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package org.apache.flink.runtime.ipc;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.net.BindException;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.net.SocketException;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.channels.CancelledKeyException;
import java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException;
import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;
import java.nio.channels.SelectionKey;
import java.nio.channels.Selector;
import java.nio.channels.ServerSocketChannel;
import java.nio.channels.SocketChannel;
import java.nio.channels.WritableByteChannel;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.apache.flink.core.io.IOReadableWritable;
import org.apache.flink.core.io.StringRecord;
import org.apache.flink.core.memory.InputViewDataInputStreamWrapper;
import org.apache.flink.core.memory.OutputViewDataOutputStreamWrapper;
import org.apache.flink.core.protocols.VersionedProtocol;
import org.apache.flink.util.ClassUtils;

/**
 * An abstract IPC service. IPC calls take a single {@link Writable} as a
 * parameter, and return a {@link Writable} as their value. A service runs on
 * a port and is defined by a parameter class and a value class.
 * 
 * @see Client
 */
public abstract class Server {

    public static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(Server.class);

    private static final Class<?>[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new Class[] {};

    public static final ByteBuffer HEADER = ByteBuffer.wrap("crpc".getBytes());

    /**
     * How many calls/handler are allowed in the queue.
     */
    private static final int MAX_QUEUE_SIZE_PER_HANDLER = 100;

    private static final ThreadLocal<Server> SERVER = new ThreadLocal<Server>();

    private static final Map<String, Class<? extends VersionedProtocol>> PROTOCOL_CACHE = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Class<? extends VersionedProtocol>>();

    static Class<? extends VersionedProtocol> getProtocolClass(String protocolName) throws ClassNotFoundException {

        Class<? extends VersionedProtocol> protocol = PROTOCOL_CACHE.get(protocolName);
        if (protocol == null) {
            protocol = (Class<? extends VersionedProtocol>) ClassUtils.getProtocolByName(protocolName);
            PROTOCOL_CACHE.put(protocolName, protocol);
        }
        return protocol;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the server instance called under or null. May be called under {@link #call(Writable, long)}
     * implementations, and under {@link Writable} methods of paramters and return values. Permits applications to
     * access
     * the server context.
     */
    public static Server get() {
        return SERVER.get();
    }

    /**
     * This is set to Call object before Handler invokes an RPC and reset
     * after the call returns.
     */
    private static final ThreadLocal<Call> CurCall = new ThreadLocal<Call>();

    /**
     * Returns the remote side ip address when invoked inside an RPC
     * Returns null incase of an error.
     */
    public static InetAddress getRemoteIp() {
        Call call = CurCall.get();
        if (call != null) {
            return call.connection.socket.getInetAddress();
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Returns remote address as a string when invoked inside an RPC.
     * Returns null in case of an error.
     */
    public static String getRemoteAddress() {
        InetAddress addr = getRemoteIp();
        return (addr == null) ? null : addr.getHostAddress();
    }

    private String bindAddress;

    private int port; // port we listen on

    private int handlerCount; // number of handler threads

    private Class<? extends IOReadableWritable> invocationClass; // invocation class to call

    private int maxIdleTime; // the maximum idle time after

    // which a client may be disconnected
    private int thresholdIdleConnections; // the number of idle connections

    // after which we will start
    // cleaning up idle
    // connections
    int maxConnectionsToNuke; // the max number of

    // connections to nuke
    // during a cleanup

    private int maxQueueSize;

    private int socketSendBufferSize;

    private final boolean tcpNoDelay; // if T then disable Nagle's Algorithm

    volatile private boolean running = true; // true while server runs

    private BlockingQueue<Call> callQueue; // queued calls

    private List<Connection> connectionList = Collections.synchronizedList(new LinkedList<Connection>());

    // maintain a list
    // of client connections
    private Listener listener = null;

    private Responder responder = null;

    private int numConnections = 0;

    private Handler[] handlers = null;

    /**
     * A convenience method to bind to a given address and report
     * better exceptions if the address is not a valid host.
     * 
     * @param socket
     *        the socket to bind
     * @param address
     *        the address to bind to
     * @param backlog
     *        the number of connections allowed in the queue
     * @throws BindException
     *         if the address can't be bound
     * @throws UnknownHostException
     *         if the address isn't a valid host name
     * @throws IOException
     *         other random errors from bind
     */
    public static void bind(ServerSocket socket, InetSocketAddress address, int backlog) throws IOException {
        try {
            socket.bind(address, backlog);
        } catch (BindException e) {
            BindException bindException = new BindException(
                    "Problem binding to " + address + " : " + e.getMessage());
            bindException.initCause(e);
            throw bindException;
        } catch (SocketException e) {
            // If they try to bind to a different host's address, give a better
            // error message.
            if ("Unresolved address".equals(e.getMessage())) {
                throw new UnknownHostException("Invalid hostname for server: " + address.getHostName());
            } else {
                throw e;
            }
        }
    }

    /** A call queued for handling. */
    private static class Call {
        private int id; // the client's call id

        private IOReadableWritable param; // the parameter passed

        private Connection connection; // connection to client

        private long timestamp; // the time received when response is null

        // the time served when response is not null
        private ByteBuffer response; // the response for this call

        public Call(int id, IOReadableWritable param, Connection connection) {
            this.id = id;
            this.param = param;
            this.connection = connection;
            this.timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
            this.response = null;
        }

        @Override
        public String toString() {
            return param.toString() + " from " + connection.toString();
        }

        public void setResponse(ByteBuffer response) {
            this.response = response;
        }
    }

    /** Listens on the socket. Creates jobs for the handler threads */
    private class Listener extends Thread {

        private ServerSocketChannel acceptChannel = null; // the accept channel

        private Selector selector = null; // the selector that we use for the server

        private InetSocketAddress address; // the address we bind at

        private Random rand = new Random();

        private long lastCleanupRunTime = 0; // the last time when a cleanup connec-

        // -tion (for idle connections) ran
        private long cleanupInterval = 10000; // the minimum interval between

        // two cleanup runs
        private int backlogLength = 128;

        private volatile boolean shutDown = false;

        public Listener() throws IOException {
            address = new InetSocketAddress(bindAddress, port);
            // Create a new server socket and set to non blocking mode
            acceptChannel = ServerSocketChannel.open();
            acceptChannel.configureBlocking(false);

            // Bind the server socket to the local host and port
            bind(acceptChannel.socket(), address, backlogLength);
            port = acceptChannel.socket().getLocalPort(); // Could be an ephemeral port
            // create a selector;
            selector = Selector.open();

            // Register accepts on the server socket with the selector.
            acceptChannel.register(selector, SelectionKey.OP_ACCEPT);
            this.setName("IPC Server listener on " + port);
            this.setDaemon(true);
        }

        /**
         * cleanup connections from connectionList. Choose a random range
         * to scan and also have a limit on the number of the connections
         * that will be cleanedup per run. The criteria for cleanup is the time
         * for which the connection was idle. If 'force' is true then all
         * connections will be looked at for the cleanup.
         */
        private void cleanupConnections(boolean force) {
            if (force || numConnections > thresholdIdleConnections) {
                long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
                if (!force && (currentTime - lastCleanupRunTime) < cleanupInterval) {
                    return;
                }
                int start = 0;
                int end = numConnections - 1;
                if (!force) {
                    start = rand.nextInt() % numConnections;
                    end = rand.nextInt() % numConnections;
                    int temp;
                    if (end < start) {
                        temp = start;
                        start = end;
                        end = temp;
                    }
                }
                int i = start;
                int numNuked = 0;
                while (i <= end) {
                    Connection c;
                    synchronized (connectionList) {
                        try {
                            c = connectionList.get(i);
                        } catch (Exception e) {
                            return;
                        }
                    }
                    if (c.timedOut(currentTime)) {

                        closeConnection(c);
                        numNuked++;
                        end--;
                        c = null;
                        if (!force && numNuked == maxConnectionsToNuke) {
                            break;
                        }
                    } else {
                        i++;
                    }
                }
                lastCleanupRunTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void run() {
            LOG.debug(getName() + ": starting");
            SERVER.set(Server.this);
            while (running) {
                SelectionKey key = null;
                try {
                    selector.select();
                    Iterator<SelectionKey> iter = selector.selectedKeys().iterator();
                    while (iter.hasNext()) {
                        key = iter.next();
                        iter.remove();
                        try {
                            if (key.isValid()) {
                                if (key.isAcceptable()) {
                                    doAccept(key);
                                } else if (key.isReadable()) {
                                    doRead(key);
                                }
                            }
                        } catch (IOException e) {
                        }
                        key = null;
                    }
                } catch (OutOfMemoryError e) {
                    // we can run out of memory if we have too many threads
                    // log the event and sleep for a minute and give
                    // some thread(s) a chance to finish
                    LOG.warn("Out of Memory in server select", e);
                    closeCurrentConnection(key, e);
                    cleanupConnections(true);
                    try {
                        Thread.sleep(60000);
                    } catch (Exception ie) {
                    }
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    if (running) { // unexpected -- log it
                        LOG.info(getName() + " caught: " + e.toString());
                    }
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    closeCurrentConnection(key, e);
                }
                cleanupConnections(false);
            }
            LOG.debug("Stopping " + this.getName());

            synchronized (this) {
                try {
                    acceptChannel.close();
                    selector.close();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                }

                selector = null;
                acceptChannel = null;

                // clean up all connections
                while (!connectionList.isEmpty()) {
                    closeConnection(connectionList.remove(0));
                }
            }

            this.shutDown = true;
        }

        public boolean isShutDown() {
            return this.shutDown;
        }

        private void closeCurrentConnection(SelectionKey key, Throwable e) {
            if (key != null) {
                Connection c = (Connection) key.attachment();
                if (c != null) {
                    closeConnection(c);
                    c = null;
                }
            }
        }

        InetSocketAddress getAddress() {
            return (InetSocketAddress) acceptChannel.socket().getLocalSocketAddress();
        }

        void doAccept(SelectionKey key) throws IOException, OutOfMemoryError {
            Connection c = null;
            ServerSocketChannel server = (ServerSocketChannel) key.channel();
            // accept up to 10 connections
            for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
                SocketChannel channel = server.accept();
                if (channel == null) {
                    return;
                }

                channel.configureBlocking(false);
                channel.socket().setTcpNoDelay(tcpNoDelay);
                SelectionKey readKey = channel.register(selector, SelectionKey.OP_READ);
                c = new Connection(readKey, channel, System.currentTimeMillis());
                readKey.attach(c);
                synchronized (connectionList) {
                    connectionList.add(numConnections, c);
                    numConnections++;
                }
            }
        }

        void doRead(SelectionKey key) throws InterruptedException {
            int count = 0;
            Connection c = (Connection) key.attachment();
            if (c == null) {
                return;
            }
            c.setLastContact(System.currentTimeMillis());

            try {
                count = c.readAndProcess();
            } catch (InterruptedException ieo) {
                LOG.info(getName() + ": readAndProcess caught InterruptedException", ieo);
                throw ieo;
            } catch (Exception e) {
                LOG.info(getName() + ": readAndProcess threw exception " + e + ". Count of bytes read: " + count,
                        e);
                count = -1; // so that the (count < 0) block is executed
            }
            if (count < 0) {
                closeConnection(c);
                c = null;
            } else {
                c.setLastContact(System.currentTimeMillis());
            }
        }

        synchronized void doStop() {
            if (selector != null) {
                selector.wakeup();
                Thread.yield();
            }
            if (acceptChannel != null) {
                try {
                    acceptChannel.socket().close();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    LOG.info(getName() + ":Exception in closing listener socket. " + e);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    // Sends responses of RPC back to clients.
    private class Responder extends Thread {
        private Selector writeSelector;

        private int pending; // connections waiting to register

        final static int PURGE_INTERVAL = 900000; // 15mins

        private volatile boolean shutDown = false;

        Responder() throws IOException {
            this.setName("IPC Server Responder");
            this.setDaemon(true);
            writeSelector = Selector.open(); // create a selector
            pending = 0;
        }

        @Override
        public void run() {
            LOG.debug(getName() + ": starting");
            SERVER.set(Server.this);
            long lastPurgeTime = 0; // last check for old calls.

            while (running) {
                try {
                    waitPending(); // If a channel is being registered, wait.
                    writeSelector.select(PURGE_INTERVAL);
                    Iterator<SelectionKey> iter = writeSelector.selectedKeys().iterator();
                    while (iter.hasNext()) {
                        SelectionKey key = iter.next();
                        iter.remove();
                        try {
                            if (key.isValid() && key.isWritable()) {
                                doAsyncWrite(key);
                            }
                        } catch (IOException e) {
                            LOG.info(getName() + ": doAsyncWrite threw exception " + e);
                        }
                    }
                    long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
                    if (now < lastPurgeTime + PURGE_INTERVAL) {
                        continue;
                    }
                    lastPurgeTime = now;
                    //
                    // If there were some calls that have not been sent out for a
                    // long time, discard them.
                    //
                    ArrayList<Call> calls;

                    // get the list of channels from list of keys.
                    synchronized (writeSelector.keys()) {
                        calls = new ArrayList<Call>(writeSelector.keys().size());
                        iter = writeSelector.keys().iterator();
                        while (iter.hasNext()) {
                            SelectionKey key = iter.next();
                            Call call = (Call) key.attachment();
                            if (call != null && key.channel() == call.connection.channel) {
                                calls.add(call);
                            }
                        }
                    }

                    for (Call call : calls) {
                        try {
                            doPurge(call, now);
                        } catch (IOException e) {
                            LOG.warn("Error in purging old calls " + e);
                        }
                    }
                } catch (OutOfMemoryError e) {
                    //
                    // we can run out of memory if we have too many threads
                    // log the event and sleep for a minute and give
                    // some thread(s) a chance to finish
                    //
                    LOG.warn("Out of Memory in server select", e);
                    try {
                        Thread.sleep(60000);
                    } catch (Exception ie) {
                    }
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    LOG.warn("Exception in Responder " + e.toString());
                }
            }
            LOG.debug("Stopping " + this.getName());

            this.shutDown = true;
        }

        public boolean isShutDown() {
            return this.shutDown;
        }

        private void doAsyncWrite(SelectionKey key) throws IOException {
            Call call = (Call) key.attachment();
            if (call == null) {
                return;
            }
            if (key.channel() != call.connection.channel) {
                throw new IOException("doAsyncWrite: bad channel");
            }

            synchronized (call.connection.responseQueue) {
                if (processResponse(call.connection.responseQueue, false)) {
                    try {
                        key.interestOps(0);
                    } catch (CancelledKeyException e) {
                        /*
                         * The Listener/reader might have closed the socket.
                         * We don't explicitly cancel the key, so not sure if this will
                         * ever fire.
                         * This warning could be removed.
                         */
                        LOG.warn("Exception while changing ops : " + e);
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        //
        // Remove calls that have been pending in the responseQueue
        // for a long time.
        //
        private void doPurge(Call call, long now) throws IOException {
            LinkedList<Call> responseQueue = call.connection.responseQueue;
            synchronized (responseQueue) {
                Iterator<Call> iter = responseQueue.listIterator(0);
                while (iter.hasNext()) {
                    call = iter.next();
                    if (now > call.timestamp + PURGE_INTERVAL) {
                        closeConnection(call.connection);
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        // Processes one response. Returns true if there are no more pending
        // data for this channel.
        //
        private boolean processResponse(LinkedList<Call> responseQueue, boolean inHandler) throws IOException {
            boolean error = true;
            boolean done = false; // there is more data for this channel.
            int numElements = 0;
            Call call = null;
            try {
                synchronized (responseQueue) {
                    //
                    // If there are no items for this channel, then we are done
                    //
                    numElements = responseQueue.size();
                    if (numElements == 0) {
                        error = false;
                        return true; // no more data for this channel.
                    }
                    //
                    // Extract the first call
                    //
                    call = responseQueue.removeFirst();
                    SocketChannel channel = call.connection.channel;

                    //
                    // Send as much data as we can in the non-blocking fashion
                    //
                    int numBytes = channelWrite(channel, call.response);
                    if (numBytes < 0) {
                        return true;
                    }
                    if (!call.response.hasRemaining()) {
                        call.connection.decRpcCount();
                        if (numElements == 1) { // last call fully processes.
                            done = true; // no more data for this channel.
                        } else {
                            done = false; // more calls pending to be sent.
                        }
                    } else {
                        //
                        // If we were unable to write the entire response out, then
                        // insert in Selector queue.
                        //
                        call.connection.responseQueue.addFirst(call);

                        if (inHandler) {
                            // set the serve time when the response has to be sent later
                            call.timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();

                            incPending();
                            try {
                                // Wakeup the thread blocked on select, only then can the call
                                // to channel.register() complete.
                                writeSelector.wakeup();
                                channel.register(writeSelector, SelectionKey.OP_WRITE, call);
                            } catch (ClosedChannelException e) {
                                // Its ok. channel might be closed else where.
                                done = true;
                            } finally {
                                decPending();
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    error = false; // everything went off well
                }
            } finally {
                if (error && call != null) {
                    LOG.warn(getName() + ", call " + call + ": output error");
                    done = true; // error. no more data for this channel.
                    closeConnection(call.connection);
                }
            }
            return done;
        }

        //
        // Enqueue a response from the application.
        //
        void doRespond(Call call) throws IOException {
            synchronized (call.connection.responseQueue) {
                call.connection.responseQueue.addLast(call);
                if (call.connection.responseQueue.size() == 1) {
                    processResponse(call.connection.responseQueue, true);
                }
            }
        }

        private synchronized void incPending() { // call waiting to be enqueued.
            pending++;
        }

        private synchronized void decPending() { // call done enqueueing.
            pending--;
            notify();
        }

        private synchronized void waitPending() throws InterruptedException {
            while (pending > 0) {
                wait();
            }
        }
    }

    /** Reads calls from a connection and queues them for handling. */
    private class Connection {
        private boolean headerRead = false; // if the connection header that

        // follows version is read.
        private boolean protocolRead = false;

        private SocketChannel channel;

        private ByteBuffer data;

        private ByteBuffer dataLengthBuffer;

        private LinkedList<Call> responseQueue;

        private volatile int rpcCount = 0; // number of outstanding rpcs

        private long lastContact;

        private int dataLength;

        private Socket socket;

        // Cache the remote host & port info so that even if the socket is
        // disconnected, we can say where it used to connect to.
        private String hostAddress;

        private int remotePort;

        ConnectionHeader header = new ConnectionHeader();

        Class<? extends VersionedProtocol> protocol;

        public Connection(SelectionKey key, SocketChannel channel, long lastContact) {
            this.channel = channel;
            this.lastContact = lastContact;
            this.data = null;
            this.dataLengthBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(4);
            this.socket = channel.socket();
            InetAddress addr = socket.getInetAddress();
            if (addr == null) {
                this.hostAddress = "*Unknown*";
            } else {
                this.hostAddress = addr.getHostAddress();
            }
            this.remotePort = socket.getPort();
            this.responseQueue = new LinkedList<Call>();
            if (socketSendBufferSize != 0) {
                try {
                    socket.setSendBufferSize(socketSendBufferSize);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    LOG.warn("Connection: unable to set socket send buffer size to " + socketSendBufferSize);
                }
            }
        }

        @Override
        public String toString() {
            return getHostAddress() + ":" + remotePort;
        }

        public String getHostAddress() {
            return hostAddress;
        }

        public void setLastContact(long lastContact) {
            this.lastContact = lastContact;
        }

        /* Return true if the connection has no outstanding rpc */
        private boolean isIdle() {
            return rpcCount == 0;
        }

        /* Decrement the outstanding RPC count */
        private void decRpcCount() {
            rpcCount--;
        }

        /* Increment the outstanding RPC count */
        private void incRpcCount() {
            rpcCount++;
        }

        private boolean timedOut(long currentTime) {
            if (isIdle() && currentTime - lastContact > maxIdleTime) {
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }

        public int readAndProcess() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
            while (true) {
                /*
                 * Read at most one RPC. If the header is not read completely yet
                 * then iterate until we read first RPC or until there is no data left.
                 */
                int count = -1;
                if (dataLengthBuffer.remaining() > 0) {
                    count = channelRead(channel, dataLengthBuffer);
                    if (count < 0 || dataLengthBuffer.remaining() > 0) {
                        return count;
                    }
                }

                if (!headerRead) {
                    dataLengthBuffer.flip();
                    if (!HEADER.equals(dataLengthBuffer)) {
                        // Warning is ok since this is not supposed to happen.
                        LOG.warn("Incorrect header from " + hostAddress + ":" + remotePort);
                        return -1;
                    }
                    dataLengthBuffer.clear();
                    headerRead = true;
                    continue;
                }

                if (data == null) {
                    dataLengthBuffer.flip();
                    dataLength = dataLengthBuffer.getInt();

                    if (dataLength == Client.PING_CALL_ID) {
                        dataLengthBuffer.clear();
                        return 0; // ping message
                    }
                    data = ByteBuffer.allocate(dataLength);
                    incRpcCount(); // Increment the rpc count
                }

                count = channelRead(channel, data);

                if (data.remaining() == 0) {
                    dataLengthBuffer.clear();
                    data.flip();
                    if (protocolRead) {
                        processData();
                        data = null;
                        return count;
                    } else {
                        processProtocol();
                        protocolRead = true;
                        data = null;

                        // Authorizitation is intenionally left out

                        continue;
                    }
                }
                return count;
            }
        }

        // / Reads the connection header following version
        private void processProtocol() throws IOException {
            DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(data.array()));
            header.read(new InputViewDataInputStreamWrapper(in));
            try {
                String protocolClassName = header.getProtocol();
                if (protocolClassName != null) {
                    protocol = getProtocolClass(header.getProtocol());
                }
            } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
                LOG.error(cnfe);
                throw new IOException("Unknown protocol: " + header.getProtocol());
            }

        }

        private void processData() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
            DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(data.array()));
            int id = dis.readInt(); // try to read an id

            IOReadableWritable invocation = newInstance(invocationClass); // read param
            invocation.read(new InputViewDataInputStreamWrapper(dis));

            Call call = new Call(id, invocation, this);
            callQueue.put(call); // queue the call; maybe blocked here
        }

        private synchronized void close() throws IOException {
            data = null;
            dataLengthBuffer = null;
            if (!channel.isOpen()) {
                return;
            }
            try {
                socket.shutdownOutput();
            } catch (Exception e) {
            }
            if (channel.isOpen()) {
                try {
                    channel.close();
                } catch (Exception e) {
                }
            }
            try {
                socket.close();
            } catch (Exception e) {
            }
        }
    }

    /** Handles queued calls . */
    private class Handler extends Thread {

        private volatile boolean shutDown = false;

        public Handler(int instanceNumber) {
            this.setDaemon(true);
            this.setName("IPC Server handler " + instanceNumber + " on " + port);
        }

        @Override
        public void run() {
            LOG.debug(getName() + ": starting");
            SERVER.set(Server.this);
            ByteArrayOutputStream buf = new ByteArrayOutputStream(10240);
            while (running) {
                try {
                    final Call call = callQueue.take(); // pop the queue; maybe blocked here

                    String errorClass = null;
                    String error = null;
                    IOReadableWritable value = null;

                    CurCall.set(call);

                    value = call(call.connection.protocol, call.param, call.timestamp);
                    CurCall.set(null);

                    setupResponse(buf, call, (error == null) ? Status.SUCCESS : Status.ERROR, value, errorClass,
                            error);
                    responder.doRespond(call);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    if (running) { // unexpected -- log it
                        LOG.error(getName() + " caught: ", e);
                    }
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    LOG.error(getName() + " caught: ", e);
                }
            }
            LOG.debug(getName() + ": exiting");

            this.shutDown = true;
        }

        public boolean isShutDown() {

            return this.shutDown;
        }
    }

    protected Server(String bindAddress, int port, Class<? extends IOReadableWritable> paramClass, int handlerCount)
            throws IOException {
        this(bindAddress, port, paramClass, handlerCount, Integer.toString(port));
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a server listening on the named port and address. Parameters passed must
     * be of the named class. The <code>handlerCount</handlerCount> determines
     * the number of handler threads that will be used to process calls.
     */
    protected Server(String bindAddress, int port, Class<? extends IOReadableWritable> invocationClass,
            int handlerCount, String serverName) throws IOException {
        this.bindAddress = bindAddress;
        this.port = port;
        this.invocationClass = invocationClass;
        this.handlerCount = handlerCount;
        this.socketSendBufferSize = 0;
        this.maxQueueSize = handlerCount * MAX_QUEUE_SIZE_PER_HANDLER;
        this.callQueue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<Call>(maxQueueSize);
        this.maxIdleTime = 2 * 1000;
        this.maxConnectionsToNuke = 10;
        this.thresholdIdleConnections = 4000;

        // Start the listener here and let it bind to the port
        listener = new Listener();
        this.port = listener.getAddress().getPort();
        this.tcpNoDelay = false;

        // Create the responder here
        responder = new Responder();
    }

    private void closeConnection(Connection connection) {
        synchronized (connectionList) {
            if (connectionList.remove(connection)) {
                numConnections--;
            }
        }
        try {
            connection.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
        }
    }

    /**
     * Setup response for the IPC Call.
     * 
     * @param response
     *        buffer to serialize the response into
     * @param call
     *        {@link Call} to which we are setting up the response
     * @param status
     *        {@link Status} of the IPC call
     * @param rv
     *        return value for the IPC Call, if the call was successful
     * @param errorClass
     *        error class, if the the call failed
     * @param error
     *        error message, if the call failed
     * @throws IOException
     */
    private void setupResponse(ByteArrayOutputStream response, Call call, Status status, IOReadableWritable rv,
            String errorClass, String error) throws IOException {
        response.reset();
        DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream(response);
        out.writeInt(call.id); // write call id
        out.writeInt(status.state); // write status

        if (status == Status.SUCCESS) {
            if (rv == null) {
                out.writeBoolean(false);
            } else {
                out.writeBoolean(true);
                StringRecord.writeString(out, rv.getClass().getName());
                rv.write(new OutputViewDataOutputStreamWrapper(out));
            }

        } else {
            StringRecord.writeString(out, errorClass);
            StringRecord.writeString(out, error);
        }
        call.setResponse(ByteBuffer.wrap(response.toByteArray()));
    }

    /** Sets the socket buffer size used for responding to RPCs */
    public void setSocketSendBufSize(int size) {
        this.socketSendBufferSize = size;
    }

    /** Starts the service. Must be called before any calls will be handled. */
    public synchronized void start() throws IOException {
        responder.start();
        listener.start();
        handlers = new Handler[handlerCount];

        for (int i = 0; i < handlerCount; i++) {
            handlers[i] = new Handler(i);
            handlers[i].start();
        }
    }

    /** Stops the service. No new calls will be handled after this is called. */
    public synchronized void stop() {
        LOG.debug("Stopping server on " + port);
        running = false;
        if (handlers != null) {
            for (int i = 0; i < handlerCount; i++) {
                if (handlers[i] != null) {
                    handlers[i].interrupt();
                }
            }
        }
        listener.interrupt();
        listener.doStop();
        responder.interrupt();
        notifyAll();

        // Wait until shut down of handlers is complete
        if (this.handlers != null) {

            while (true) {

                int i = 0;
                for (; i < this.handlerCount; i++) {
                    if (this.handlers[i] != null) {
                        if (!this.handlers[i].isShutDown()) {
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                }

                if (i < this.handlerCount) {
                    try {
                        wait(100);
                    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                        break;
                    }
                } else {
                    // exit while loop
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

        // Wait until shut down of responder is complete
        while (!this.responder.isShutDown()) {
            try {
                wait(100);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                break;
            }
        }

        // Wait until shut down of listener is complete
        while (!this.listener.isShutDown()) {
            try {
                wait(100);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Wait for the server to be stopped.
     * Does not wait for all subthreads to finish.
     * See {@link #stop()}.
     */
    public synchronized void join() throws InterruptedException {
        while (running) {
            wait();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Return the socket (ip+port) on which the RPC server is listening to.
     * 
     * @return the socket (ip+port) on which the RPC server is listening to.
     */
    public synchronized InetSocketAddress getListenerAddress() {
        return listener.getAddress();
    }

    /** Called for each call. */
    public abstract IOReadableWritable call(Class<?> protocol, IOReadableWritable param, long receiveTime)
            throws IOException;

    /**
     * The number of open RPC conections
     * 
     * @return the number of open rpc connections
     */
    public int getNumOpenConnections() {
        return numConnections;
    }

    /**
     * The number of rpc calls in the queue.
     * 
     * @return The number of rpc calls in the queue.
     */
    public int getCallQueueLen() {
        return callQueue.size();
    }

    /**
     * When the read or write buffer size is larger than this limit, i/o will be
     * done in chunks of this size. Most RPC requests and responses would be
     * be smaller.
     */
    private static int NIO_BUFFER_LIMIT = 8 * 1024; // should not be more than 64KB.

    /**
     * This is a wrapper around {@link WritableByteChannel#write(ByteBuffer)}.
     * If the amount of data is large, it writes to channel in smaller chunks.
     * This is to avoid jdk from creating many direct buffers as the size of
     * buffer increases. This also minimizes extra copies in NIO layer
     * as a result of multiple write operations required to write a large
     * buffer.
     * 
     * @see WritableByteChannel#write(ByteBuffer)
     */
    private static int channelWrite(WritableByteChannel channel, ByteBuffer buffer) throws IOException {

        return (buffer.remaining() <= NIO_BUFFER_LIMIT) ? channel.write(buffer) : channelIO(null, channel, buffer);
    }

    /**
     * This is a wrapper around {@link ReadableByteChannel#read(ByteBuffer)}.
     * If the amount of data is large, it writes to channel in smaller chunks.
     * This is to avoid jdk from creating many direct buffers as the size of
     * ByteBuffer increases. There should not be any performance degredation.
     * 
     * @see ReadableByteChannel#read(ByteBuffer)
     */
    private static int channelRead(ReadableByteChannel channel, ByteBuffer buffer) throws IOException {

        return (buffer.remaining() <= NIO_BUFFER_LIMIT) ? channel.read(buffer) : channelIO(channel, null, buffer);
    }

    /**
     * Helper for {@link #channelRead(ReadableByteChannel, ByteBuffer)} and
     * {@link #channelWrite(WritableByteChannel, ByteBuffer)}. Only
     * one of readCh or writeCh should be non-null.
     * 
     * @see #channelRead(ReadableByteChannel, ByteBuffer)
     * @see #channelWrite(WritableByteChannel, ByteBuffer)
     */
    private static int channelIO(ReadableByteChannel readCh, WritableByteChannel writeCh, ByteBuffer buf)
            throws IOException {

        int originalLimit = buf.limit();
        int initialRemaining = buf.remaining();
        int ret = 0;

        while (buf.remaining() > 0) {
            try {
                int ioSize = Math.min(buf.remaining(), NIO_BUFFER_LIMIT);
                buf.limit(buf.position() + ioSize);

                ret = (readCh == null) ? writeCh.write(buf) : readCh.read(buf);

                if (ret < ioSize) {
                    break;
                }

            } finally {
                buf.limit(originalLimit);
            }
        }

        int nBytes = initialRemaining - buf.remaining();
        return (nBytes > 0) ? nBytes : ret;
    }

    public static <T> T newInstance(Class<T> theClass) {
        T result;
        Constructor<T> meth = null;
        try {
            meth = theClass.getDeclaredConstructor(EMPTY_ARRAY);
            meth.setAccessible(true);
            result = meth.newInstance();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }

        return result;
    }
}