Added timeout for connection to server.

hfo/hfo.py

@@ -43,14 +43,19 @@ class HFOEnvironment(object):
     '''Connect to the server that controls the agent on the specified port. '''
     self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
     print '[Agent Client] Connecting to Agent Server on port', server_port
-    while True:
+    retry = 10
+    while retry > 0:
       try:
         self.socket.connect(('localhost', server_port))
       except:
         time.sleep(1)
+        retry -= 1
         continue
       else:
         break
+    if retry <= 0:
+      print '[Agent Client] ERROR Unable to communicate with server'
+      exit(1)
     print '[Agent Client] Connected'
     self.handshakeAgentServer(feature_set)
     # Get the initial state

src/HFO.cpp

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ HFOEnvironment::~HFOEnvironment() {
   close(sockfd);
 }
 
-  void HFOEnvironment::connectToAgentServer(int server_port,
+void HFOEnvironment::connectToAgentServer(int server_port,
                                           feature_set_t feature_set) {
   std::cout << "[Agent Client] Connecting to Agent Server on port "
             << server_port << std::endl;
@@ -45,9 +45,14 @@ HFOEnvironment::~HFOEnvironment() {
         server->h_length);
   serv_addr.sin_port = htons(server_port);
   int status = -1;
-  while (status < 0) {
+  int retry = 10;
+  while (status < 0 && retry > 0) {
     status = connect(sockfd,(struct sockaddr *) &serv_addr,sizeof(serv_addr));
     sleep(1);
+    retry--;
+  }
+  if (status < 0) {
+    error("[Agent Client] ERROR Unable to communicate with server");
   }
   std::cout << "[Agent Client] Connected" << std::endl;
   handshakeAgentServer(feature_set);