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Templates, Inversion of Control, Factories, and so on

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This article gives a little presentation of Control Templates, Data Templates, Inversion of Control, and Factories, explaining why they are all related and how to better use them.
using System;
using System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles;
using System.Threading;

namespace Pfz.Remoting
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Creates a communication reader using MemoryMappedFiles.
	/// In general, using MemoryMappedFiles is faster than using NamedPipes or other means of inter-process communication.
	/// </summary>
	public sealed class MemoryMappedFileReader:
		IDisposable
	{
		private MemoryMappedFile _file;
		private MemoryMappedViewAccessor _accessor;
		private EventWaitHandle _sentEvent;
		private EventWaitHandle _readEvent;
		private ManualResetEvent _disposedEvent;
		private int _mappedFileLength;
		private unsafe byte *_pointer;
		private unsafe MemoryMappedFileReaderWriterData *_data;
		private bool _readSet;
		private WaitHandle[] _handles;

		/// <summary>
		/// Creates the reader, which should connect to the given NamedPipe and, optionally, with a time-out,
		/// which will be only as the connection time-out.
		/// </summary>
		public MemoryMappedFileReader(string name, int connectionTimeout = -1)
		{
			if (connectionTimeout < -1)
				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("connectionTimeout");

			_sentEvent = new EventWaitHandle(false, EventResetMode.AutoReset, name + ":Sent");
			if (!_sentEvent.WaitOne(connectionTimeout))
				throw new TimeoutException("Connection timed-out.");

			_file = MemoryMappedFile.OpenExisting(name);
			_accessor = _file.CreateViewAccessor();
			_mappedFileLength = _accessor.ReadInt32(0);

			unsafe
			{
				byte *pointer = null;
				_accessor.SafeMemoryMappedViewHandle.AcquirePointer(ref pointer);
				_pointer = pointer;
				_data = (MemoryMappedFileReaderWriterData *)(pointer + _mappedFileLength);
			}

			_readEvent = new EventWaitHandle(false, EventResetMode.AutoReset, name + ":Read");
			_readEvent.Set();

			_disposedEvent = new ManualResetEvent(false);
			_handles = new WaitHandle[2];
			_handles[0] = _disposedEvent;
			_handles[1] = _sentEvent;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Frees all the resources used by this reader and, possible, releases the MemoryMappedFile.
		/// </summary>
		public void Dispose()
		{
			var disposedEvent = _disposedEvent;
			if (disposedEvent != null)
				disposedEvent.Set();

			var readEvent = _readEvent;
			unsafe
			{
				if (_data != null && readEvent != null)
				{
					_data->_ended = true;

					readEvent.Set();
				}
			}

			Disposer.Dispose(ref _accessor);
			Disposer.Dispose(ref _file);
			Disposer.Dispose(ref _sentEvent);
			Disposer.Dispose(ref _readEvent);
		}

		private int _timeout = -1;
		/// <summary>
		/// Gets or sets the time-out of this reader.
		/// This is not the same as the connection time out and must be set explicity.
		/// </summary>
		public int Timeout
		{
			get
			{
				return _timeout;
			}
			set
			{
				if (value < -1)
					throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException();

				_timeout = value;
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets the Length of the memory-mapped-file.
		/// </summary>
		public int MemoryMappedFileLength
		{
			get
			{
				return _mappedFileLength;
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Reads a single byte from the stream.
		/// May return -1 if the connection is lost, or throw a TimeoutException if no more data is being received.
		/// </summary>
		public int ReadByte()
		{
			unsafe
			{
				int readerPosition = _data->_readerPosition;
				bool readerState = _data->_readerState;

				while(readerPosition == _data->_writerPosition && readerState == _data->_writerState)
				{
					if (_data->_ended)
					{
						if (readerPosition == _data->_writerPosition && readerState == _data->_writerState) // retest needed.
							return -1;

						break;
					}

					_readSet = false;
					_readEvent.Set();

					switch (WaitHandle.WaitAny(_handles, _timeout))
					{
						case WaitHandle.WaitTimeout: throw new TimeoutException("Read timed-out.");
						case 0:
							{
								var disposedEvent = _disposedEvent;
								if (disposedEvent != null)
								{
									_disposedEvent = null;
									disposedEvent.Dispose();
								}

								return -1;
							}
					}
				}

				int result = _pointer[readerPosition];
				readerPosition ++;
				if (readerPosition >= _mappedFileLength)
				{
					readerPosition = 0;
					_data->_readerState = !readerState;
				}

				_data->_readerPosition = readerPosition;
				if (!_readSet)
				{
					_readSet = true;
					_readEvent.Set();
				}

				return result;
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Tries to fill the buffer, but will return the actual number of bytes read.
		/// </summary>
		public int Read(byte[] buffer)
		{
			if (buffer == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException("buffer");

			return _Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Tries to fill the buffer, but will return the actual number of bytes read.
		/// </summary>
		public int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset)
		{
			if (buffer == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException("buffer");

			if (offset < 0 || offset >= buffer.Length)
				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("offset");

			return _Read(buffer, offset, buffer.Length - offset);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Tries to fill the buffer, but will return the actual number of bytes read.
		/// </summary>
		public int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
		{
			if (buffer == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException("buffer");

			if (offset < 0 || offset >= buffer.Length)
				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("offset");

			if (count < 0 || offset + count > buffer.Length)
				throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("count");

			return _Read(buffer, offset, count);
		}

		private int _Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count)
		{
			unsafe
			{
				int readerPosition = _data->_readerPosition;
				bool readerState = _data->_readerState;
				int writerPosition;
				bool writerState;

				while(true)
				{
					writerPosition = _data->_writerPosition;
					writerState = _data->_writerState;

					if (readerPosition != _data->_writerPosition || readerState != _data->_writerState)
						break;

					if (_data->_ended)
					{
						if (readerPosition == _data->_writerPosition && readerState == _data->_writerState) // retest needed.
							return 0;

						break;
					}

					_readSet = false;
					_readEvent.Set();

					switch(WaitHandle.WaitAny(_handles, _timeout))
					{
						case WaitHandle.WaitTimeout: throw new TimeoutException("Read timed-out.");
						case 0:
						{
							var disposedEvent = _disposedEvent;
							if (disposedEvent != null)
							{
								_disposedEvent = null;
								disposedEvent.Dispose();
							}

							return -1;
						}
					}
				}

				int remaining;
				if (readerState == writerState)
					remaining = writerPosition - readerPosition;
				else
					remaining = _mappedFileLength - readerPosition;

				int toRead = Math.Min(remaining, count);
				fixed(byte *destinationPointer = buffer)
					UnsafeBuffer.BlockCopy(_pointer + readerPosition, destinationPointer + offset, toRead);

				readerPosition += toRead;
				if (readerPosition >= _mappedFileLength)
				{
					readerPosition = 0;
					_data->_readerState = !readerState;
				}

				_data->_readerPosition = readerPosition;
				if (!_readSet)
				{
					_readSet = true;
					_readEvent.Set();
				}

				return toRead;
			}
		}
	}
}

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