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Continuously data transfer with sockets

I've created a basic C# application that is receiving and sending data with sockets. Currently I'm able to send data from my client to my server and I can receive response.
My problem is: As a client I don't know how to check if the server has send me anything new. Normally I send something as client and receive response there is no problem but sometimes server has to send me some information.
This is my current code sample, I'll update this post if I change the code
My server side code is like this:
public class StateObject
{
// Client socket.
public Socket workSocket = null;
// Size of receive buffer.
public const int BufferSize = 1024;
// Receive buffer.
public byte[] buffer = new byte[BufferSize];
// Received data string.
public StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
}
public static ManualResetEvent allDone = new ManualResetEvent(false);
public void StartListening()
{
IPHostEntry ipHostInfo = Dns.GetHostEntry(Dns.GetHostName());
IPAddress ipAddress = ipHostInfo.AddressList[0];
IPEndPoint localEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(ipAddress, 10101);
Socket listener = new Socket(ipAddress.AddressFamily, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
try
{
listener.Bind(localEndPoint);
listener.Listen(10);
while (true)
{
allDone.Reset();
listener.BeginAccept(new AsyncCallback(AcceptCallback), listener);
allDone.WaitOne();
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
}
public void AcceptCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
allDone.Set();
Socket listener = (Socket)ar.AsyncState;
Socket handler = listener.EndAccept(ar);
StateObject state = new StateObject();
state.workSocket = handler;
ClientList.Add(handler);
handler.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0, StateObject.BufferSize, 0, new AsyncCallback(ReadCallback), state);
}
public void ReadCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
string content = string.Empty;
StateObject state = (StateObject)ar.AsyncState;
Socket handler = state.workSocket;
int bytesRead = handler.EndReceive(ar);
if (bytesRead > 0)
{
state.sb.Append(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(state.buffer, 0, bytesRead));
content = state.sb.ToString();
if (content.IndexOf("_|_!#*#_") > -1)
{
HandleIncomingMessage(handler, content.Substring(0, content.Length - 8));
}
else
{
handler.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0, StateObject.BufferSize, 0, new AsyncCallback(ReadCallback), state);
}
}
}
private void HandleIncomingMessage(Socket handler, string data)
{
CheckForIllegalCrossThreadCalls = false;
Response response = new Response();
byte[] byteData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data);
listView1.Items.Add(data);
response = ParserToSocket(data);
if (response == null)
{
response = new Response();
response.Status = "false";
response.Message = "Json not valid" + data;
}
if (response.Status == null)
response.Status = "false";
if (response.Message == null)
response.Message = "Error while creating response message";
byte[] ByteArrayToSend = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(response) + "_|_!#*#_");
handler.BeginSend(ByteArrayToSend, 0, ByteArrayToSend.Length, 0, new AsyncCallback(SendCallback), handler);
}
private void SendCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
try
{
StateObject.BufferSize, 0, new AsyncCallback(ReadCallback), state);
Socket handler = (Socket)ar.AsyncState;
int bytesSent = handler.EndSend(ar);
StateObject state = (StateObject)ar.AsyncState;
handler.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0, StateObject.BufferSize, 0, new AsyncCallback(ReadCallback), state);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
}
and this is code for my client side :
public class StateObject
{
public Socket workSocket = null;
public const int BufferSize = 512;
public byte[] buffer = new byte[BufferSize];
public StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
}
private string response = string.Empty;
public Socket ConnectedSocket;
IPHostEntry ipHostInfo;
IPAddress ipAddress;
IPEndPoint remoteEP;
private string StartClient()
{
try
{
ipHostInfo = Dns.GetHostEntry("127.0.0.1");
ipAddress = ipHostInfo.AddressList[0];
remoteEP = new IPEndPoint(ipAddress, 10101);
ConnectedSocket = new Socket(ipAddress.AddressFamily, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
ConnectedSocket.BeginConnect(remoteEP, new AsyncCallback(ConnectCallback), ConnectedSocket);
return "";
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("CLIENT ERROR : \n" + e.ToString());
return "";
}
}
private void ConnectCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
try
{
Socket client = (Socket)ar.AsyncState;
client.EndConnect(ar);
Console.WriteLine("Client connected to server.");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
}
public string SendMessageToServer(string text)
{
StartClient();
response = string.Empty;
text += "_|_!#*#_";
byte[] byteData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(text);
ConnectedSocket.BeginSend(byteData, 0, byteData.Length, 0, new AsyncCallback(SendCallback), ConnectedSocket);
while(response.IndexOf("_|_!#*#_") == -1)
{
}
response = response.Replace("_|_!#*#_", "");
return response;
}
private void SendCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
try
{
Socket client = (Socket)ar.AsyncState;
int bytesSent = client.EndSend(ar);
StateObject state = new StateObject();
state.workSocket = client;
client.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0, StateObject.BufferSize, 0, new AsyncCallback(ReceiveCallback), state);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
}
private void ReceiveCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
try
{
StateObject state = (StateObject)ar.AsyncState;
Socket client = state.workSocket;
int bytesRead = client.EndReceive(ar);
if (bytesRead > 0)
{
state.sb.Append(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(state.buffer, 0, bytesRead));
response = state.sb.ToString();
if (response.IndexOf("_|_!#*#_") != -1)
{
state.sb.Clear();
return;
}
else
{
client.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0, StateObject.BufferSize, 0, new AsyncCallback(ReceiveCallback), state);
}
}
else
{
if (state.sb.Length > 1)
{
response = state.sb.ToString();
}
client.EndReceive(ar);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
}

No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused (c# socket program)

I just copied the code from msdn examples, asynchronous server and client socket program. But I am getting error System.Net.SocketsException: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:11000
Client Program :
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Threading;
using System.Text;
// State object for receiving data from remote device.
public class StateObject
{
// Client socket.
public Socket workSocket = null;
// Size of receive buffer.
public const int BufferSize = 256;
// Receive buffer.
public byte[] buffer = new byte[BufferSize];
// Received data string.
public StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
}
public class AsynchronousClient
{
// The port number for the remote device.
private const int port = 11000;
// ManualResetEvent instances signal completion.
private static ManualResetEvent connectDone =
new ManualResetEvent(false);
private static ManualResetEvent sendDone =
new ManualResetEvent(false);
private static ManualResetEvent receiveDone =
new ManualResetEvent(false);
// The response from the remote device.
private static String response = String.Empty;
private static void StartClient()
{
// Connect to a remote device.
try
{
// Establish the remote endpoint for the socket.
// The name of the
// remote device is "host.contoso.com".
IPHostEntry ipHostInfo = Dns.Resolve("localhost");
IPAddress ipAddress = ipHostInfo.AddressList[0];
IPEndPoint remoteEP = new IPEndPoint(ipAddress, port);
// Create a TCP/IP socket.
Socket client = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork,
SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
// Connect to the remote endpoint.
client.BeginConnect(remoteEP,
new AsyncCallback(ConnectCallback), client);
connectDone.WaitOne();
// Send test data to the remote device.
Send(client, "This is a test<EOF>");
sendDone.WaitOne();
// Receive the response from the remote device.
Receive(client);
receiveDone.WaitOne();
// Write the response to the console.
Console.WriteLine("Response received : {0}", response);
// Release the socket.
client.Shutdown(SocketShutdown.Both);
client.Close();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
}
private static void ConnectCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
try
{
// Retrieve the socket from the state object.
Socket client = (Socket)ar.AsyncState;
// Complete the connection.
client.EndConnect(ar);
Console.WriteLine("Socket connected to {0}",
client.RemoteEndPoint.ToString());
// Signal that the connection has been made.
connectDone.Set();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
}
private static void Receive(Socket client)
{
try
{
// Create the state object.
StateObject state = new StateObject();
state.workSocket = client;
// Begin receiving the data from the remote device.
client.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0, StateObject.BufferSize, 0,
new AsyncCallback(ReceiveCallback), state);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
}
private static void ReceiveCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
try
{
// Retrieve the state object and the client socket
// from the asynchronous state object.
StateObject state = (StateObject)ar.AsyncState;
Socket client = state.workSocket;
// Read data from the remote device.
int bytesRead = client.EndReceive(ar);
if (bytesRead > 0)
{
// There might be more data, so store the data received so far.
state.sb.Append(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(state.buffer, 0, bytesRead));
// Get the rest of the data.
client.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0, StateObject.BufferSize, 0,
new AsyncCallback(ReceiveCallback), state);
}
else
{
// All the data has arrived; put it in response.
if (state.sb.Length > 1)
{
response = state.sb.ToString();
}
// Signal that all bytes have been received.
receiveDone.Set();
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
}
private static void Send(Socket client, String data)
{
// Convert the string data to byte data using ASCII encoding.
byte[] byteData = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(data);
// Begin sending the data to the remote device.
client.BeginSend(byteData, 0, byteData.Length, 0,
new AsyncCallback(SendCallback), client);
}
private static void SendCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
try
{
// Retrieve the socket from the state object.
Socket client = (Socket)ar.AsyncState;
// Complete sending the data to the remote device.
int bytesSent = client.EndSend(ar);
Console.WriteLine("Sent {0} bytes to server.", bytesSent);
// Signal that all bytes have been sent.
sendDone.Set();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
}
public static int Main(String[] args)
{
StartClient();
return 0;
}
}
Server Program :
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
// State object for reading client data asynchronously
public class StateObject
{
// Client socket.
public Socket workSocket = null;
// Size of receive buffer.
public const int BufferSize = 1024;
// Receive buffer.
public byte[] buffer = new byte[BufferSize];
// Received data string.
public StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
}
public class AsynchronousSocketListener
{
// Thread signal.
public static ManualResetEvent allDone = new ManualResetEvent(false);
public AsynchronousSocketListener()
{
}
public static void StartListening()
{
// Data buffer for incoming data.
byte[] bytes = new Byte[1024];
// Establish the local endpoint for the socket.
// The DNS name of the computer
// running the listener is "host.contoso.com".
IPHostEntry ipHostInfo = Dns.Resolve(Dns.GetHostName());
IPAddress ipAddress = ipHostInfo.AddressList[0];
IPEndPoint localEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(ipAddress, 11000);
// Create a TCP/IP socket.
Socket listener = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork,
SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
// Bind the socket to the local endpoint and listen for incoming connections.
try
{
listener.Bind(localEndPoint);
listener.Listen(100);
while (true)
{
// Set the event to nonsignaled state.
allDone.Reset();
// Start an asynchronous socket to listen for connections.
Console.WriteLine("Waiting for a connection...");
listener.BeginAccept(
new AsyncCallback(AcceptCallback),
listener);
// Wait until a connection is made before continuing.
allDone.WaitOne();
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
Console.WriteLine("\nPress ENTER to continue...");
Console.Read();
}
public static void AcceptCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
// Signal the main thread to continue.
allDone.Set();
// Get the socket that handles the client request.
Socket listener = (Socket)ar.AsyncState;
Socket handler = listener.EndAccept(ar);
// Create the state object.
StateObject state = new StateObject();
state.workSocket = handler;
handler.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0, StateObject.BufferSize, 0,
new AsyncCallback(ReadCallback), state);
}
public static void ReadCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
String content = String.Empty;
// Retrieve the state object and the handler socket
// from the asynchronous state object.
StateObject state = (StateObject)ar.AsyncState;
Socket handler = state.workSocket;
// Read data from the client socket.
int bytesRead = handler.EndReceive(ar);
if (bytesRead > 0)
{
// There might be more data, so store the data received so far.
state.sb.Append(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(
state.buffer, 0, bytesRead));
// Check for end-of-file tag. If it is not there, read
// more data.
content = state.sb.ToString();
if (content.IndexOf("<EOF>") > -1)
{
// All the data has been read from the
// client. Display it on the console.
Console.WriteLine("Read {0} bytes from socket. \n Data : {1}",
content.Length, content);
// Echo the data back to the client.
Send(handler, content);
}
else
{
// Not all data received. Get more.
handler.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0, StateObject.BufferSize, 0,
new AsyncCallback(ReadCallback), state);
}
}
}
private static void Send(Socket handler, String data)
{
// Convert the string data to byte data using ASCII encoding.
byte[] byteData = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(data);
// Begin sending the data to the remote device.
handler.BeginSend(byteData, 0, byteData.Length, 0,
new AsyncCallback(SendCallback), handler);
}
private static void SendCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
try
{
// Retrieve the socket from the state object.
Socket handler = (Socket)ar.AsyncState;
// Complete sending the data to the remote device.
int bytesSent = handler.EndSend(ar);
Console.WriteLine("Sent {0} bytes to client.", bytesSent);
handler.Shutdown(SocketShutdown.Both);
handler.Close();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
}
public static int Main(String[] args)
{
StartListening();
return 0;
}
}

change
IPAddress ipAddress = ipHostInfo.AddressList[0];
to
IPAddress ipAddress = IPAddress.Any;
in StartListening method....

Using sockets to send information from server to client

I've setup a server and a client, trying to send a string from my server to my client.
As it appears, my client does not received the message, and as I'm new to networking I can't seem to find the error.
My server:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Threading;
namespace Server
{
public class StateObject
{
public Socket workSocket = null;
public const int BufferSize = 1024;
public byte[] buffer = new byte[BufferSize];
public StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
}
class Program
{
public static ManualResetEvent allDone = new ManualResetEvent(false);
public static ManualResetEvent sendDone = new ManualResetEvent(false);
public static void StartListening()
{
byte[] bytes = new byte[1024];
IPHostEntry ipHostEntry = Dns.GetHostEntry(Dns.GetHostName());
IPAddress ipAddress = ipHostEntry.AddressList[0];
IPEndPoint localEndPointOut =
new IPEndPoint(ipAddress, 22222);
Console.WriteLine(ipAddress);
Socket listenerOut = new Socket(ipAddress.AddressFamily,
SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
StateObject state = new StateObject();
Socket handler = state.workSocket;
try
{
listenerOut.Bind(localEndPointOut);
listenerOut.Listen(100);
while (true)
{
allDone.Reset();
listenerOut.BeginAccept(new AsyncCallback(outputCallback), listenerOut);
allDone.WaitOne();
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
Console.WriteLine("\nPress enter to continue...");
Console.Read();
}
public static void outputCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
allDone.Set();
Socket listener = (Socket)ar.AsyncState;
Socket handler = listener.EndAccept(ar);
StateObject state = new StateObject();
state.workSocket = handler;
handler.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0,
StateObject.BufferSize, 0,
new AsyncCallback(outputStream), state);
}
public static void outputStream(IAsyncResult ar)
{
String content = String.Empty;
StateObject state = (StateObject)ar.AsyncState;
Socket handler = state.workSocket;
byte[] byteData = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("test");
while (true)
{
try
{
handler.Send(byteData, SocketFlags.None);
}
catch
{
Console.WriteLine("Client forcebly closed.");
}
}
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
StartListening();
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
And my client:
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
namespace OutputClient
{
public class StateObject
{
public Socket workSocket = null;
public const int BufferSize = 256;
public byte[] buffer = new byte[BufferSize];
public StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
}
class Program
{
private const int port = 22222;
private static ManualResetEvent connectDone =
new ManualResetEvent(false);
private static ManualResetEvent receiveDone =
new ManualResetEvent(false);
private static String response = String.Empty;
private static void StartClient()
{
IPHostEntry ipHostInfo = Dns.GetHostEntry(Dns.GetHostName());
IPAddress ipAddress = ipHostInfo.AddressList[0];
IPEndPoint remoteEP = new IPEndPoint(ipAddress, port);
Socket client = new Socket(ipAddress.AddressFamily,
SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
client.BeginConnect(remoteEP,
new AsyncCallback(ConnectCallback), client);
connectDone.WaitOne();
Receive(client);
receiveDone.WaitOne();
Console.WriteLine(response);
}
private static void ConnectCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
try
{
Socket client = (Socket)ar.AsyncState;
client.EndConnect(ar);
connectDone.Set();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
}
private static void Receive(Socket client)
{
try
{
StateObject state = new StateObject();
state.workSocket = client;
client.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0, StateObject.BufferSize, 0,
new AsyncCallback(ReceiveCallback), state);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
}
private static void ReceiveCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
try
{
StateObject state = (StateObject)ar.AsyncState;
Socket client = state.workSocket;
int bytesRead = client.EndReceive(ar);
if (bytesRead > 0)
{
state.sb.Append(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(state.buffer, 0, bytesRead));
client.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0, StateObject.BufferSize, 0,
new AsyncCallback(ReceiveCallback), state);
}
else
{
if (state.sb.Length > 1)
{
response = state.sb.ToString();
}
receiveDone.Set();
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
StartClient();
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
Currently I'm using the Socket.Send method on my server, I also tried using Socket.BeginSend, but with same result.
I don't get any errors, there just seem to be data being send. The server registers the client however.

Your server calls BeginReceive and in its handler (outputCallback) it attempts to send data. This means that the server won't send data until it has received something from the client first.
The client however never sends any data; only when you close the client your server will receive a 0-byte message and start sending data (which of course isn't picked up by the client anymore).

tcp socket asynchronous communication

`
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace ServerSocket
{
class Class1
{
public class StateObject
{
// Client socket.
public Socket workSocket = null;
// Size of receive buffer.
public const int BufferSize = 1024;
// Receive buffer.
public byte[] buffer = new byte[BufferSize];
// Received data string.
public StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
}
public class AsynchronousSocketListener
{
// Thread signal.
public static ManualResetEvent allDone = new ManualResetEvent(false);
public AsynchronousSocketListener()
{
}
public static void StartListening()
{
// Data buffer for incoming data.
byte[] bytes = new Byte[1024];
// Establish the local endpoint for the socket.
// The DNS name of the computer
// running the listener is "host.contoso.com".
//IPHostEntry ipHostInfo = Dns.Resolve(Dns.GetHostName());
IPAddress ipAddress = IPAddress.Parse("192.168.1.89");
//IPAddress ipAddress = ipHostInfo.AddressList[0];
IPEndPoint localEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(ipAddress, 8095);
// Create a TCP/IP socket.
Socket listener = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork,
SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
// Bind the socket to the local endpoint and listen for incoming connections.
try
{
listener.Bind(localEndPoint);
listener.Listen(100);
while (true)
{
// Set the event to nonsignaled state.
allDone.Reset();
// Start an asynchronous socket to listen for connections.
MessageBox.Show("Waiting for a connection...");
listener.BeginAccept(
new AsyncCallback(AcceptCallback),
listener);
//TcpListener tcpListener = new TcpListener(ipAddress, 8095);
//tcpListener.Start();
// Wait until a connection is made before continuing.
allDone.WaitOne();
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
MessageBox.Show(e.ToString());
}
MessageBox.Show("\nPress ENTER to continue...");
Console.Read();
}
public static void AcceptCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
// Signal the main thread to continue.
allDone.Set();
// Get the socket that handles the client request.
Socket listener = (Socket)ar.AsyncState;
Socket handler = listener.EndAccept(ar);
// Create the state object.
StateObject state = new StateObject();
state.workSocket = handler;
handler.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0, StateObject.BufferSize, 0,
new AsyncCallback(ReadCallback), state);
}
public static void ReadCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
String content = String.Empty;
// Retrieve the state object and the handler socket
// from the asynchronous state object.
StateObject state = (StateObject)ar.AsyncState;
Socket handler = state.workSocket;
// Read data from the client socket.
int bytesRead = handler.EndReceive(ar);
if (bytesRead > 0)
{
// There might be more data, so store the data received so far.
state.sb.Append(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(
state.buffer, 0, bytesRead));
// Check for end-of-file tag. If it is not there, read
// more data.
content = state.sb.ToString();
if (content.IndexOf("<EOF>") > -1)
{
// All the data has been read from the
// client. Display it on the console.
MessageBox.Show(string.Concat("Read bytes from socket. \n Data :",
content.Length, content));
// Echo the data back to the client.
Send(handler, content);
}
else
{
// Not all data received. Get more.
handler.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0, StateObject.BufferSize, 0,
new AsyncCallback(ReadCallback), state);
}
}
}
private static void Send(Socket handler, String data)
{
// Convert the string data to byte data using ASCII encoding.
byte[] byteData = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(data);
// Begin sending the data to the remote device.
handler.BeginSend(byteData, 0, byteData.Length, 0,
new AsyncCallback(SendCallback), handler);
}
private static void SendCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
try
{
// Retrieve the socket from the state object.
Socket handler = (Socket)ar.AsyncState;
// Complete sending the data to the remote device.
int bytesSent = handler.EndSend(ar);
MessageBox.Show(string.Concat("Sent bytes to client.", bytesSent));
handler.Shutdown(SocketShutdown.Both);
handler.Close();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
MessageBox.Show(e.ToString());
}
}
//public static int Main(String[] args)
//{
// StartListening();
// return 0;
//}
}
}
}
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Net;
using System.Threading;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace ClientSocket
{
class Class1
{
public class StateObject
{
// Client socket.
public Socket workSocket = null;
// Size of receive buffer.
public const int BufferSize = 256;
// Receive buffer.
public byte[] buffer = new byte[BufferSize];
// Received data string.
public StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
}
public class AsynchronousClient
{
// The port number for the remote device.
public const int port = 8095;
// ManualResetEvent instances signal completion.
//set the initial state to signaled
public static ManualResetEvent connectDone =
new ManualResetEvent(false);
public static ManualResetEvent sendDone =
new ManualResetEvent(false);
public static ManualResetEvent receiveDone =
new ManualResetEvent(false);
// The response from the remote device.
public static String response = String.Empty;
public static void StartClient(string Msg)
{
// Connect to a remote device.
try
{
// Establish the remote endpoint for the socket.
// The name of the
// remote device is "host.contoso.com".
//IPAddress ipAddress = IPAddress.Parse("127.0.0.1");
IPAddress ipAddress = IPAddress.Parse("192.168.1.89");
//IPHostEntry ipHostInfo = Dns.Resolve("host.contoso.com");
//IPAddress ipAddress = ipHostInfo.AddressList[0];
IPEndPoint remoteEP = new IPEndPoint(ipAddress, port);
// Create a TCP/IP socket.
Socket client = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork,
SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
// Connect to the remote endpoint.
client.BeginConnect(remoteEP,
new AsyncCallback(ConnectCallback), client);
//TcpListener tcpListener = new TcpListener(ipAddress, port);
//tcpListener.Start();
connectDone.WaitOne();//Blocks the current thread until the current System.Threading.WaitHandle receives a signal.
// Send test data to the remote device.
Send(client, Msg + "<EOF>");
sendDone.WaitOne();
// Receive the response from the remote device.
Receive(client);
receiveDone.WaitOne();
// Write the response to the console.
MessageBox.Show("Response received", response);
// Release the socket.
//client.Shutdown(SocketShutdown.Both);
//client.Close();
// client.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Tcp, SocketOptionName.KeepAlive, true);
}
catch (SocketException e)
{
MessageBox.Show(e.Message);
}
}
public static void ConnectCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
try
{
// Retrieve the socket from the state object.
Socket client = (Socket)ar.AsyncState;//Gets a user-defined object that qualifies or contains information about an
//asynchronous operation.
// Complete the connection.
client.EndConnect(ar);//Ends a pending asynchronous connection request.
MessageBox.Show(string.Concat("Socket connected to ",
client.RemoteEndPoint.ToString()));
// Signal that the connection has been made.
connectDone.Set();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
MessageBox.Show(e.ToString());
}
}
public static void Receive(Socket client)
{
try
{
// Create the state object.
StateObject state = new StateObject();
state.workSocket = client;
// Begin receiving the data from the remote device.
client.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0, StateObject.BufferSize, 0,
new AsyncCallback(ReceiveCallback), state);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
MessageBox.Show(e.ToString());
}
}
public static void ReceiveCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
try
{
// Retrieve the state object and the client socket
// from the asynchronous state object.
MessageBox.Show("Receivecallback");
StateObject state = (StateObject)ar.AsyncState;
Socket client = state.workSocket;
// Read data from the remote device.
int bytesRead = client.EndReceive(ar);
if (bytesRead > 0)
{
// There might be more data, so store the data received so far.
state.sb.Append(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(state.buffer, 0, bytesRead));
// Get the rest of the data.
client.BeginReceive(state.buffer, 0, StateObject.BufferSize, 0,
new AsyncCallback(ReceiveCallback), state);
}
else
{
// All the data has arrived; put it in response.
if (state.sb.Length > 1)
{
response = state.sb.ToString();
}
// Signal that all bytes have been received.
receiveDone.Set();
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
MessageBox.Show(e.ToString());
}
}
public static void Send(Socket client, String data)
{
// Convert the string data to byte data using ASCII encoding.
byte[] byteData = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(data);
// Begin sending the data to the remote device.
client.BeginSend(byteData, 0, byteData.Length, 0,
new AsyncCallback(SendCallback), client);
}
public static void SendCallback(IAsyncResult ar)
{
try
{
// Retrieve the socket from the state object.
Socket client = (Socket)ar.AsyncState;
// Complete sending the data to the remote device.
int bytesSent = client.EndSend(ar);
MessageBox.Show(string.Concat("Sent bytes to server.", bytesSent.ToString()));
SocketConnected(client);
// Signal that all bytes have been sent.
sendDone.Set();
MessageBox.Show("Send Callback");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
MessageBox.Show(e.ToString());
}
}
public static bool SocketConnected(Socket s)
{
bool part1 = s.Poll(1000, SelectMode.SelectRead);
bool part2 = (s.Available == 0);
if (part1 && part2)
return false;
else
return true;
}
//public static int Main(String[] args)
//{
// StartClient();
// return 0;
//}
}
}
}
`
I have tried the Asynchronous Client and Server Communication Pattern with a C# windows Application.
I have tested the Server application from different system and the Client Application on my own system.
Once I run both application same time I can receive the Message. After that I have to restart both application to send another message. But I need it can be send data for all time with out any restarting application.

One aspect that I see is that the server shuts down the socket connection after sending data to client. This means that the client needs to initiate another round of connect sequence to data exchange ( what you mention as restarting the application). Have the server to retain connection (don't close) on exchanging data.
handler.Shutdown(SocketShutdown.Both);
handler.Close();

How to broadcast a message to all clients connected to Socket server

I am trying to make a program which can send commands to all clients from 1 server. I am stuck on sending commands to all clients. I currently do have this code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Text;
namespace Server
{
class Program
{
private static byte[] _buffer = new byte[1024];
private static List<Socket> _clientSockets = new List<Socket>();
private static int SERVERPORT = 5555;
private static Socket _serverSocket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
static void Main(string[] args)
{
SetupServer();
while (!Console.ReadKey().Equals("]")) //Stops the Console for closing after I type something in the console
{
}
}
private static void SetupServer()
{
Console.WriteLine("Setting up server...");
_serverSocket.Bind(new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, SERVERPORT));
_serverSocket.Listen(100);
_serverSocket.BeginAccept(new AsyncCallback(AcceptCallback), null);
}
private static void AcceptCallback(IAsyncResult AR)
{
Socket socket = _serverSocket.EndAccept(AR);
_clientSockets.Add(socket);
Console.WriteLine("Client conntected");
string response = string.Empty;
response = Console.ReadLine();
byte[] data = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(response);
socket.BeginSend(data, 0, data.Length, SocketFlags.None, new AsyncCallback(SendCallback), null);
_serverSocket.BeginAccept(new AsyncCallback(AcceptCallback), null);
}
private static void ReceiveCallback(IAsyncResult AR)
{
Socket socket = (Socket)AR.AsyncState;
//int received = socket.EndReceive(AR);
//byte[] dataBuf = new byte[received];
//Array.Copy(_buffer, dataBuf, received);
//string text = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(dataBuf);
string response = string.Empty;
response = Console.ReadLine();
byte[] data = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(response);
socket.BeginSend(data, 0, data.Length, SocketFlags.None, new AsyncCallback(SendCallback), null);
socket.BeginReceive(_buffer, 0, _buffer.Length, SocketFlags.None, new AsyncCallback(ReceiveCallback), socket);
}
private static void SendCallback(IAsyncResult AR)
{
try {
Socket socket = (Socket)AR.AsyncState;
socket.EndSend(AR);
}
catch {
}
//It gets alot of NullReferenceExceptions. It does work this way but I dont trust it.
}
public static void sendMessage(IAsyncResult AR)
{
Socket socket = (Socket)AR.AsyncState;
string response = string.Empty;
response = Console.ReadLine();
byte[] data = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(response);
socket.BeginSend(data, 0, data.Length, SocketFlags.None, new AsyncCallback(SendCallback), null);
}
}
}
I am able to send commands to each client when its 'their turn'. E.g. I start the server. I start client1 first and client2 second. When I type something in the console its client1's turn first so he receives the command. When I type something again client2 receives the command and so over and over.
I was wondering if there is a way to send it to all clients at the same time. Thanks!