I'll just post some code here in case anyone fancies a look:
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Collections;
using System.Diagnostics;
// State object for reading client data asynchronously
public class StateObject
{
// Client socket.
public Socket workSocket = null;
// Size of receive buffer.
public const int BufferSize = 1024;
// Receive buffer.
public byte[] buffer = new byte[BufferSize];
// Received data string.
public StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
// the group this socket belongs to
public int group;
}
public class AsynchronousSocketListener
{
public static int currentGroup = 0;
public static ArrayList connectedClients = new ArrayList();
public static ArrayList connectedClientGroups = new ArrayList();
public static string grp = string.Empty;
// Incoming data from client.
public static string data = null;
// Thread signal.
public static ManualResetEvent allDone = new ManualResetEvent(false);
public AsynchronousSocketListener()
{
}
public static void StartListening()
{
// Data buffer for incoming data.
byte[] bytes = new Byte[1024];
// Establish the local endpoint for the socket.
// That's the computer running the server btw
// The DNS name of the computer
// running the listener is "host.contoso.com".
IPHostEntry ipHostInfo = Dns.Resolve(Dns.GetHostName());
IPAddress ipAddress = ipHostInfo.AddressList[0];
IPEndPoint localEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(ipAddress, 11000);
// Create a TCP/IP socket.
Socket listener = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork,
SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp );
// Bind the socket to the local endpoint and listen for
incoming connections.
try
{
listener.Bind(localEndPoint);
listener.Listen(100);
while (true)
{
// Set the event to nonsignaled state.
allDone.Reset();
// Start an asynchronous socket to listen for connections.
Console.WriteLine("Waiting for a connection...");
// (method, object)
listener.BeginAccept(new AsyncCallback(AcceptCallback),
listener);
// Wait until a connection is made before continuing.
allDone.WaitOne();
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
Console.WriteLine("\nPress ENTER to continue...");
Console.Read();
}
public static void AcceptCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
// Signal the main thread to continue.
allDone.Set();
// Get the socket that handles the client request.
Socket listener = (Socket) ar.AsyncState;
Socket handler = listener.EndAccept(ar);
// Add this newly connected client socket to our arraylist
// Create the state object - CUSTOM OBJECT!
StateObject state = new StateObject();
state.workSocket = handler;
handler.BeginReceive( state.buffer, 0, StateObject.BufferSize, 0,
new AsyncCallback(ReadCallback), state);
}
// this is basically constantly called
public static void ReadCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
Console.WriteLine("ReadCallBack");
String content = String.Empty;
// Retrieve the state object and the handler socket
// from the asynchronous state object.
StateObject state = (StateObject) ar.AsyncState;
Socket handler = state.workSocket;
// Read data from the client socket.
int bytesRead = handler.EndReceive(ar);
if (bytesRead > 0)
{
// There might be more data, so store the data received so
far.
state.sb.Append(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(
state.buffer,0,bytesRead));
// Check for end-of-file tag. If it is not there, read
// more data.
content = state.sb.ToString();
if (content.IndexOf("<EOF>") > -1)
{
state.sb.Remove(0,state.sb.Length);
// All the data has been read from the
// client. Display it on the console.
Console.WriteLine("Read {0} bytes from socket. \n Data
: {1}",
content.Length, content );
// Echo the data back to the connected clients.
// send the group which this client belongs to - that's
the only people that need to see this data
sendToClients(state.group.ToString(), content);
}
// initial string will be the group this client is attached to
// this will be the first to be called.
else if (content.IndexOf("<GRP>") > -1)
{
state.sb.Remove(0,state.sb.Length);
Debug.WriteLine("Received group " +
content.Substring(0,1));
state.group = Convert.ToUInt16(content.Substring(0,1));
connectedClients.Add(state);
handler.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0,
StateObject.BufferSize, 0,
new AsyncCallback(ReadCallback), state);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("received something");
// Not all data received. Get more.
handler.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0,
StateObject.BufferSize, 0,
new AsyncCallback(ReadCallback), state);
}
}
}
// Iterate through the connectedClients arraylist and send
// the data to clients who are in the right group
private static void sendToClients(string grp, string data)
{
try
{
foreach(StateObject s in connectedClients)
{
//StateObject so = (StateObject)connectedClients;
Debug.WriteLine("SendToClients: foreaching - " + grp +
" / " + s.group.ToString());
if(s.group.ToString() == grp)
{
Debug.WriteLine("IF");
//StateObject state = new StateObject();
//state.workSocket = s.workSocket;
byte[] byteData = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("test");
// Begin sending the data to the remote device.
s.workSocket.BeginSend(byteData, 0, byteData.Length, 0,
new AsyncCallback(SendCallback), s);
Debug.WriteLine("end if");
}
}
}
catch (Exception myExc)
{
Debug.WriteLine(myExc.Message);
}
}
private static void SendCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
Debug.WriteLine("SendCallBack called.");
try
{
StateObject state = (StateObject) ar.AsyncState;
Socket handler = state.workSocket;
// Complete sending the data to the remote device.
int bytesSent = handler.EndSend(ar);
Console.WriteLine("Sent {0} bytes to client.", bytesSent);
//handler.Shutdown(SocketShutdown.Both);
//handler.Close();
byte[] byteData = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("");
handler.BeginReceive(byteData, 0, byteData.Length, 0,
new AsyncCallback(ReadCallback), state);
Debug.WriteLine("Called ReadCallBack after send");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
}
public static int Main(String[] args)
{
StartListening();
return 0;
}
}
I know this is a lot of code, but I'm hoping someone could wade through
there and see if they can help me. Based on the MSDN example for an
asynchronous socket server, I've tried to make the following app:
* users connect to the socket server in groups, specified when they send
an initial "n<GRP>" string, with n being the number of the group.
* when a user sends a string (ending in "<EOF>") to the server, it will
be bounced back to the other users in their group, no-one else.
It should be quite straightforward but I am just out of my depth. Please
help!
