.NET Remoting design question

Question

Hi

I have a server application which needs a simple console program to issue commands to the server. I am completely new to .NET Remoting but I thought this could be the right way to establish communication between console and server.

So I have defined a Marshal object in a shared DLL.

But... How can I implement server side logic without having to put all server logic in the shared DLL? So far I have made following design:

    public class ClientRequestHandler : MarshalByRefObject, IClientRequestHandler
    {
        private static IClientRequestHandler serverClientRequestHandler;

        public static void InitializeServerClientRequestHandler(IClientRequestHandler clientRequestHandler)
        {
            serverClientRequestHandler = clientRequestHandler;
        }

        public bool Start(string serviceName)
        {
            if(serverClientRequestHandler == null)
            {
                throw new Exception("ServerClientRequestHandler not assigned");
            }
            return serverClientRequestHandler.Start(serviceName);
        }

        public bool Stop(string serviceName)
        {
            if (serverClientRequestHandler == null)
            {
                throw new Exception("ServerClientRequestHandler not assigned");
            }
            return serverClientRequestHandler.Stop(serviceName);
        }

        public string[] ShowStatus()
        {
            return new[] {"THIS", "IS", "TESTING"};
        }
    }

The idea is that

IClientRequestHandler

is an interface that defines the command being processed on the server and thus, the marshall objects implement it as well. Since I have no influence on object creation, my thought was to initialize the static 

serverClientRequestHandler

in the following manner:

            TcpChannel tcpChannel = new TcpChannel(remotingPort);
            ChannelServices.RegisterChannel(tcpChannel); 
            ClientRequestHandler.InitializeServerClientRequestHandler(new MyServerClientRequestHandler(....));
            RemotingConfiguration.RegisterWellKnownServiceType(Type.GetType("ProcessRunnerCommons.ClientRequestHandler,object"), remotingName, WellKnownObjectMode.Singleton);

It doesnt strike me as a good way - but it is the only way I can think of.

So I hoped for some input from you guys.

TIA

/Søren

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Best regards Soeren D.

Answer 1

Hi Soeren,

sorry, I don't get you.

Anyway, if your issue is related to System.net namespace, please refer to this forum: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/ncl/threads 

Have a nice day.

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Ghost,
Call me ghost for short, Thanks
To get the better anwser, it should be a better question.

Answer 2

Yes, I understand, I am to confused to even ask the question.

I close it for now because I plan to switch to WCF

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Best regards Soeren D.