.NET Remoting – Basic Maneuvers

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Threading;

using nsCRemoteObjInterface; //For IRemoteObj interface.


namespace nsCRemoteObj
{
	//Event delegate:
	public delegate void StatusEvent(object sender, StatusEventArgs e);


	public class CRemoteObj : System.MarshalByRefObject, IRemoteObj
	{
		//That's your EVENT here.
		public event StatusEvent evStatus;	

		//Indicating the number of times your method AuthenticateLoser has been invoked - during the life time of "this" instance.
		private int num_of_times_invoked;	

		public CRemoteObj()
		{
			Random rand = new Random((int)System.DateTime.Now.Millisecond + System.DateTime.Now.Second + System.DateTime.Now.Minute);
			num_of_times_invoked=0;
					
			m_nObjID=(int) rand.Next(0,100);
			Console.WriteLine("CRemoteObj constructor invoked.");
		}

		~CRemoteObj()
		{
			Console.WriteLine();
			Console.WriteLine();
			Console.WriteLine("CRemoteObj destructor invoked for objID:{0}", this.ObjID);
			Console.WriteLine();
		}

		public int ObjID
		{
			get { return m_nObjID; }
			set { m_nObjID=value; }
		}

		private int m_nObjID;

		public bool AuthenticateLoser(string sUserName, string sPasswd)
		{
			bool bAuth = false;

			System.Collections.Hashtable usertable = new System.Collections.Hashtable();

			usertable["Paul"]="12345";
			usertable["Jack"]="45678";
			usertable["Sascha"]="12345";
			usertable["Mehdi"]="45678";

			Console.WriteLine("AuthenticateLoser invoked. ObjID:{0}; times invoked:{1}", ObjID.ToString(), this.num_of_times_invoked.ToString());
			Console.WriteLine("Authenticating...");
			for(int i=0; i<3; i++)
			{
				Console.Write("...");
				Thread.Sleep(500);
			}
			Console.WriteLine();

			if( usertable.ContainsKey(sUserName) )
			{
				if( usertable[sUserName].ToString() == sPasswd )
				{
					bAuth=true;
				}
			}

			//Fire the event - if a delegate is associated with the event on client side:
			StatusEventArgs eaStatusArg = new StatusEventArgs("Authentication completed.");
			if(evStatus!=null)
			{
				Console.WriteLine("RemoteObj firing event on server side.!");

				//Fire! eaStatusArg will be streamed to client side where the event is handled by sink class handler - therefore, it's got to be marked "Serializable".
				evStatus(this, eaStatusArg); 
			}
			else
			{
				Console.WriteLine("Authentication completed.{0}No delegate attached to evStatus event. Event not fired.", Environment.NewLine);
				Console.WriteLine();
			}

			return bAuth;
		}

		public string SetupUser(string sname, string spasswd, out string sTime)
		{
			Console.WriteLine("CRemoteObj.SetupUser invoked. Sleep 10 sec.");

			string msg;

			DateTime dt = new DateTime();
			dt = System.DateTime.Now;
			
			sTime = dt.ToString();	//Out

			msg = sname+spasswd+sTime;

			Thread.Sleep(10000);	//Sleep 10 seconds.

			Console.WriteLine("CRemoteObj.SetupUser return");

			return msg;
		}

		public CProfile UpdateProfile(CProfile p)
		{
			Console.WriteLine("CRemoteObj.UpdateProfile invoked.");
			Console.WriteLine("user = {0}, passwd = {1}", p.user, p.passwd);
			
			CProfile pout = p;
			pout.passwd= (new Random(DateTime.Now.Minute).Next(1000000)).ToString();
			Console.WriteLine("password override: {0}", pout.passwd);

			return pout;
		}

		public string GetAssembly()
		{
			string assem_info;
			assem_info = "assembly info (CRemoteObj):" + System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies().GetValue(0).ToString();
			return assem_info;
		}

	}
}