.<br/><br/>
/// This method is used when it is not known whether a server pipe already exists.
/// </remarks>
/// <returns>True if a connection is established.</returns>
#endregion
public bool TryConnect() {
CheckIfDisposed();
bool ReturnVal = NamedPipeWrapper.TryConnectToPipe(this.Name, this.Server, out this.Handle);
return ReturnVal;
}
#region Comments
/// <summary>
/// Creates an instance of the ClientPipeConnection assuming that the server pipe
/// is created on the same machine.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// The maximum bytes to read from the client is set to be Int32.MaxValue.
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="name">The name of the server pipe.</param>
#endregion
public ClientPipeConnection(string name) {
this.Name = name;
this.Server = ".";
this.maxReadBytes = Int32.MaxValue;
}
#region Comments
/// <summary>
/// Creates an instance of the ClientPipeConnection specifying the network name
/// of the server.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// The maximum bytes to read from the client is set to be Int32.MaxValue.
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="name">The name of the server pipe.</param>
/// <param name="server">The network name of the machine, where the server pipe is created.</param>
#endregion
public ClientPipeConnection(string name, string server) {
this.Name = name;
this.Server = server;
this.maxReadBytes = Int32.MaxValue;
}
#region Comments
/// <summary>
/// Object destructor.
/// </summary>
#endregion
~ClientPipeConnection() {
Dispose(false);
}
}
}