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

#region License Information
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#endregion

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

namespace HeuristicLab.Problems.ExternalEvaluation {
  [Item("EvaluationStreamChannel", "A channel that communicates via an input and an output stream.")]
  [StorableClass]
  public class EvaluationStreamChannel : EvaluationChannel {

    private Stream input;
    private Stream output;

    public EvaluationStreamChannel() : base() { }
    public EvaluationStreamChannel(Stream input, Stream output)
      : base() {
      if (!input.CanRead) throw new ArgumentException("Input stream cannot be read", "input");
      this.input = input;
      if (!output.CanWrite) throw new ArgumentException("Output stream cannot be written", "output");
      this.output = output;
    }

    #region IExternalEvaluationChannel Members

    public override void Send(IMessage solution) {
      lock (output) {
        solution.WriteDelimitedTo(output);
        output.Flush();
      }
    }

    public override IMessage Receive(IBuilder builder) {
      QualityMessage message;
      lock (input) { // only one thread can read from the stream at one time
        message = QualityMessage.ParseDelimitedFrom(input);
      }
      return message;
    }

    public override void Close() {
      base.Close();
      input.Close();
      output.Close();
    }

    #endregion
  }
}