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-#lang racket
-(require math/base) ;; for random number generation
-
-;; author: Ibrahim Mkusa
-;; about: print and read concurrently
-;; notes: output may need to be aligned and formatted nicely
-;; look into
-;; https://docs.racket-lang.org/gui/text-field_.html#%28meth._%28%28%28lib._mred%2Fmain..rkt%29._text-field~25%29._get-editor%29%29
-
-;; create custodian for managing all resources
-;; so we can shutdown everything at once
-;(define guard (make-custodian (current-custodian)))
-;(current-custodian guard)
-;; reads values continously from stdin and redisplays them
-
-;; Notes connect to server on localhost
-;; use client template of tcpvanilla
-;; use event for read-write
-
-;; modify read-loop-i
-; read a value and send it to server via output-port
-
-; is there something in the input port. If yes? display it
-; in the hello world
-
-; make connection to server
-(define (client port-no)
- (define main-client-cust (make-custodian))
- (parameterize ([current-custodian main-client-cust])
- ;; connect to server at port 8080
- (define-values (in out) (tcp-connect "localhost" port-no)) ;; define values
- (display in)
- (displayln out)
- ;; binds to multiple values akin to unpacking tuples in python
- (display "What's your name?\n")
- (define username (read-line))
-
- ; (thread (lambda ()
- ;; make threads 2 lines
- (define a (thread
- (lambda ()
- (let loop []
- (receive-messages in)
- (sleep 1)
- (loop)))))
- (define t (thread
- (lambda ()
- (let loop []
- (send-messages username out)
- (sleep 1)
- (loop)))))
- (thread-wait t) ;; returns prompt back to drracket
- (close-input-port in)
- (close-output-port out))
- (custodian-shutdown-all main-client-cust))
-
-
-;; the send-messages
-(define (send-messages username out)
- ;; intelligent read, quits when user types in "quit"
- ;(semaphore-wait fair)
- ; (display usernamei)
- (define input (read-line))
- ;; do something over here with input maybe send it out
-
- ;; Tests input if its a quit then kills all threads
- ;; An if would be better here tbh
- ;; (cond ((string=? input "quit") (begin (kill-thread a)
- ;(kill-thread t))))
- (cond ((string=? input "quit") (exit)))
- ;; modify to send messages to out port
- (displayln (string-append username ": " input) out)
- (flush-output out)
-
- ;(semaphore-post fair)
- ; (read-loop-i out)
-)
-
-
-
-;; print hello world continously
-;; "(hello-world)" can be executed as part of background thread
-;; that prints in the event there is something in the input port
-(define (receive-messages in)
- ; (sleep (random-integer 0 15)) ;; sleep between 0 and 15 seconds to simulate coms
- ;; with server
- ;(semaphore-wait fair)
- ;; we will retrieve the line printed below from the server
- (define evt (sync/timeout 30 (read-line-evt in)))
- (cond [(eof-object? evt)
- (displayln "Server connection closed")
- (exit)]
- [(string? evt)
- (displayln evt)] ; could time stamp here or to send message
- [else
- (displayln (string-append "Nothing received from server for 2 minutes."))]
- )
- ;(semaphore-post fair)
-)
-
-(define stop (client 4321))
-