Continued refactoring code

main.c

@@ -73,59 +73,50 @@ int main() {
 
 			for (int i=1; i < MAX_CONNECTIONS; i++) {
 				if (FD_ISSET(conn_sockets[i],&read_fd_set)) {
-					do {
 
-						while ( strcmp(buffer,"END_OF_DATA\r\n") != 0 ) {
+					while ( strstr(buffer,"END_OF_DATA") == NULL ) {
-							int num_bytes_read = recv(conn_sockets[i],buffer,sizeof(buffer),0);
+						int num_bytes_read = recv(conn_sockets[i],buffer,sizeof(buffer),0);
-                                	                if (num_bytes_read <= 0) {
+                               	                if (num_bytes_read <= 0) {
-								close(conn_sockets[i]);
-								conn_sockets[i] = 0;
-								to_user[i] = NULL;
-								GOTO continue_for_loop;
-	                                                } 
-							strcat(data, buffer);
-						}
-
-						strcat(data,"\0");
-
-						if (num_bytes_read <= 0) {
 							close(conn_sockets[i]);
 							conn_sockets[i] = 0;
 							to_user[i] = NULL;
-							break;
+							goto continue_for_loop;
+                                                } 
+						strcat(data, buffer);
+					}
+					strcat(data,"\0"); 
+					if (from_user[i] == NULL) {
+						from_user[i] = fetch_user(fetch_from_string(data,"IAM"));
+						if (from_user[i] == NULL) {
+							printf("Please identify yourself.\n");
+							close(conn_sockets[i]);
+							continue;
 						} else {
-	
+							printf("You are %s\n",from_user[i]->username);
-							if (from_user[i] == NULL) {
-								from_user[i] = fetch_user(fetch_sender_user_string(buffer));
-								if (from_user[i] == NULL) {
-									printf("Please identify yourself.\n");
-									raise(SIGINT);
-									return 150;
-								} else {
-									printf("You are %s\n",from_user[i]->username);
-								}
-								continue;
-							}
-	
-							if (to_user[i] == NULL) {
-								to_user[i] = fetch_user(fetch_dest_user_string(buffer));
-								if (to_user[i] == NULL) {
-									printf("Invalid message format or User\n");
-									raise(SIGINT);
-								} else {
-									printf("Message intended for %s\n",to_user[i]->username);
-								}
-								continue;
-							}
-
-							char* message = fetch_message_string(buffer);
-							
 						}
+					}
 
-					} while (strcmp(buffer,"END_OF_DATA\r\n") != 0);
+					if (to_user[i] == NULL) {
+						to_user[i] = fetch_user(fetch_from_string(data,"TO"));
+						if (to_user[i] == NULL) {
+							printf("Invalid user or message format.\n");
+							close(conn_sockets[i]);
+							continue;
+						} else {
+							printf("Message intended for %s\n",to_user[i]->username);
+						}
+					}
+
+					char* message = fetch_message_string(data);
+
+					close(conn_sockets[i]);					
 
 				}
+
+
 				continue_for_loop:
+				data[0] = '\0';  /* This effectively clears the string, since the first element is null. */
+				to_user[i] = NULL;
 			}
 		}
 		

message_helpers.c

@@ -2,36 +2,44 @@
 
 #include "message_helpers.h"
 
-char* fetch_dest_user_string(char* message) {
+char* fetch_from_string(char* message, char* indicator) {
-	char* token = malloc (sizeof(char) * strlen(message));
-	token = strtok(message," \r\n");
-	if (strcmp(token,"TO:") == 0) {
-		token = strtok(NULL," \r\n");
-	} else {
-		return NULL;
-	}
 
-	return token;
+	char* message_copy = malloc(strlen(message));
-}
+	strcpy(message_copy,message);
 
-char* fetch_sender_user_string(char* message) {
+        char* token = malloc (sizeof(char) * strlen(message_copy));
-	fetch_generic_string("IAM",message);
-}
-
-char* fetch_generic_string(char* indicator, char* message) {
-        char* token = malloc (sizeof(char) * strlen(message));
 
 	char* string_to_search = malloc(strlen(indicator) + 1);
 	strcpy(string_to_search,indicator);
 	strcat(string_to_search,":");
-
+        token = strtok(message_copy," r\n");
-        token = strtok(message," r\n");
+	while (strcmp(token,string_to_search) != 0) {
-        if (strcmp(token,string_to_search) == 0) {
+		token = strtok(NULL," \r\n");
-                token = strtok(NULL," \r\n");
+		if (token == NULL) {
-        } else {
+			return NULL;
-                return NULL;
+		}
-        }
+	}
-
+        token = strtok(NULL," \r\n");
         return token;
 
 }
+
+char* fetch_message_string(char* message) {
+	char* start = strstr(message,"START_OF_MESSAGE");
+	if (start == NULL) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	int start_index = start - message;
+	
+	char* end = strstr(message,"END_OF_MESSAGE");
+	if (end == NULL) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	int end_index = end - message;
+
+	int message_length = end_index - start_index;
+	char* message_string = malloc(message_length + 1);
+
+	for (int i=0;i < message_length; i++) {
+	*(message_string + i) = *(message_
+}

message_helpers.h

@@ -1,21 +1,12 @@
 
-
-/* If the message contains a string of the form:
-TO: <Username>
-then return 'Username' */
-char* fetch_dest_user_string(char* message);
-
-/* If the message contains a string of the form:
-IAM: <Username>
-then return 'Username' */
-char* fetch_sender_user_string(char* message);
-
 /* If the message contains a string of the form:
 <Indicator>: <Value>
 Then return 'value' */
-char* fetch_generic_string(char* indicator, char* message);
+char* fetch_from_string(char* message, char* indicator);
 
 /* If the message contains a string of the form:
 START_OF_MESSAGE
 <text>
 END_OF_MESSAGE
+Then return <text> */
+char* fetch_message_string(char* message);