NamedPipeClientStream::NumberOfServerInstances Property

 

Gets the number of server instances that share the same pipe name.

Namespace:   System.IO.Pipes
Assembly:  System.Core (in System.Core.dll)

public:
property int NumberOfServerInstances {
	[SecurityCriticalAttribute]
	int get();
}

Property Value

Type: System::Int32

The number of server instances that share the same pipe name.

Exception Condition
InvalidOperationException

The pipe handle has not been set.

-or-

The current NamedPipeClientStream object has not yet connected to a NamedPipeServerStream object.

IOException

The pipe is broken or an I/O error occurred.

ObjectDisposedException

The underlying pipe handle is closed.

This property returns the number of server instances for the NamedPipeServerStream object that the current NamedPipeClientStream object has a handle to or is connected to. If the current NamedPipeClientStream object has not yet connected to a named pipe server, or if the current pipe handle has not yet been set, this property throws an InvalidOperationException.

The following example demonstrates a method to send a string from a parent process to a child process using named pipes. In this example, a NamedPipeClientStream object is created in a child process, which then connects to a pipe on the local computer. The server example can be seen in the NamedPipeServerStream class. This example is part of a larger example provided for the NamedPipeServerStream and NamedPipeClientStream classes.

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.NET Framework
Available since 3.5
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