TROIndyTCPServer

Overview

TROIndyTCPServer implements a TCP based server that uses the socket implementation provided by the open source Indy components that ship with Delphi.

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constructor Create  override    (declared in TROCustomIndyTCPServer)

Standard component constructor

constructor Create(aOwner: TComponent)

Parameters:

  • aOwner: Owner

Active    (declared in TROServer)

Toggles whether the server ready to receive requests from clients. Depending on the server type, changing this property might open/close a network socket or otherwise toggle whether the server will process incoming requests.

property Active: Boolean read write

Assign  override    (declared in TROCustomIndyTCPServer)

Copies the contents of another, similar object.

procedure Assign(Source: TPersistent)

Parameters:

  • Source: Instance whose properties will be copied

BindV4    (declared in TROCustomIndyTCPServer)

Determines whether it is allowed to use IPv4 network addresses.

property BindV4: Boolean read write

BindV6    (declared in TROCustomIndyTCPServer)

Gets or sets the flag indicating whether the server should listen for IPv6 connections.

Setting this flag doesn't have any immediate effect. Its value is used only when the server is opened (either by setting the Active property to true).

property BindV6: Boolean read write

CheckProperties  virtual    (declared in TROServer)

Validates the server properties.

procedure CheckProperties

DecryptStream (TStream, TStream)  protected overload    (declared in TROBaseConnection)

Decrypt stream

procedure DecryptStream(const Source: TStream; const Dest: TStream)

Parameters:

  • Source: Source
  • Dest: Destination

DecryptStream (TStream)  protected overload    (declared in TROBaseConnection)

Decrypt stream

procedure DecryptStream(const Stream: TStream)

Parameters:

  • Stream: Stream

DefaultResponse  protected    (declared in TROServer)

Holds the message that will be sent back to the client if it improperly "welcomes" the server.

property DefaultResponse: string read write

DisableNagle

Controls whether data packets are sent individually or if small packets are held back to send as part of fewer larger data packets. Normally, you will want this disabled as it can have a significant effect on performance. The only time when its worth keeping the property enabled is when there are many small packets to be sent and you need to keep network bandwidth to a minimum.

See more at Nagle's algorithm

property DisableNagle: Boolean read write

Dispatchers    (declared in TROServer)

Specifies how incoming requests will be processed and dispatched. Depending on the server type, one or multiple dispatchers can be configured to receive messages from the client. Each dispatcher consists of a Message and an optional Name. Also, each dispatcher can be individually enabled or disabled. Each server must have at least one dispatcher configured, in order to be able to process messages.

=Essential Sub-Properties=

  • Message specifies the message format to be used for this dispatcher.
  • Name specifies the name, or possibly the URL for the dispatcher.

In HTTP based servers (such as the TROIndyHTTPServer, the Name will be appended as folder to the server URL allowing the server to make multiple dispatchers available at different URLs.

property Dispatchers: TROMessageDispatchers read write

DispatchMessage (IROTransport, TStream, TStream): Boolean  protected overload    (declared in TROServer)

function DispatchMessage(const aTransport: IROTransport; aRequeststream: TStream; aResponsestream: TStream): Boolean

Parameters:

  • aTransport:
  • aRequeststream:
  • aResponsestream:

DispatchMessage (IROTransport, TStream, TStream, TROResponseOptions): Boolean  protected overload    (declared in TROServer)

function DispatchMessage(const aTransport: IROTransport; aRequestStream: TStream; aResponseStream: TStream; out oResponseOptions: TROResponseOptions): Boolean

Parameters:

  • aTransport:
  • aRequestStream:
  • aResponseStream:
  • oResponseOptions:

DoBeforeDecryptEvent  protected virtual    (declared in TROBaseConnection) obsolete

procedure DoBeforeDecryptEvent(aEncryptedStream: TStream)

Parameters:

  • aEncryptedStream: Stream

Encryption    (declared in TROBaseConnection) obsolete

This is DES based enscryption, it is obsolete because works only for Delphi. Use message envelope AES Encryption Envelope instead.

property Encryption: TROEncryption read write

EncryptStream (TStream, TStream)  protected overload    (declared in TROBaseConnection)

Encrypt stream

procedure EncryptStream(const Source: TStream; const Dest: TStream)

Parameters:

  • Source: Source
  • Dest: Destination

EncryptStream (TStream)  protected overload    (declared in TROBaseConnection)

Encrypt stream

procedure EncryptStream(const Stream: TStream)

Parameters:

  • Stream: Stream

GetDispatchersClass  protected virtual    (declared in TROServer)

Returns TROMessageDispatchers class

function GetDispatchersClass: TROMessageDispatchersClass

GetRODLReader  protected    (declared in TROServer)

function GetRODLReader: TROCustomRODLReader

GetSecure  protected override    (declared in TROCustomIndyTCPServer)

Returns SSL state

function GetSecure: Boolean

GetServerType  protected override    (declared in TROCustomIndyTCPServer)

Returns current server type

function GetServerType: TROServerType

GetServiceMetaData  protected    (declared in TROServer)

function GetServiceMetaData(aServiceName: string; aOptions: string; out aContentType: string): TStream

Parameters:

  • aServiceName:
  • aOptions:
  • aContentType:

GetTransportObject  protected    (declared in TROServer)

Returns itself.

function GetTransportObject: TObject

IndyServer

Provides direct access to the underlying Indy implementation. You can use this property to control advanced settings on the Indy object. The exact available properties and settings depend on the version of Indy you are using.

property IndyServer: TROTIdTCPServer read

IsEncryptionUsed  protected    (declared in TROBaseConnection)

Checks if encryption was used

function IsEncryptionUsed: Boolean

IsServiceAllowed  protected    (declared in TROServer)

function IsServiceAllowed(Value: string): Boolean

Parameters:

  • Value:

IsStreamEncrypted  protected    (declared in TROBaseConnection)

Checks state of stream

function IsStreamEncrypted(Source: TStream): Boolean

Parameters:

  • Source: Stream

KeepAlive

Controls whether to use HTTP Keep-Alive to keep the connection alive between requests.
If enabled (true) , once a request is made and a connection is established, this connection is kept open and used for future requests.
If disabled, the connection is closed, and a new connection is created for future requests.
Since establishing a connection is - relatively speaking - a costly and resource intensive operation for the network, compared to sending small amounts of data, it is recommended to keep this option enabled for optimal performance, if requests to the server are done relatively frequently.
For Keep-Alive to work, the option must be supported and enabled on both client and server.

property KeepAlive: Boolean read write

Notification  protected override    (declared in TROServer)

Forwards notification messages to all owned components.

procedure Notification(AComponent: TComponent; Operation: TOperation)

Parameters:

  • AComponent: component
  • Operation: operation

OnAfterEncrypt    (declared in TROBaseConnection)

Fired after stream was encrypted

property OnAfterEncrypt: TROBaseConnectionOperation read write
delegate: procedure OnAfterEncrypt(Sender: TROBaseConnection; aEncryptedStream: TStream)

OnAfterServerActivate    (declared in TROServer)

Fires after the server has been activated.

property OnAfterServerActivate: TNotifyEvent read write

OnAfterServerDeactivate    (declared in TROServer)

Fires after the server has been deactivated. You can use this event handler to perform any cleanup you might need after the server has stopped processing new requests.

property OnAfterServerDeactivate: TNotifyEvent read write

OnBeforeDecrypt    (declared in TROBaseConnection)

Fired before stream will be decrypted

property OnBeforeDecrypt: TROBaseConnectionOperation read write
delegate: procedure OnBeforeDecrypt(Sender: TROBaseConnection; aEncryptedStream: TStream)

OnBeforeServerActivate    (declared in TROServer)

Fires just before the server is activated. You can use this event handler to perform any initialization you might need before the server starts processing new requests.

property OnBeforeServerActivate: TNotifyEvent read write

OnBeforeServerDeactivate    (declared in TROServer)

Fires just before the server is deactivated. You can use this event handler to perform any cleanup you might need before the server stops processing new requests.

property OnBeforeServerDeactivate: TNotifyEvent read write

OnGetRODLReader    (declared in TROServer)

property OnGetRODLReader: TROGetRODLReader read write
delegate: procedure OnGetRODLReader(Sender: TROServer; var aRODLReader: TROCustomRODLReader)

OnReadFromStream    (declared in TROServer)

Fires after a stream with a request message has been received from the client. The event handler can inspect and possibly modify the stream, before it continues to be processed by the higher levels of the Remoting SDK framework.

property OnReadFromStream: TStreamOperation read write
delegate: procedure OnReadFromStream(aStream: TStream)

OnWriteToStream    (declared in TROServer)

Fires just before a stream with a response message is sent back to the client. The event handler can inspect and possibly modify the stream, before it continues to be sent off to the client.

property OnWriteToStream: TStreamOperation read write
delegate: procedure OnWriteToStream(aStream: TStream)

Port

This property specifies the TCP port that the server is listening on. By default, the Remoting SDK TCP Servers use port 8090, but you can change this to any other value that is available on your system.

property Port: Integer read write

ROFreeNotification    (declared in TROComponent)

Forwards notification messages to all owned components.

procedure ROFreeNotification(aComponent: TComponent)

Parameters:

  • aComponent: component

RORemoveFreeNotification    (declared in TROComponent)

Forwards notification messages to all owned components.

procedure RORemoveFreeNotification(aComponent: TComponent)

Parameters:

  • aComponent: component

SendRemoveNotification  protected    (declared in TROComponent)

Forwards notification messages to all owned components.

procedure SendRemoveNotification(aComponent: TComponent)

Parameters:

  • aComponent: component

ServeRodl    (declared in TROServer)

Specifies whether the server will make the contained RODL file available to clients (true, default) or not. Keep this property set to true if clients need to access the RODL (or WSDL), for example so that third parties (including Service Tester) can import services. Set it to false if you do not want to provide this information, for example for security reasons.

property ServeRodl: Boolean read write

ServiceGroup    (declared in TROServer)

Allows to get/set Service Groups

property ServiceGroup: string read write

TriggerReadFromStream  protected    (declared in TROServer)

Fires the OnReadFromStream event

procedure TriggerReadFromStream(aSource: TStream)

Parameters:

  • aSource: stream

TriggerWriteToStream  protected    (declared in TROServer)

Fires the OnReadFromStream event

procedure TriggerWriteToStream(aDest: TStream)

Parameters:

  • aDest: stream

 

Active    (declared in TROServer)

Toggles whether the server ready to receive requests from clients. Depending on the server type, changing this property might open/close a network socket or otherwise toggle whether the server will process incoming requests.

property Active: Boolean read write

BindV4    (declared in TROCustomIndyTCPServer)

Determines whether it is allowed to use IPv4 network addresses.

property BindV4: Boolean read write

BindV6    (declared in TROCustomIndyTCPServer)

Gets or sets the flag indicating whether the server should listen for IPv6 connections.

Setting this flag doesn't have any immediate effect. Its value is used only when the server is opened (either by setting the Active property to true).

property BindV6: Boolean read write

DefaultResponse  protected    (declared in TROServer)

Holds the message that will be sent back to the client if it improperly "welcomes" the server.

property DefaultResponse: string read write

DisableNagle

Controls whether data packets are sent individually or if small packets are held back to send as part of fewer larger data packets. Normally, you will want this disabled as it can have a significant effect on performance. The only time when its worth keeping the property enabled is when there are many small packets to be sent and you need to keep network bandwidth to a minimum.

See more at Nagle's algorithm

property DisableNagle: Boolean read write

Dispatchers    (declared in TROServer)

Specifies how incoming requests will be processed and dispatched. Depending on the server type, one or multiple dispatchers can be configured to receive messages from the client. Each dispatcher consists of a Message and an optional Name. Also, each dispatcher can be individually enabled or disabled. Each server must have at least one dispatcher configured, in order to be able to process messages.

=Essential Sub-Properties=

  • Message specifies the message format to be used for this dispatcher.
  • Name specifies the name, or possibly the URL for the dispatcher.

In HTTP based servers (such as the TROIndyHTTPServer, the Name will be appended as folder to the server URL allowing the server to make multiple dispatchers available at different URLs.

property Dispatchers: TROMessageDispatchers read write

Encryption    (declared in TROBaseConnection) obsolete

This is DES based enscryption, it is obsolete because works only for Delphi. Use message envelope AES Encryption Envelope instead.

property Encryption: TROEncryption read write

IndyServer

Provides direct access to the underlying Indy implementation. You can use this property to control advanced settings on the Indy object. The exact available properties and settings depend on the version of Indy you are using.

property IndyServer: TROTIdTCPServer read

KeepAlive

Controls whether to use HTTP Keep-Alive to keep the connection alive between requests.
If enabled (true) , once a request is made and a connection is established, this connection is kept open and used for future requests.
If disabled, the connection is closed, and a new connection is created for future requests.
Since establishing a connection is - relatively speaking - a costly and resource intensive operation for the network, compared to sending small amounts of data, it is recommended to keep this option enabled for optimal performance, if requests to the server are done relatively frequently.
For Keep-Alive to work, the option must be supported and enabled on both client and server.

property KeepAlive: Boolean read write

Port

This property specifies the TCP port that the server is listening on. By default, the Remoting SDK TCP Servers use port 8090, but you can change this to any other value that is available on your system.

property Port: Integer read write

ServeRodl    (declared in TROServer)

Specifies whether the server will make the contained RODL file available to clients (true, default) or not. Keep this property set to true if clients need to access the RODL (or WSDL), for example so that third parties (including Service Tester) can import services. Set it to false if you do not want to provide this information, for example for security reasons.

property ServeRodl: Boolean read write

ServiceGroup    (declared in TROServer)

Allows to get/set Service Groups

property ServiceGroup: string read write

 

constructor Create  override    (declared in TROCustomIndyTCPServer)

Standard component constructor

constructor Create(aOwner: TComponent)

Parameters:

  • aOwner: Owner

Assign  override    (declared in TROCustomIndyTCPServer)

Copies the contents of another, similar object.

procedure Assign(Source: TPersistent)

Parameters:

  • Source: Instance whose properties will be copied

CheckProperties  virtual    (declared in TROServer)

Validates the server properties.

procedure CheckProperties

DecryptStream (TStream, TStream)  protected overload    (declared in TROBaseConnection)

Decrypt stream

procedure DecryptStream(const Source: TStream; const Dest: TStream)

Parameters:

  • Source: Source
  • Dest: Destination

DecryptStream (TStream)  protected overload    (declared in TROBaseConnection)

Decrypt stream

procedure DecryptStream(const Stream: TStream)

Parameters:

  • Stream: Stream

DispatchMessage (IROTransport, TStream, TStream): Boolean  protected overload    (declared in TROServer)

function DispatchMessage(const aTransport: IROTransport; aRequeststream: TStream; aResponsestream: TStream): Boolean

Parameters:

  • aTransport:
  • aRequeststream:
  • aResponsestream:

DispatchMessage (IROTransport, TStream, TStream, TROResponseOptions): Boolean  protected overload    (declared in TROServer)

function DispatchMessage(const aTransport: IROTransport; aRequestStream: TStream; aResponseStream: TStream; out oResponseOptions: TROResponseOptions): Boolean

Parameters:

  • aTransport:
  • aRequestStream:
  • aResponseStream:
  • oResponseOptions:

DoBeforeDecryptEvent  protected virtual    (declared in TROBaseConnection) obsolete

procedure DoBeforeDecryptEvent(aEncryptedStream: TStream)

Parameters:

  • aEncryptedStream: Stream

EncryptStream (TStream, TStream)  protected overload    (declared in TROBaseConnection)

Encrypt stream

procedure EncryptStream(const Source: TStream; const Dest: TStream)

Parameters:

  • Source: Source
  • Dest: Destination

EncryptStream (TStream)  protected overload    (declared in TROBaseConnection)

Encrypt stream

procedure EncryptStream(const Stream: TStream)

Parameters:

  • Stream: Stream

GetDispatchersClass  protected virtual    (declared in TROServer)

Returns TROMessageDispatchers class

function GetDispatchersClass: TROMessageDispatchersClass

GetRODLReader  protected    (declared in TROServer)

function GetRODLReader: TROCustomRODLReader

GetSecure  protected override    (declared in TROCustomIndyTCPServer)

Returns SSL state

function GetSecure: Boolean

GetServerType  protected override    (declared in TROCustomIndyTCPServer)

Returns current server type

function GetServerType: TROServerType

GetServiceMetaData  protected    (declared in TROServer)

function GetServiceMetaData(aServiceName: string; aOptions: string; out aContentType: string): TStream

Parameters:

  • aServiceName:
  • aOptions:
  • aContentType:

GetTransportObject  protected    (declared in TROServer)

Returns itself.

function GetTransportObject: TObject

IsEncryptionUsed  protected    (declared in TROBaseConnection)

Checks if encryption was used

function IsEncryptionUsed: Boolean

IsServiceAllowed  protected    (declared in TROServer)

function IsServiceAllowed(Value: string): Boolean

Parameters:

  • Value:

IsStreamEncrypted  protected    (declared in TROBaseConnection)

Checks state of stream

function IsStreamEncrypted(Source: TStream): Boolean

Parameters:

  • Source: Stream

Notification  protected override    (declared in TROServer)

Forwards notification messages to all owned components.

procedure Notification(AComponent: TComponent; Operation: TOperation)

Parameters:

  • AComponent: component
  • Operation: operation

ROFreeNotification    (declared in TROComponent)

Forwards notification messages to all owned components.

procedure ROFreeNotification(aComponent: TComponent)

Parameters:

  • aComponent: component

RORemoveFreeNotification    (declared in TROComponent)

Forwards notification messages to all owned components.

procedure RORemoveFreeNotification(aComponent: TComponent)

Parameters:

  • aComponent: component

SendRemoveNotification  protected    (declared in TROComponent)

Forwards notification messages to all owned components.

procedure SendRemoveNotification(aComponent: TComponent)

Parameters:

  • aComponent: component

TriggerReadFromStream  protected    (declared in TROServer)

Fires the OnReadFromStream event

procedure TriggerReadFromStream(aSource: TStream)

Parameters:

  • aSource: stream

TriggerWriteToStream  protected    (declared in TROServer)

Fires the OnReadFromStream event

procedure TriggerWriteToStream(aDest: TStream)

Parameters:

  • aDest: stream

 

OnAfterEncrypt    (declared in TROBaseConnection)

Fired after stream was encrypted

property OnAfterEncrypt: TROBaseConnectionOperation read write
delegate: procedure OnAfterEncrypt(Sender: TROBaseConnection; aEncryptedStream: TStream)

OnAfterServerActivate    (declared in TROServer)

Fires after the server has been activated.

property OnAfterServerActivate: TNotifyEvent read write

OnAfterServerDeactivate    (declared in TROServer)

Fires after the server has been deactivated. You can use this event handler to perform any cleanup you might need after the server has stopped processing new requests.

property OnAfterServerDeactivate: TNotifyEvent read write

OnBeforeDecrypt    (declared in TROBaseConnection)

Fired before stream will be decrypted

property OnBeforeDecrypt: TROBaseConnectionOperation read write
delegate: procedure OnBeforeDecrypt(Sender: TROBaseConnection; aEncryptedStream: TStream)

OnBeforeServerActivate    (declared in TROServer)

Fires just before the server is activated. You can use this event handler to perform any initialization you might need before the server starts processing new requests.

property OnBeforeServerActivate: TNotifyEvent read write

OnBeforeServerDeactivate    (declared in TROServer)

Fires just before the server is deactivated. You can use this event handler to perform any cleanup you might need before the server stops processing new requests.

property OnBeforeServerDeactivate: TNotifyEvent read write

OnGetRODLReader    (declared in TROServer)

property OnGetRODLReader: TROGetRODLReader read write
delegate: procedure OnGetRODLReader(Sender: TROServer; var aRODLReader: TROCustomRODLReader)

OnReadFromStream    (declared in TROServer)

Fires after a stream with a request message has been received from the client. The event handler can inspect and possibly modify the stream, before it continues to be processed by the higher levels of the Remoting SDK framework.

property OnReadFromStream: TStreamOperation read write
delegate: procedure OnReadFromStream(aStream: TStream)

OnWriteToStream    (declared in TROServer)

Fires just before a stream with a response message is sent back to the client. The event handler can inspect and possibly modify the stream, before it continues to be sent off to the client.

property OnWriteToStream: TStreamOperation read write
delegate: procedure OnWriteToStream(aStream: TStream)