ServerChannel Class

Once the communcation is established with the NetServer, the application is able to receive transaction requests, send unsolicited data, and provide other services to the clients of a NetSwitch server.

A server application is constructed by extending the ServerChannel class and then overriding the ProcessXXXXXXX methods. For example, the ProcessTransaction method is called each time the server receives a transaction request from an NetServer client application (see ClientChannel for details about building NetServer client applications).

The following table describes the properties of a ServerChannel:

The following example uses ServerChannel to implement a server application named "SampleServer". This server is very simple: it just sends a reply to Hello service requests:

using OBCOM.NetSwitchLib.Servers;

public class SampleServer : ServerChannel
{
    // Called after SampleServer connects to NetSwitch.
    protected override void HandleInitialize()
    {
         AddRequestHandler("Hello", HelloService);
    }

    // Called when a <c>Hello</c> service request is received.
    private void HelloService(RequestEvent request)
    {
         request.SendReply($"Hello to you too, {request.Message.Text}");
    }

    // Startup method of SampleServer.
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        new SampleServer().Execute("SAMPLE_SERVER");
    }
}

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