Parallel read / write named pipe in Java (on windows)

Question

I am trying to provide a connection between a C # application and a Java application in windows using named pipes using the method described by v01ver in this question: How to open a Windows named pipe from Java?

I ran into a problem on the Java side because I have a reader thread constantly awaiting input to the pipe, and when I try to pipe into the pipe from my main stream, it is stuck forever.

final RandomAccessFile pipe;
try {
   pipe = new RandomAccessFile("\\\\.\\pipe\\mypipe", "rw");
}
catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
   ex.printStackTrace();
   return;
}

Thread readerThread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
   @Override
   public void run() {
      String line = null;
      try {
         while (null != (line = pipe.readLine())) {
            System.out.println(line);
         }
      }
      catch (IOException ex) {
         ex.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
});
readerThread.start();

try { Thread.sleep(500); } catch (InterruptedException e) {}

try {
   System.out.println("Writing a message...");
   pipe.write("Hello there.\n".getBytes());
   System.out.println("Finished.");
}
catch (IOException ex) {
   ex.printStackTrace();
}

Output:

Writing a message ...

and then he waits forever.

How can I write a named pipe while waiting for input in another thread?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

- #/Python Java- Windows :

, Java, String echoResponse = pipe.readLine(); .

try {
    // Connect to the pipe
    RandomAccessFile pipe = new RandomAccessFile("\\\\.\\pipe\\testpipe", "rw");
    String echoText = "Hello word\n";
    // write to pipe
    pipe.write ( echoText.getBytes() );
    // read response
    String echoResponse = pipe.readLine();
    System.out.println("Response: " + echoResponse );
    pipe.close();

    } catch (Exception e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e.printStackTrace();
    }

: ServerPipe, Python - : Python 2.6.6

from ctypes import *

PIPE_ACCESS_DUPLEX = 0x3
PIPE_TYPE_MESSAGE = 0x4
PIPE_READMODE_MESSAGE = 0x2
PIPE_WAIT = 0
PIPE_UNLIMITED_INSTANCES = 255
BUFSIZE = 4096
NMPWAIT_USE_DEFAULT_WAIT = 0
INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE = -1
ERROR_PIPE_CONNECTED = 535

MESSAGE = "Default answer from server\0"
szPipename = "\\\\.\\pipe\\mynamedpipe"


def ReadWrite_ClientPipe_Thread(hPipe):
    chBuf = create_string_buffer(BUFSIZE)
    cbRead = c_ulong(0)
    while 1:
        fSuccess = windll.kernel32.ReadFile(hPipe, chBuf, BUFSIZE,
byref(cbRead), None)
        if ((fSuccess ==1) or (cbRead.value != 0)):
            print chBuf.value
            cbWritten = c_ulong(0)
            fSuccess = windll.kernel32.WriteFile(hPipe,
                                                 c_char_p(MESSAGE),
                                                 len(MESSAGE),
                                                 byref(cbWritten),
                                                 None
                                                )
        else:
            break
        if ( (not fSuccess) or (len(MESSAGE) != cbWritten.value)):
            print "Could not reply to the client request from the
pipe"
            break
        else:
            print "Number of bytes written:", cbWritten.value

    windll.kernel32.FlushFileBuffers(hPipe)
    windll.kernel32.DisconnectNamedPipe(hPipe)
    windll.kernel32.CloseHandle(hPipe)
    return 0

def main():
    THREADFUNC = CFUNCTYPE(c_int, c_int)
    thread_func = THREADFUNC(ReadWrite_ClientPipe_Thread)
    while 1:
        hPipe = windll.kernel32.CreateNamedPipeA(szPipename,
                                                 PIPE_ACCESS_DUPLEX,
                                                 PIPE_TYPE_MESSAGE |
                                                 PIPE_READMODE_MESSAGE
|
                                                 PIPE_WAIT,

PIPE_UNLIMITED_INSTANCES,
                                                 BUFSIZE, BUFSIZE,

NMPWAIT_USE_DEFAULT_WAIT,
                                                 None
                                                )
        if (hPipe == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE):
            print "Error in creating Named Pipe"
            return 0

        fConnected = windll.kernel32.ConnectNamedPipe(hPipe, None)
        if ((fConnected == 0) and (windll.kernel32.GetLastError() ==
ERROR_PIPE_CONNECTED)):
            fConnected = 1
        if (fConnected == 1):
            dwThreadId = c_ulong(0)
            hThread = windll.kernel32.CreateThread(None, 0,
thread_func, hPipe, 0, byref(dwThreadId))
            if (hThread == -1):
                print "Create Thread failed"
                return 0
            else:
                windll.kernel32.CloseHandle(hThread)
        else:
            print "Could not connect to the Named Pipe"
            windll.kernel32.CloseHandle(hPipe)
    return 0


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Java Client:

try {
    // Connect to the pipe
    RandomAccessFile pipe = new RandomAccessFile("\\\\.\\pipe\\mynamedpipe", "rw");
    String echoText = "Hello world\n";
    // write to pipe
    pipe.write(echoText.getBytes());

    //String aChar;
    StringBuffer fullString = new StringBuffer();

    while(true){
        int charCode = pipe.read();
        if(charCode == 0) break;
        //aChar = new Character((char)charCode).toString();
        fullString.append((char)charCode);
    }

    System.out.println("Response: " + fullString);
    pipe.close();
}
catch (Exception e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e.printStackTrace();
}

NetBeans 6.9.1.

Answer 4

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BTW: JTDS ( JDBC SQL Server) SQL- . RandomAccessFile.

BTW2: makepipe.exe MS SQL Server, .

Answer 5

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FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED