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+//! A chat server that broadcasts a message to all connections.
+
+extern crate tokio_core;
+extern crate futures;
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::rc::Rc;
+use std::cell::RefCell;
+use std::iter;
+use std::env;
+use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind, BufReader};
+
+use tokio_core::net::TcpListener;
+use tokio_core::reactor::Core;
+use tokio_core::io::{self, Io};
+
+use futures::stream::{self, Stream};
+use futures::Future;
+
+fn main() {
+    let addr = env::args().nth(1).unwrap_or("127.0.0.1:8080".to_string());
+    let addr = addr.parse().unwrap();
+    // We are single-threaded, so we can just use Rc and RefCell.
+    let connections = Rc::new(RefCell::new(HashMap::new()));
+
+    let mut core = Core::new().unwrap();
+    let handle = core.handle();
+    let socket = TcpListener::bind(&addr, &handle).unwrap();
+    println!("Listening on: {}", addr);
+
+    let future = socket.incoming().for_each(move |(stream, addr)| {
+        let connections = connections.clone();
+        let handle_inner = handle.clone();
+        // We create a new future in which we create all other futures.
+        // This makes `stream` be bound on the outer future's task, allowing
+        // `ReadHalf` and `WriteHalf` to be shared between inner futures.
+        let main_fn = move || {
+            println!("New Connection: {}", addr);
+            let (reader, writer) = stream.split();
+            // channel to send messages to this connection from other futures
+            let (tx, rx) = tokio_core::channel::channel(&handle_inner).unwrap();
+            // add sender to hashmap of all current connections
+            connections.borrow_mut().insert(addr, tx);
+
+            let reader = BufReader::new(reader);
+            let connections_inner = connections.clone();
+            // https://users.rust-lang.org/t/loop-futures-for-client-handling/6950/2
+            // First we need to get an infinite iterator
+            let iter = stream::iter::<_, _, std::io::Error>(iter::repeat(()).map(Ok));
+            // Then we fold it as infinite loop
+            let socket_reader = iter.fold(reader, move |reader, _| {
+                // read line
+                let amt = io::read_until(reader, '\n' as u8, vec![]);
+                // check if we hit EOF and need to close the connection
+                let amt = amt.and_then(|(reader, vec)| {
+                    // EOF was hit without reading a delimiter
+                    if vec.len() == 0 {
+                        let err = Error::new(ErrorKind::BrokenPipe, "Broken Pipe");
+                        Err(err)
+                    } else {
+                        Ok((reader, vec))
+                    }
+                });
+                // convert bytes into string
+                let amt = amt.map(|(reader, vec)| (reader, String::from_utf8(vec)));
+                let connections = connections_inner.clone();
+                amt.map(move |(reader, message)| {
+                    println!("{}: {:?}", addr, message);
+                    let conns = connections.borrow_mut();
+                    if let Ok(msg) = message {
+                        // For each open connection except the sender, send the string
+                        // via the channel
+                        let iter = conns.iter().filter(|&(&k,_)| k != addr).map(|(_,v)| v);
+                        for tx in iter {
+                            tx.send(format!("{}: {}", addr, msg)).unwrap();
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        let tx = conns.get(&addr).unwrap();
+                        tx.send("You didn't send valid UTF-8.".to_string()).unwrap();
+                    }
+                    reader
+                })
+            });
+
+            // Whenever we receive a string on the Receiver, we write it to `WriteHalf<TcpStream>`.
+            let socket_writer = rx.fold(writer, |writer, msg| {
+                let amt = io::write_all(writer, msg.into_bytes());
+                let amt = amt.map(|(writer, _)| writer);
+                amt
+            });
+
+            // In order to fuse the reading and writing futures in the end, we need to have the
+            // same output type. As we don't need the values anymore, we can just map them
+            // to `()`.
+            let socket_reader = socket_reader.map(|_| ());
+            let socket_writer = socket_writer.map(|_| ());
+
+            let amt = socket_reader.select(socket_writer);
+            amt.then(move |_| {
+                connections.borrow_mut().remove(&addr);
+                println!("Connection {} closed.", addr);
+                Ok(())
+            })
+        };
+        handle.spawn_fn(main_fn);
+        Ok(())
+    });
+
+    // exectue server
+    core.run(future).unwrap();
+}
+