A reusable, high performance, socket server class - Part 2

Len Holgate

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To maintain performance a socket server shouldn't make blocking calls from its IO threads. This article builds on the previous one to add a business logic thread pool to our example server.

jbservershutdown.zip
- ServerShutdown
  - JetByteTools
    - Win32Tools
      - CriticalSection.cpp
      - CriticalSection.h
      - Event.cpp
      - Event.h
      - Exception.cpp
      - Exception.h
      - ManualResetEvent.cpp
      - ManualResetEvent.h
      - mssccprj.scc
      - tstring.h
      - Utils.cpp
      - Utils.h
      - vssver.scc
      - Win32Exception.cpp
      - Win32Exception.h
      - Win32Tools.dsp
      - Win32Tools.vcproj
      - Win32Tools.vcproj.vspscc
  - ServerShutdown
    - mssccprj.scc
    - ReadMe.txt
    - res
      - ServerShutdown.ico
      - ServerShutdown.rc2
      - vssver.scc
    - resource.h
    - ServerShutdown.cpp
    - ServerShutdown.dsp
    - ServerShutdown.dsw
    - ServerShutdown.h
    - ServerShutdown.rc
    - ServerShutdown.sln
    - ServerShutdown.vcproj
    - ServerShutdown.vcproj.vspscc
    - ServerShutdown.vssscc
    - ServerShutdownDlg.cpp
    - ServerShutdownDlg.h
    - StdAfx.cpp
    - StdAfx.h
    - vssver.scc
jbsocketserver4.zip
- SimpleProtocolServer2
  - JetByteTools
    - Win32Tools
      - AutoResetEvent.cpp
      - AutoResetEvent.h
      - CriticalSection.cpp
      - CriticalSection.h
      - Event.cpp
      - Event.h
      - Exception.cpp
      - Exception.h
      - IOBuffer.cpp
      - IOBuffer.h
      - IOCompletionPort.cpp
      - IOCompletionPort.h
      - ManualResetEvent.cpp
      - ManualResetEvent.h
      - mssccprj.scc
      - NodeList.cpp
      - NodeList.h
      - OpaqueUserData.h
      - Socket.cpp
      - Socket.h
      - SocketAddress.cpp
      - SocketAddress.h
      - SocketServer.cpp
      - SocketServer.h
      - std.lnt
      - SystemInfo.h
      - Thread.cpp
      - Thread.h
      - ThreadPool.cpp
      - ThreadPool.h
      - tstring.h
      - UsesWinsock.cpp
      - UsesWinsock.h
      - Utils.cpp
      - Utils.h
      - vssver.scc
      - Win32Exception.cpp
      - Win32Exception.h
      - Win32Tools.dsp
      - Win32Tools.lnt
      - Win32Tools.vcproj
      - Win32Tools.vcproj.vspscc
  - SimpleProtocolServer2
    - mssccprj.scc
    - ServerMain.cpp
    - SimpleProtocolServer2.dsp
    - SimpleProtocolServer2.dsw
    - SimpleProtocolServer2.lnt
    - SimpleProtocolServer2.sln
    - SimpleProtocolServer2.vcproj
    - SimpleProtocolServer2.vcproj.vspscc
    - SocketServer.cpp
    - SocketServer.h
    - std.lnt
    - ThreadPool.cpp
    - ThreadPool.h
    - ThreadPoolWorkerThread.cpp
    - ThreadPoolWorkerThread.h
    - vssver.scc

//{{NO_DEPENDENCIES}}
// Microsoft Developer Studio generated include file.
// Used by ServerShutdown.rc
//
#define IDD_SERVERSHUTDOWN_DIALOG       102
#define IDR_MAINFRAME                   128
#define IDC_SHUTDOWN                    1000
#define IDC_PAUSERESUME                 1001

// Next default values for new objects
// 
#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
#ifndef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
#define _APS_NEXT_RESOURCE_VALUE        129
#define _APS_NEXT_COMMAND_VALUE         32771
#define _APS_NEXT_CONTROL_VALUE         1001
#define _APS_NEXT_SYMED_VALUE           101
#endif
#endif

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Written By

Len Holgate

Software Developer (Senior) JetByte Limited

United Kingdom

Len has been programming for over 30 years, having first started with a Sinclair ZX-80. Now he runs his own consulting company, JetByte Limited and has a technical blog here.

JetByte provides contract programming and consultancy services. We can provide experience in COM, Corba, C++, Windows NT and UNIX. Our speciality is the design and implementation of systems but we are happy to work with you throughout the entire project life-cycle. We are happy to quote for fixed price work, or, if required, can work for an hourly rate.

We are based in London, England, but, thanks to the Internet, we can work 'virtually' anywhere...

Please note that many of the articles here may have updated code available on Len's blog and that the IOCP socket server framework is also available in a licensed, much improved and fully supported version, see here for details.

A reusable, high performance, socket server class - Part 2

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