interprocesscomm 0.1.1

InterProcessComm

or inter-process communication

InterProcessComm is a very small and simple wrapper for the NamedPipeServerStream and the NamedPipeClientStream. It allows easy and fast communication between two applications.

Getting started

Server side :

//we create the server object
var server = new Server("InterProcessComm key");
//if the client is disconnected, we simply close the server here
server.ClientDisconnected += server.Close;
//we can do stuff when a client is found
server.ClientConnected += () => Console.WriteLine("found client");
//we give a purpose to our server when he recieves a request
server.RequestRecieved += r =>
{
    //for now we just write it to the console
    Console.WriteLine(r.StringData);
    //and return "res : " followed by the request
    r.Respond("res : " + r.StringData);
};
//we start the server and wait until it is closed
await server.Start();

Client side :

//we create the client object
var client = new Client("InterProcessComm key");
//we start the client, it will wait for a connection if
//no server are available with the given key
client.Start();
while (true)//don't do this, it's for presentation purpose only
{
    var input = Console.ReadLine();
    if (input == "exit")
        break;
    //we send the user input to the server and write down the response in the console
    Console.WriteLine(client.SendRequest(input)?.StringData);
}
client.Disconnect();