Inter-Process Communication in .NET Using Named Pipes, Part 2

using System;
using System.IO;

using AppModule.InterProcessComm;

namespace AppModule.NamedPipes {
	#region Comments
	/// <summary>
	/// Used by client applications to communicate with server ones by using named pipes.
	/// </summary>
	#endregion
	public sealed class ClientPipeConnection : APipeConnection {
		#region Comments
		/// <summary>
		/// The network name of the server where the server pipe is created.
		/// </summary>
		/// <remarks>
		/// If "." is used as a server name then the pipe is connected to the local machine.
		/// </remarks>
		#endregion
		private string Server = ".";
		#region Comments
		/// <summary>
		/// Closes a client named pipe connection.
		/// </summary>
		/// <remarks>
		/// A client pipe connection is closed by closing the underlying pipe handle.
		/// </remarks>
		#endregion
		public override void Close() {
			CheckIfDisposed();
			NamedPipeWrapper.Close(this.Handle);
		}
		#region Comments
		/// <summary>
		/// Connects a client pipe to an existing server one.
		/// </summary>
		#endregion
		public override void Connect() {
			CheckIfDisposed();
			this.Handle = NamedPipeWrapper.ConnectToPipe(this.Name, this.Server);
		}
		#region Comments
		/// <summary>
		/// Attempts to establish a connection to the a server named pipe. 
		/// </summary>
		/// <remarks>
		/// If the attempt is successful the method creates the 
		/// <see cref="AppModule.NamedPipes.PipeHandle">PipeHandle</see> object
		/// and assigns it to the <see cref="AppModule.NamedPipes.APipeConnection.Handle">Handle</see>
		/// field.<br/><br/>
		/// This method is used when it is not known whether a server pipe already exists.
		/// </remarks>
		/// <returns>True if a connection is established.</returns>
		#endregion
		public bool TryConnect() {
			CheckIfDisposed();
			bool ReturnVal = NamedPipeWrapper.TryConnectToPipe(this.Name, this.Server, out this.Handle);

			return ReturnVal;
		}
		#region Comments
		/// <summary>
		/// Creates an instance of the ClientPipeConnection assuming that the server pipe
		/// is created on the same machine.
		/// </summary>
		/// <remarks>
		/// The maximum bytes to read from the client is set to be Int32.MaxValue.
		/// </remarks>
		/// <param name="name">The name of the server pipe.</param>
		#endregion
		public ClientPipeConnection(string name) {
			this.Name = name;
			this.Server = ".";
			this.maxReadBytes = Int32.MaxValue;
		}
		#region Comments
		/// <summary>
		/// Creates an instance of the ClientPipeConnection specifying the network name
		/// of the server.
		/// </summary>
		/// <remarks>
		/// The maximum bytes to read from the client is set to be Int32.MaxValue.
		/// </remarks>
		/// <param name="name">The name of the server pipe.</param>
		/// <param name="server">The network name of the machine, where the server pipe is created.</param>
		#endregion
		public ClientPipeConnection(string name, string server) {
			this.Name = name;
			this.Server = server;
			this.maxReadBytes = Int32.MaxValue;
		}
		#region Comments
		/// <summary>
		/// Object destructor.
		/// </summary>
		#endregion
		~ClientPipeConnection() {
			Dispose(false);
		}
	}
}