Programming - .NET IPC (System.Remoting.IPC)

After some time, we have realised that .NET seriously lacks a decent IPC structure, so we have gone about implementing our own, which is available as an assembly which you can link into your project. In pure managed .NET, it allows processes to transfer objects across the IPC channel. Also, with the current implementation, it should theoretically be possible to talk heterogenous platforms such as C++ unmanaged, Delphi and Java but corresponding implementation will haveandto be done at a later stage.

Please bear in mind, that our IPC infrastructure really is just the transport. All the logic, and what your code can do is totally up to you.and

You can download the installer here.

BriefandAPI is provided below:and

System.Remoting.IPC.Client:

Client code to connect to an IPC Channel.

//code snippet

Client<SharedObjects.MyObject> client = new Client<SharedObjects.MyObject>();

client.BinaryMessageReceived += new BinaryMessageReceivedHandler(client_BinaryMessageReceived);

client.SetChannel("OurApplicationSpace");

client.Connect();

void client_BinaryMessageReceived(object res)

{

SharedObjects.MyObject data = res as SharedObjects.MyObject;

System.Console.WriteLine(data.GetConcatedString());

client.SendMessage("Thank you very much");

}

System.Remoting.IPC.Server:

Server code to start a controlling process which clients can talk to:

//code snippet

Server<SharedObjects.MyObject> server = new Server<SharedObjects.MyObject>();

server.BinaryMessageReceived += new BinaryMessageReceivedHandler(server_BinaryMessageReceived);

server.MessageReceived += new StringMessageReceivedHandler(server_MessageReceived);

server.SetChannel("OurApplicationSpace");

server.Start();

server.ObjectSender.Send(new SharedObjects.MyObject() { Description = "a doggy", Item = "animal" });

//the above will serialise the object and send it over the wire to the ther process which will deserialise the object into its original form

void server_MessageReceived(string res)

{

System.Console.WriteLine(res);

}

void server_BinaryMessageReceived(object res)

{

SharedObjects.MyObject data= res as SharedObjects.MyObject;

System.Console.WriteLine(data.GetConcatedString());

}

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