Is there a better way to write named-pipes in F#?
- by Niran
Hi
I am new to F#. I am trying to communicate with java from F# using named pipe. The code below works but I am not sure if there is a better way to do this (I know the infinite loop is a bad idea but this is just a proof of concept) if anyone have any idea to improve this code please post your comments.
Thanks in advance
Niran
open System.IO
open System.IO.Pipes
exception OuterError of string
let continueLooping = true
while continueLooping do
let pipeServer = new NamedPipeServerStream("testpipe", PipeDirection.InOut, 4)
printfn "[F#] NamedPipeServerStream thread created."
//wait for connection
printfn "[F#] Wait for a client to connect"
pipeServer.WaitForConnection()
printfn "[F#] Client connected."
try
// Stream for the request.
let sr = new StreamReader(pipeServer)
// Stream for the response.
let sw = new StreamWriter(pipeServer)
sw.AutoFlush <- true;
// Read request from the stream.
let echo = sr.ReadLine();
printfn "[F#] Request message: %s" echo
// Write response to the stream.
sw.WriteLine("[F#]: " + echo)
pipeServer.Disconnect()
with
| OuterError(str) -> printfn "[F#]ERROR: %s" str
printfn "[F#] Client Closing."
pipeServer.Close()
