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Practical .NET Remoting Caching Sink

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A cache mechanism for .NET Remoting
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Runtime.Remoting;
using System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels;
using System.Collections;
using System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.Text;

namespace System.Runtime.Remoting.Caching
{
	public class CachingClientSinkProvider: IClientChannelSinkProvider 
	{
		private IClientChannelSinkProvider _next;

		public CachingClientSinkProvider(IDictionary properties, ICollection providerData) 
		{
		}

		public IClientChannelSinkProvider Next 
		{
			get {return _next; }
			set {_next = value;}
		}

		public IClientChannelSink CreateSink(IChannelSender channel, string url, object remoteChannelData) 
		{
			IClientChannelSink next = _next.CreateSink(channel, url, remoteChannelData);	
			return new CachingClientSink(next);
		}
	}
	[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method, 
		 Inherited = true, 
		 AllowMultiple = false)]
	public class InfinitelyCachedAttribute : CacheTimeAttribute
	{
		public InfinitelyCachedAttribute() : base(TimeSpan.FromDays(100)){}
	}
	[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method, 
		 Inherited = true, 
		 AllowMultiple = false)]
	public class CacheTimeAttribute : Attribute
	{
		private TimeSpan time;  
		public TimeSpan Time{    get { return time; }    
			set { this.time = value; }  
		}
		public CacheTimeAttribute(TimeSpan time)  {    this.time=time;  }
		public CacheTimeAttribute(string time)  {    this.time=TimeSpan.Parse(time);  }
	}
	public class CachingServerSink: BaseChannelSinkWithProperties,
		IServerChannelSink 
	{
		private IServerChannelSink _nextSink;

		public CachingServerSink(IServerChannelSink next) 
		{
			_nextSink = next;
		}

		public IServerChannelSink NextChannelSink 
		{
			get 
			{
				return _nextSink;
			}
		}

		public void AsyncProcessResponse(IServerResponseChannelSinkStack sinkStack, 
			object state, IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders headers, Stream stream) 
		{
			IMethodCallMessage mc = msg as IMethodCallMessage;
			if(mc!=null)
				headers["X-Cache"] = this.GetMethodCacheLimit(mc.MethodBase).ToString();

			sinkStack.AsyncProcessResponse(msg,headers,stream);
		}

		public Stream GetResponseStream(IServerResponseChannelSinkStack sinkStack, 
			object state, IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders headers) 
		{
			return null;
		}
		string GetMethodCacheLimit(MethodBase m)
		{
			foreach(CacheTimeAttribute a in m.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(CacheTimeAttribute),true))
			{
				return a.Time.ToString();
			}
			return null;
		}
		public ServerProcessing ProcessMessage(IServerChannelSinkStack sinkStack, IMessage requestMsg, 
			ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream, out IMessage responseMsg, 
			out ITransportHeaders responseHeaders, out Stream responseStream) 
		{

			sinkStack.Push(this,null);

			ServerProcessing res = _nextSink.ProcessMessage(sinkStack, requestMsg, requestHeaders,
				requestStream, out responseMsg, out responseHeaders, out responseStream);
			IMethodCallMessage mc = requestMsg as IMethodCallMessage;
			if(mc!=null)
			{
				string t = this.GetMethodCacheLimit(mc.MethodBase);
				if(t!=null)
				{
					if(responseHeaders==null)responseHeaders=new TransportHeaders();
					responseHeaders["X-Cache"] = t;
				}
			}
			return res;
		}
	}
	public class CachingServerSinkProvider: IServerChannelSinkProvider 
	{
		private IServerChannelSinkProvider _nextProvider;

		public CachingServerSinkProvider(IDictionary properties, ICollection providerData) 
		{ 
		}

		public IServerChannelSinkProvider Next 
		{
			get {return _nextProvider; }
			set {_nextProvider = value;}
		}

		public IServerChannelSink CreateSink(IChannelReceiver channel) 
		{
			IServerChannelSink next = _nextProvider.CreateSink(channel);				
				
			return new CachingServerSink(next);
		}

		public void GetChannelData(IChannelDataStore channelData) 
		{
		}
	}
	public class CachingClientSink: BaseChannelSinkWithProperties, 
		IClientChannelSink 
	{
		private IClientChannelSink _nextSink;
		private static RemoteCallCache cache = new RemoteCallCache();

		public CachingClientSink(IClientChannelSink next) 
		{
			_nextSink = next;
		}

		public IClientChannelSink NextChannelSink 
		{
			get 
			{
				return _nextSink;
			}
		}

		public void AsyncProcessRequest(IClientChannelSinkStack sinkStack, 
			IMessage msg,  ITransportHeaders headers, Stream stream) 
		{
			_nextSink.AsyncProcessRequest(sinkStack,msg,headers,stream);
		}

		public void AsyncProcessResponse(IClientResponseChannelSinkStack sinkStack, 
			object state,  ITransportHeaders headers, Stream stream) 
		{
			sinkStack.AsyncProcessResponse(headers,stream);
		}

		public Stream GetRequestStream(IMessage msg, 
			ITransportHeaders headers) 
		{
			return _nextSink.GetRequestStream(msg, headers);
		}

		[Conditional("DEBUG")]
		void Trace(string msg)
		{
			System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine(msg,"Caching");
		}
		public void ProcessMessage(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, 
			Stream requestStream, out ITransportHeaders responseHeaders, out Stream responseStream) 
		{
			RemotingKey k = new RemotingKey(msg, requestStream, requestHeaders);				
			RemotingResult result = cache.GetPreviousResults(k);
			if (result == null)
			{
				_nextSink.ProcessMessage(msg, requestHeaders, requestStream, out responseHeaders, out responseStream);
				string cacheLimit = responseHeaders["X-Cache"] as string;
				if (cacheLimit != null)
				{
					try
					{
						TimeSpan t = TimeSpan.Parse(cacheLimit);
						Trace("Cached " + ((IMethodMessage)msg).MethodName+" till "+t.ToString());

						RemotingResult r=new RemotingResult(responseStream, responseHeaders, DateTime.UtcNow + t);
						cache.CacheResults(k, r);
						responseStream=r.GetNewResponseStream();
					}
					catch{}
				}
			}
			else
			{
				Trace("Use cached result for " + ((IMethodMessage)msg).MethodName);
				responseStream = result.GetNewResponseStream();
				responseHeaders = result.Headers;
			}
		}
	}
	[Serializable]
	public class RemotingKey
	{
		public override int GetHashCode()
		{
			return hashCode;
		}
		public override bool Equals(object o)
		{
			RemotingKey ok = o as RemotingKey;
			if(ok==null)return false;

			if (this.key.Length != ok.key.Length)
				return false;

			for(int i = 0; i < key.Length; ++i)
			{
				if (key[i] != ok.key[i])
					return false;
			}
			return true;
		}
		public RemotingKey(){}
		byte[] _key=null;
		public void CalculateKey()
		{
			if(msg==null || _key!=null)return;
			BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
			MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
			bf.Serialize(ms, msg);
			bf.Serialize(ms, headers);
			_key = ms.GetBuffer();
			msg=null; headers=null;				
		}
		public byte[] key
		{
			get
			{
				if(_key!=null)return _key;
				try
				{
					CalculateKey();
					return _key;
				}
				catch
				{
					return new byte[0];
				}
			}
		}
		int hashCode;
		
		IMessage msg=null;
		ITransportHeaders headers=null;
		public RemotingKey(IMessage msg, Stream rs, ITransportHeaders headers)
		{
			IMethodMessage m = msg as IMethodMessage;
			if(m!=null)hashCode = m.MethodName.GetHashCode();
			else hashCode=0;
			
			if(rs!=null && rs.CanSeek && rs.CanRead)
			{
				MemoryStream t = new MemoryStream();
				if(m!=null)
				{
					StreamWriter s=new StreamWriter(t,Encoding.UTF8);
					s.WriteLine(m.Uri);
					s.WriteLine(m.TypeName);
					s.WriteLine(m.MethodName);
					s.Flush();
				}
				long op = rs.Position;
				RemotingResult.CopyStream(t,rs);
				rs.Seek(op,SeekOrigin.Begin);
				_key = t.GetBuffer();
			}
			else
			{
				this.msg=msg;
				this.headers=headers;
			}
		}
		/*public string StringReprensentation
		{
			get
			{
				StringBuilder sb=new StringBuilder();
				foreach(object e in _msg.Properties)
				{
					Array ee = e as Array;
					if(ee==null)
					{
						sb.Append(e.ToString());
					}
					else
					{
						foreach(object eee in ee)
						{
							sb.Append(eee);
						}
					}
				}
				foreach(object e in _headers)
				{
					Array ee = e as Array;
					if(ee==null)
					{
						sb.Append(e.ToString());
					}
					else
					{
						foreach(object eee in ee)
						{
							sb.Append(eee);
						}
					}
				}
				return sb.ToString();
				/*IMethodMessage m = _msg as IMethodMessage;
				if(m!=null)
				{
					sb.Append(m.TypeName);
					sb.Append(m.MethodName);
					sb.Append(m.ArgCount);
					foreach(object a in m.Args)
						sb.Append(a);
				}
			}
		}*/
	}

	[Serializable]
	public class RemotingResult
	{
		public static int CopyStream(Stream to, Stream from)
		{
			if(from.CanSeek)from.Seek(0,SeekOrigin.Begin);

			byte[] buffer = new byte[256];
			int size = 0;
			while(true) 
			{
				int sizeRead = from.Read(buffer,0,buffer.Length);
				if(sizeRead==0)break;
				to.Write(buffer,0,sizeRead);
				size += sizeRead;
			}
			to.Seek(0,SeekOrigin.Begin);
			return size;
		}		
		
		public RemotingResult(Stream Response, ITransportHeaders ResponseHeaders, DateTime ValidTo)
		{
			CopyStream(_response,Response);
			_headers = ResponseHeaders;
			_validTo = ValidTo;
		}

		public Stream GetNewResponseStream()
		{
			Stream r = new MemoryStream((int)_response.Length);
			CopyStream(r,_response);
			return r;
		}
		public ITransportHeaders Headers{get{return _headers;}}
		public DateTime ValidTo{get{return _validTo;}}

		MemoryStream _response=new MemoryStream();
		private ITransportHeaders _headers;
		private DateTime _validTo;
	}

	public class RemoteCallCache 
	{
		private System.Collections.Hashtable _resultMap = Hashtable.Synchronized(new Hashtable());
		
		public RemotingResult GetPreviousResults(RemotingKey k)
		{
			try
			{
				RemotingResult res = (RemotingResult)_resultMap[k];
				if (res != null && res.ValidTo < DateTime.UtcNow)
				{
					_resultMap.Remove(k);
					return null;
				}
				return res;
			}
			catch(Exception)
			{
				return null;
			}
		}
	
		public void CacheResults(RemotingKey k, RemotingResult Result)
		{
			k.CalculateKey();
			_resultMap[k] = Result;
		}
	}

}

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