source: trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Problems.ExternalEvaluation/3.3/Drivers/EvaluationProcessChannel.cs @ 3872

#region License Information
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#endregion

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using Google.ProtocolBuffers;
using HeuristicLab.Common;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.CompositeSerializers.Storable;

namespace HeuristicLab.Problems.ExternalEvaluation {
  [Item("EvaluationProcessChannel", "A channel that launches an external application in a new process and communicates with that process via stdin and stdout.")]
  [StorableClass]
  public class EvaluationProcessChannel : EvaluationChannel {

    private Process process;
    [Storable]
    private string executable;
    public string Executable {
      get { return executable; }
      set {
        if (IsInitialized) throw new InvalidOperationException(Name + ": Cannot change the executable path as the process has already been started.");
        string oldExecutable = executable;
        executable = value;
        if (!oldExecutable.Equals(executable)) OnExecutableChanged();
      }
    }
    [Storable]
    private string arguments;
    public string Arguments {
      get { return arguments; }
      set {
        if (IsInitialized) throw new InvalidOperationException(Name + ": Cannot change the arguments as the process has already been started.");
        string oldArguments = arguments;
        arguments = value;
        if (!oldArguments.Equals(arguments)) OnArgumentsChanged();
      }
    }
    private EvaluationStreamChannel streamingChannel;

    public EvaluationProcessChannel() : this(String.Empty, String.Empty) { }
    public EvaluationProcessChannel(string executable, string arguments)
      : base() {
      this.executable = executable;
      this.arguments = arguments;
    }

    public override IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) {
      EvaluationProcessChannel clone = (EvaluationProcessChannel)base.Clone(cloner);
      clone.executable = executable;
      clone.arguments = arguments;
      return clone;
    }

    #region IExternalEvaluationChannel Members

    public override void Open() {
      if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(executable.Trim())) {
        base.Open();
        process = new Process();
        process.StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(executable, arguments);
        process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
        process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = true;
        process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
        process.EnableRaisingEvents = true; // required to be notified of exit
        process.Start();
        Stream processStdOut = process.StandardOutput.BaseStream;
        Stream processStdIn = process.StandardInput.BaseStream;
        OnProcessStarted();
        process.Exited += new EventHandler(process_Exited);
        streamingChannel = new EvaluationStreamChannel(processStdOut, processStdIn);
        streamingChannel.Open();
      } else throw new InvalidOperationException(Name + ": Cannot open the process channel because the executable is not defined.");
    }

    public override void Send(IMessage message) {
      streamingChannel.Send(message);
    }

    public override IMessage Receive(IBuilder builder) {
      return streamingChannel.Receive(builder);
    }

    public override void Close() {
      base.Close();
      if (process != null) {
        if (!process.HasExited) {
          streamingChannel.Close();
          if (!process.HasExited) {
            process.CloseMainWindow();
            process.WaitForExit(1000);
            process.Close();
            // for some reasons the event process_Exited does not fire
            OnProcessExited();
          }
        }
        process = null;
      }
    }

    #endregion

    #region Event handlers (process)
    private void process_Exited(object sender, EventArgs e) {
      if (IsInitialized) {
        if (streamingChannel.IsInitialized) streamingChannel.Close();
        IsInitialized = false;
        process = null;
      }
      OnProcessExited();
    }
    #endregion

    #region Events
    public event EventHandler ExecutableChanged;
    protected void OnExecutableChanged() {
      EventHandler handler = ExecutableChanged;
      if (handler != null) handler(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }

    public event EventHandler ArgumentsChanged;
    protected void OnArgumentsChanged() {
      EventHandler handler = ArgumentsChanged;
      if (handler != null) handler(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }

    public event EventHandler ProcessStarted;
    private void OnProcessStarted() {
      EventHandler handler = ProcessStarted;
      if (handler != null) handler(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }

    public event EventHandler ProcessExited;
    private void OnProcessExited() {
      EventHandler handler = ProcessExited;
      if (handler != null) handler(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }
    #endregion
  }
}