commit 9830cf304781f4aa3b2e931969b4ffb08329e882
Author: nojhan <nojhan@nojhan.net>
Date:   Thu Feb 20 23:04:46 2020 +0100

    initial commit

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+all: pcat service service2
+
+pcat: pcat.cpp
+	clang++ pcat.cpp -o pcat
+
+service: service.cpp
+	clang++ service.cpp -o service
+
+service2: service2.cpp
+	clang++ service2.cpp -l pthread -o service2
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+Named pipes services
+====================
+
+Examples of how to design servicecs that use named pipes FIFO as I/O.
+
diff --git a/pcat.cpp b/pcat.cpp
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+++ b/pcat.cpp
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+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    while(true) {
+
+        // Blocking call on named pipes.
+        std::ifstream ifs(argv[1]);
+        std::stringstream datas;
+        datas << ifs.rdbuf();
+        ifs.close();
+
+        std::string data = datas.str();
+
+        std::cout << datas.str();
+        std::cout.flush();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/service.cpp b/service.cpp
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+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <thread>
+
+std::string strip(std::string s)
+{
+    s.erase(std::find_if( s.rbegin(), s.rend(),
+                [](int ch) { return !std::isspace(ch); }
+            ).base(), s.end());
+    return s;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    std::clog << "Start server" << std::endl;
+
+    while(true) {
+
+        // Blocking call on named pipes.
+        std::ifstream ifs(argv[1]);
+        std::stringstream datas;
+        datas << ifs.rdbuf();
+        ifs.close();
+
+        std::string data = strip(datas.str());
+
+        std::ofstream ofs(argv[2]);
+        std::clog << "Received: <" << data << ">" << std::endl;
+        ofs << data << std::endl;
+        ofs.close();
+
+        if(data == "exit") {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::clog << "Stop server" << std::endl;
+}
diff --git a/service2.cpp b/service2.cpp
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+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <thread>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <cassert>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+enum ERROR { NOT_FIFO=1, NO_CONTEXT };
+
+class Service
+{
+protected:
+    bool _has_current_context;
+    std::mutex _mutex;
+    std::string _file_current_context;
+    std::string _file_data;
+    std::string _out;
+    const unsigned int _sleep;
+    std::string _current_context;
+
+    bool has_current_context()
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guarded_scope(_mutex);
+        return _has_current_context;
+    }
+
+    void has_current_context(bool flag)
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guarded_scope(_mutex);
+        _has_current_context = flag;
+    }
+
+public:
+
+    Service(
+        std::string context,
+        std::string data,
+        std::string out,
+        unsigned int sleep = 100
+    ) :
+        _has_current_context(false),
+        _file_current_context(context),
+        _file_data(data),
+        _out(out),
+        _sleep(sleep)
+    {}
+
+    std::string strip(std::string s)
+    {
+        s.erase(std::find_if( s.rbegin(), s.rend(),
+                    [](int ch) { return !std::isspace(ch); }
+                    ).base(), s.end());
+        return s;
+    }
+
+    void update_current_context()
+    {
+        while(true) {
+            std::clog << "Wait for context..." << std::endl;
+            bool has_error = false;
+            try {
+                std::ifstream if_current_context(_file_current_context);
+                std::stringstream current_context;
+                current_context << if_current_context.rdbuf();
+                if_current_context.close();
+                _current_context = strip(current_context.str());
+            } catch(...) {
+                has_error = true;
+            }
+            if(not has_error) {
+                this->has_current_context(true);
+                std::clog << "\tReceived context: " << _current_context << std::endl;
+            }
+            std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(_sleep));
+        }
+    }
+
+    void handle_data()
+    {
+        while(true) {
+            if(this->has_current_context()) {
+                std::string data;
+                std::clog << "Wait for data..." << std::endl;
+                bool has_error = false;
+                try {
+                    std::ifstream if_data(_file_data);
+                    std::stringstream datas;
+                    datas << if_data.rdbuf();
+                    if_data.close();
+                    data = strip(datas.str());
+                } catch(...) {
+                    has_error = true;
+                }
+                if(not has_error) {
+                    std::clog << "\tReceived data: " << data << std::endl;
+
+                    std::clog << "Do stuff..." << std::endl;
+                    std::ostringstream result;
+                    result << _current_context << ": " << data;
+                    std::clog << "\tdone" << std::endl;
+
+                    std::clog << "Output..." << std::endl;
+                    std::ofstream out(_out);
+                    out << result.str() << std::endl;
+                    out.close();
+                    std::clog << "\tdone" << std::endl;
+                } // if not has_error
+            }
+            std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(_sleep));
+        } // while true
+    }
+};
+
+bool is_named_pipe_fifo(char* filename)
+{
+    struct stat st;
+    stat(filename, &st);
+    if(not S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode) ) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    assert(argc = 3);
+
+    for(size_t i=1; i < 3; ++i) {
+        if( not is_named_pipe_fifo(argv[i]) ) {
+            std::cerr << "ERROR: " << argv[i] << " is not a named pipe FIFO" << std::endl;
+            exit(ERROR::NOT_FIFO);
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::clog << "Start server" << std::endl;
+    std::clog.flush();
+    Service server(argv[1], argv[2], argv[3], 100);
+
+    std::thread do_current_context(&Service::update_current_context, &server);
+    std::thread do_tasks(&Service::handle_data, &server);
+
+    do_current_context.join();
+    do_tasks.join();
+    std::clog << "End" << std::endl;
+
+}