int stopServer(Server * srv)
{
//turn off the server
servOff(srv);
//join with the server thread (wait for it to die)
//discard its output
pthread_join(srv->serverThread, NULL);
return 1;
}
int startServer(Server * srv)
{
//tell the server it's on, this has to be done first because
//the server thread checks for it
servOn(srv);
srv->serverThread = makeThread(serverThread, srv);
//if the server thread has not been made
if(!(srv->serverThread))
{
//turn off the server power flag
servOff(srv);
return 0;
}
//server is now running, return success
else return 1;
}
Server * makeServer(unsigned short port)
{
//start with the empty server
Server * srv = NULL;
srv = malloc(sizeof(srv));
if(!srv) return NULL;
servOff(srv);
srv->socket = listenOnPort(port);
srv->port = port;
srv->errOut = stderr;
srv->serverThread = (pthread_t) 0;
if(!(srv->socket)) return NULL;
return srv;
}
void * serverThread(void * args)
{
Server * me = (Server *) args;
//listen on the given port
if(listen(me->socket, me->queueLen) == -1)
{
perror("listen");
servOff(me);
return NULL;
}
//all clear, run the main loop function
while(servStatus(me))
{
DEBUGOUT("calling servLoop()");
servLoop(me);
}
delConnections(me);
return NULL;
}
