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# File webrick/server.rb, line 78
def start(&block)
  raise ServerError, "already started." if @status != :Stop
  server_type = @config[:ServerType] || SimpleServer

  server_type.start{
    @logger.info \
      "#{self.class}#start: pid=#{$$} port=#{@config[:Port]}"
    call_callback(:StartCallback)

    thgroup = ThreadGroup.new
    @status = :Running
    while @status == :Running
      begin
        if svrs = IO.select(@listeners, nil, nil, 2.0)
          svrs[0].each{|svr|
            @tokens.pop          # blocks while no token is there.
            if sock = accept_client(svr)
              th = start_thread(sock, &block)
              th[:WEBrickThread] = true
              thgroup.add(th)
            else
              @tokens.push(nil)
            end
          }
        end
      rescue Errno::EBADF, IOError => ex
        # if the listening socket was closed in GenericServer#shutdown,
        # IO::select raise it.
      rescue Exception => ex
        msg = "#{ex.class}: #{ex.message}\n\t#{ex.backtrace[0]}"
        @logger.error msg
      end
    end

    @logger.info "going to shutdown ..."
    thgroup.list.each{|th| th.join if th[:WEBrickThread] }
    call_callback(:StopCallback)
    @logger.info "#{self.class}#start done."
    @status = :Stop
  }
end