Stopping a TcpListener after calling BeginAcceptTcpClient

Question

I have this code...

internal static void Start()
{
    TcpListener listenerSocket = new TcpListener(IPAddress.Any, 32599);
    listenerSocket.Start();
    listen         


        

Answer 1

This is a simple example how to start listening, how to process requests asynchronously, and how to stop listening.

Full example here.

public class TcpServer
{
    #region Public.     
    // Create new instance of TcpServer.
    public TcpServer(string ip, int port)
    {
        _listener = new TcpListener(IPAddress.Parse(ip), port);
    }

    // Starts receiving incoming requests.      
    public void Start()
    {
        _listener.Start();
        _ct = _cts.Token;
        _listener.BeginAcceptTcpClient(ProcessRequest, _listener);
    }

    // Stops receiving incoming requests.
    public void Stop()
    { 
        // If listening has been cancelled, simply go out from method.
        if(_ct.IsCancellationRequested)
        {
            return;
        }

        // Cancels listening.
        _cts.Cancel();

        // Waits a little, to guarantee 
        // that all operation receive information about cancellation.
        Thread.Sleep(100);
        _listener.Stop();
    }
    #endregion

    #region Private.
    // Process single request.
    private void ProcessRequest(IAsyncResult ar)
    { 
        //Stop if operation was cancelled.
        if(_ct.IsCancellationRequested)
        {
            return;
        }

        var listener = ar.AsyncState as TcpListener;
        if(listener == null)
        {
            return;
        }

        // Check cancellation again. Stop if operation was cancelled.
        if(_ct.IsCancellationRequested)
        {
            return;
        }

        // Starts waiting for the next request.
        listener.BeginAcceptTcpClient(ProcessRequest, listener);

        // Gets client and starts processing received request.
        using(TcpClient client = listener.EndAcceptTcpClient(ar))
        {
            var rp = new RequestProcessor();
            rp.Proccess(client);
        }
    }
    #endregion

    #region Fields.
    private CancellationToken _ct;
    private CancellationTokenSource _cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
    private TcpListener _listener;
    #endregion
}