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RCF - Interprocess Communication for C++

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A server/client IPC framework, using the C++ preprocessor as an IDL compiler.
#include <string>

#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>

#include <RCF/test/TestMinimal.hpp>

#include <RCF/Idl.hpp>
#include <RCF/RcfServer.hpp>
#include <RCF/test/EndpointFactories.hpp>
#include <RCF/test/ThreadGroup.hpp>
#include <RCF/test/TransportFactories.hpp>
#include <RCF/test/WithStopServer.hpp>
#include <RCF/util/CommandLine.hpp>
#include <RCF/util/Profile.hpp>

namespace Test_ServerTransportConcurrency {

    class Echo : public RCF::WithStopServer
    {
    public:
       
        std::string echo(const std::string &s)
        {
            return s;
        }
    };

    RCF_BEGIN(I_Echo, "I_Echo")
        RCF_METHOD_R1(std::string, echo, const std::string &)
        RCF_METHOD_V0(void, stopServer)
    RCF_END(I_Echo)

    typedef RcfClient<I_Echo> Client;
    typedef boost::shared_ptr<Client> ClientPtr;

    void clientThreadTask(const std::vector<ClientPtr> &clients, const std::string &msg, bool random, int i0, int i1)
    {
        for (int j=i0; j<i1; ++j)
        {
            if (random)
            {
                int idx = rand() % (i1-i0);
                BOOST_CHECK( msg == clients[i0 + idx]->echo(msg) );
            }
            else
            {
                BOOST_CHECK( msg == clients[j]->echo(msg) );
            }
        }
    }

    ThreadGroup createClientThreads(int threads, const std::vector<ClientPtr> &clients, const std::string &msg, bool random)
    {
        int calls = clients.size();
        ThreadGroup threadGroup;
        for (int i=0; i<threads; ++i)
        {
            int threadCalls = calls/threads;
            int j0 = i*threadCalls;
            int j1 = (i+1)*threadCalls;
            if (i == threads-1)
            {
                j1 = calls;
            }
            bool random = false;
            threadGroup.push_back( ThreadPtr( new Thread( boost::bind(clientThreadTask, clients, msg, random, j0, j1))));
        }
        return threadGroup;
    }

} // namespace Test_ServerTransportConcurrency

int RCF_TEST_MAIN(int argc, char **argv)
{

    printTestHeader(__FILE__);

    using namespace Test_ServerTransportConcurrency;

    util::CommandLineOption<bool>           clServer("server", false, "act as server");
    util::CommandLineOption<bool>           clClient("client", false, "act as client");
    util::CommandLineOption<std::string>    clIp("ip", util::PortNumbers::getSingleton().getIp(), "ip");
    util::CommandLineOption<int>            clPort("port", util::PortNumbers::getSingleton().getCurrent(), "port");
    util::CommandLineOption<int>            clCalls("calls", 1000, "number of calls");
    util::CommandLineOption<int>            clThreads("threads", 1, "number of threads making client calls");
    util::CommandLine::getSingleton().parse(argc, argv);

    // TODO: make ip and port options part of util::PortNumbers
    util::PortNumbers::getSingleton().setCurrent(clPort);
    util::PortNumbers::getSingleton().setIp(clIp);

    bool bServer = true;
    bool bClient = true;
    if (clServer && clClient)
    {
        bServer = true;
        bClient = true;
    }
    else if (clServer)
    {
        bServer = true;
        bClient = false;
    }
    else if (clClient)
    {
        bServer = false;
        bClient = true;
    }

    for (unsigned int i=0; i<RCF::getTransportFactories().size(); ++i)
    {

        RCF::TransportFactoryPtr transportFactoryPtr = RCF::getTransportFactories()[i];
        std::pair<RCF::ServerTransportPtr, RCF::ClientTransportAutoPtrPtr> transports = transportFactoryPtr->createTransports();
        RCF::ServerTransportPtr serverTransportPtr( transports.first );
        RCF::ClientTransportAutoPtr clientTransportAutoPtr( *transports.second );

        std::ostringstream ostr;
        RCF::writeTransportTypes(ostr, *serverTransportPtr, *clientTransportAutoPtr);
        std::string transportDesc = ostr.str();

        RCF::writeTransportTypes(std::cout, *serverTransportPtr, *clientTransportAutoPtr);

        std::string     msg = "payload";
        int             calls = clCalls;
        int             threads = clThreads;
        std::string     ip = "localhost";
        int             port = 50001;

        RCF_ASSERT(threads <= calls)(threads)(calls);

        std::cout << "Calls: " << calls << std::endl;
        std::cout << "Threads: " << threads << std::endl;

        Echo echo;
        RCF::RcfServer server(serverTransportPtr);
        server.bind( (I_Echo*) 0, echo);
        if (bServer)
        {
            if (!bClient)
            {
                RCF::I_IpServerTransport &ipServerTransport = dynamic_cast<RCF::I_IpServerTransport &>(*serverTransportPtr);
                ipServerTransport.setNetworkInterface("0.0.0.0");
            }
            server.start();
        }
        else
        {
            Platform::OS::SleepMs(1000);
        }

        // all requests on 1 client
        if (bClient)
        {
            Client client(clientTransportAutoPtr->clone());
            BOOST_CHECK( msg == client.echo(msg) );
            {
                std::string title = transportDesc + ": " +
                    boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(calls) + " call(s), 1 client(s)";
                util::Profile profile(title);
                for (int i=0; i<calls; ++i)
                {
                    BOOST_CHECK( msg == client.echo(msg) );
                }
            }

            // 1 request on all clients, a) in order, and b) in random order
            std::vector<ClientPtr> clients;
            for (int i=0; i<calls; ++i)
            {
                clients.push_back( ClientPtr(new Client(clientTransportAutoPtr->clone())));
            }
            RCF_ASSERT(clients.size() == calls);
            for (int j=0; j<clients.size(); ++j)
            {
                BOOST_CHECK( msg == clients[j]->echo(msg) );
            }
            {
                std::string title = transportDesc + ": 1 call(s), " +
                    boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(calls) + " client(s): " +
                    boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(threads) + " threads(s)";
                util::Profile profile(title);
                joinThreadGroup(createClientThreads(threads, clients, msg, false));
            }
            {
                srand(RCF::getCurrentTimeMs());
                std::string title = transportDesc + ": 1 call(s), " +
                    boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(calls) + " client(s): " +
                    boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(threads) + " threads(s): randomized";
                util::Profile profile(title);
                joinThreadGroup(createClientThreads(threads, clients, msg, true));
            }

            RcfClient<I_Echo>(clientTransportAutoPtr->clone()).stopServer();

        }

        if (bServer)
        {
            echo.wait();
            server.stop();
        }

    }

    return boost::exit_success;
}




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