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Awesome port joiner helper thingy, @myndzi contributed the structure and stuff
/**
* The MIT License (MIT)
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
* this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
* the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
* use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
* the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
* subject to the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
* copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
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* COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
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*/
var net = require('net');
var server = net.createServer(function(helpee) {
var link = new Link(helpee);
link.listen(function() {
console.log('Helpee is ready on port ' + link.server.address().port);
});
}).listen(5000);
// helpee is a socket object
function Link(helpee) {
this.helper = null;
this.helpee = helpee;
this.server = null;
this.port = -1;
this.helpee.pause();
this.helpee.on('error', function(err) {
console.error(err.stack);
this.cleanup();
}.bind(this));
this.helpee.on('end', this.cleanup.bind(this));
this.timer = setTimeout(this.cleanup.bind(this), 5*60*1000);
}
Link.prototype.connectHelper = function(helper) {
clearTimeout(this.timer);
this.helper = helper;
this.helper.pipe(this.helpee).pipe(this.helper);
this.helpee.resume();
this.helper.on('error', function(err) {
console.error(err.stack);
this.cleanup();
}.bind(this));
this.helper.on('end', this.cleanup.bind(this));
this.server.close();
};
Link.prototype.listen = function(callback) {
this.server = net.createServer(this.connectHelper.bind(this)).listen(callback);
this.server.on('error', function(err) {
console.error(err.stack);
this.cleanup();
}.bind(this));
};
Link.prototype.cleanup = function() {
if(this.helper !== null && this.helper.address()) this.helper.destroy();
if(this.helpee !== null && this.helpee.address()) this.helpee.destroy();
if(this.server !== null && this.server.address()) this.server.close();
};
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