args = [(x if not x in argfix else argfix[x]) for x in sys.argv[1:]]
parser = ArgumentParser(prog=sys.argv[0], description="Master server")
parser.add_argument('--primary_address', '-pa', type=str, default="", help="primary communication server's IPv4/6 address or host name")
parser.add_argument('--primary_port', '-pp', type=int, default=2121, help="primary communication server's port")
parser.add_argument('--port', '-p', type=int, default=2121, help="port to listen on")
parser.add_argument('--backup', '-b', action="store_true", help="are we a backup server?")
parser.add_argument('--timeout', '-t', type=int, default=5, help="component timeout (s)")
args = parser.parse_args(args)
config = Namespace()
config.parent_address = None
config.parent_port = None
config.child_address = None
config.child_port = None
config.child_id = None
config.is_backup = args.backup
config.timeout = args.timeout
problemStartTime = {}
# The important
# information that are synchronized are the existing CN and TM and their current activities and the data of
# tasks, partial problems, partial solutions and final solutions. Each backup server connects first with the
# main CS but if it is not the first backup server it registers with the current last backup server. In that way,
# each backup server needs to store only one set of data to be synchronized. The current information is
# sent to the backup CS when it registers with the CS of a higher level and is updated after each
# [Register or data message message Received || Inactive component removed
# => Add information to synchronization queue and update internal information
def registerTMCN(conn, msg):
id = components.add(msg)
