[Twisted-Python] How do I know the server from reactor.listenTCP already started listening?

[David Kao]

I have an existing program that connects to a TCP port to serve data. I need to

1) start a TCPServer
2) start my program and tell it which port to connect to

Actually, I want to do all this in twistd. And now I am looking at
something like this which is even a bigger headache

internet.TCPServer( 4321, serverFactory ),setServiceParent(serviceCollection)

I revise my question.

Can I rely on reactor.listenTCP being called right after
serverFactory.startFactory is called?

I hope listenTCP isn't queued as a reactor "task" after
serverFactory.startFactory. If it's done all in one uninterrupted
thread execution, then I can just queue "start_the_other_program"
inside startFactory via a reactor.callLater. Correct?

Enrique, thanks for the link. I think I saw that too. I traced it
since reactor.listenTCP returns a port, and so on and so forth.

However, I have not been able to find code for internet.TCPServer. I
would like to be able to trace the code top down. Can someone help?
Thanks!

David Kao



On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Enrique Samson Jr. <enriquejr at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:33 PM, David Kao <a.libran at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> When the call to listenTCP returns, is the server actively waiting for
>> TCP connections?
>
> Looking at the code here, I would think so.
>
>>
>> Let's say reactor.run() has been called. Can I do the following
>> back-to-back?
>>
>> reactor.listenTCP(4321, serverfactory)
>> reactor.connectTCP("localhost", 4321, clientfactory)
>>
>> Basically, I am almost starting a server and a client back-to-back
>> that connects to each other.
>
> Just curious, why are you doing this?
>
>>
>> I would like to know if the server is in
>> "listening" state before my client attempts to connect.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> David Kao
>
> --Enrique
>
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