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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 <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>

#include <boost/thread/xtime.hpp>

#include <RCF/test/TestMinimal.hpp>

#include <RCF/Idl.hpp>
#include <RCF/RcfServer.hpp>
#include <RCF/test/TransportFactories.hpp>
#include <RCF/util/CommandLine.hpp>
#include <RCF/util/PortNumbers.hpp>
#include <RCF/util/Platform/OS/Sleep.hpp>

#include <SF/memory.hpp>

// Need to disable broken pipe signals for OS's like Solaris
#ifdef SIGPIPE
#include <signal.h>
#include <RCF/util/InitDeinit.hpp>
UTIL_ON_INIT( sigignore(SIGPIPE) )
#endif

namespace Test_ClientTimeout {

    RCF_BEGIN(I_X, "I_X")
        RCF_METHOD_R2(std::string, echo, std::string, unsigned int);
    RCF_END(I_X);

    class X
    {
    public:
        std::string echo(const std::string &s, unsigned int sec)
        {
            Platform::OS::Sleep(sec);
            return s;
        }
    };

} // namespace Test_ClientTimeout

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

    printTestHeader(__FILE__);

    using namespace Test_ClientTimeout;

    util::CommandLine::getSingleton().parse(argc, argv);

    for (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 );

        if (!transportFactoryPtr->isConnectionOriented())
        {
            continue;
        }

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

        X x;
        RCF::RcfServer server(serverTransportPtr);
        server.bind( (I_X *) 0, x);
        server.start();

        RcfClient<I_X> client(clientTransportAutoPtr);

        // this call will timeout
        client.getClientStub().setRemoteCallTimeoutMs(1*1000);
        try
        {
            std::string s = client.echo("abc", 2);
            BOOST_CHECK(1==0);
        }
        catch (const RCF::Exception &e)
        {
            BOOST_CHECK(1==1);
            std::cout << e.what();
        }
       
        // this one won't
        client.getClientStub().setRemoteCallTimeoutMs(10*1000);
        std::string s = client.echo("def", 2);

        // whether or not this check succeeds depends on the client transport implementation (will fail on UDP for instance)
        // OTOH, if the server transport is running several threads, it will probably succeed anyway
        // (the second thread gets its response in before the first one)
        // TODO: run the server with at least 2 threads
        //BOOST_CHECK(s == "def");


        // test connection timeout

        //server.stop();
        server.close();

        client.getClientStub().setRemoteCallTimeoutMs(15*1000);
        client.getClientStub().setConnectTimeoutMs(2*1000);
        unsigned int t0 = RCF::getCurrentTimeMs();
        try
        {
            client.echo("asdf", 10);
            BOOST_CHECK(1==0);
        }
        catch (const RCF::Exception &e)
        {
            BOOST_CHECK(1==1);
        }
        unsigned int t1 = RCF::getCurrentTimeMs();
        std::cout << "t1-t0 = " << t1-t0 << std::endl;
        BOOST_CHECK(t1-t0 < 4*1000);

        server.start();

        client.getClientStub().setRemoteCallTimeoutMs(15*1000);
        client.getClientStub().setConnectTimeoutMs(2*1000);
        t0 = RCF::getCurrentTimeMs();
        try
        {
            client.echo("asdf", 5);
            BOOST_CHECK(1==1);
        }
        catch (const RCF::Exception &e)
        {
            BOOST_CHECK(1==0);
        }
        t1 = RCF::getCurrentTimeMs();
        std::cout << "t1-t0 = " << t1-t0 << std::endl;
        BOOST_CHECK(t1-t0 >= 4900); // leave 100ms margin for OS timer discrepancies...
       
    }
   
    return boost::exit_success;
}

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