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+use std::{string::String, io, collections::HashMap};
+
+/// This function is called once all command line a
+/// rguments have been successfully parsed, and tries
+/// to establish a TCP connection against a front-end
+/// if configured by command line parameters.
+pub fn app(arg_hash: HashMap<String, String>) -> io::Result<()> {
+
+    let tcp = arg_hash.get(&String::from("--tcp"));
+
+    match tcp {
+        None => println!("No TCP address specified"),
+        Some(addr) => setup_tcp(addr)?
+    };
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn setup_tcp(tcp_addr : &String) -> io::Result<()> {
+
+    use std::net::{TcpListener};
+
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind(tcp_addr)?;
+
+    println!("Awaiting for connection on address {}", tcp_addr);
+
+    for stream in listener.incoming() {
+        match stream {
+            Ok(s) => {
+                // do something with the TcpStream
+            }
+            Err(ref e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
+                // wait until network socket is ready, typically implemented
+                // via platform-specific APIs such as epoll or IOCP
+                continue;
+            }
+            Err(e) => panic!("encountered IO error: {}", e),
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}