wxSocketClient Class Reference

#include <wx/socket.h>

Inheritance diagram for wxSocketClient:

Detailed Description

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Library:  wxNet

Category:  Networking

Public Member Functions
	wxSocketClient (wxSocketFlags flags=wxSOCKET_NONE)
	Constructor.
virtual	~wxSocketClient ()
	Destructor.
virtual bool	Connect (const wxSockAddress &address, bool wait=true)
	Connects to a server using the specified address.
bool	Connect (const wxSockAddress &address, const wxSockAddress &local, bool wait=true)
	Connects to a server using the specified address.
bool	WaitOnConnect (long seconds=-1, long milliseconds=0)
	Wait until a connection request completes, or until the specified timeout elapses.
Public Member Functions inherited from wxSocketBase
bool	Error () const
	Returns true if an error occurred in the last IO operation.
virtual bool	GetLocal (wxSockAddress &addr) const
	Return the local address of the socket.
virtual bool	GetPeer (wxSockAddress &addr) const
	Return the peer address field of the socket.
long	GetTimeout () const
	Return the socket timeout in seconds.
bool	IsConnected () const
	Returns true if the socket is connected.
bool	IsData ()
	Check if the socket can be currently read or written.
bool	IsDisconnected () const
	Returns true if the socket is not connected.
bool	IsOk () const
	Returns true if the socket is initialized and ready and false in other cases.
wxUint32	LastCount () const
	Returns the number of bytes read or written by the last IO call.
wxUint32	LastReadCount () const
	Returns the number of bytes read by the last Read() or ReadMsg() call (receive direction only).
wxUint32	LastWriteCount () const
	Returns the number of bytes written by the last Write() or WriteMsg() call (transmit direction only).
wxSocketError	LastError () const
	Returns the last wxSocket error.
void	RestoreState ()
	Restore the previous state of the socket, as saved with SaveState().
void	SaveState ()
	Save the current state of the socket in a stack.
virtual bool	Close ()
	Shut down the socket, disabling further transmission and reception of data and disable events for the socket and frees the associated system resources.
void	ShutdownOutput ()
	Shuts down the writing end of the socket.
wxSocketBase &	Discard ()
	Delete all bytes in the incoming queue.
wxSocketFlags	GetFlags () const
	Returns current IO flags, as set with SetFlags()
void	InterruptWait ()
	Use this function to interrupt any wait operation currently in progress.
wxSocketBase &	Peek (void *buffer, wxUint32 nbytes)
	Peek into the socket by copying the next bytes which would be read by Read() into the provided buffer.
wxSocketBase &	Read (void *buffer, wxUint32 nbytes)
	Read up to the given number of bytes from the socket.
wxSocketBase &	ReadMsg (void *buffer, wxUint32 nbytes)
	Receive a message sent by WriteMsg().
void	SetFlags (wxSocketFlags flags)
	Use SetFlags to customize IO operation for this socket.
virtual bool	SetLocal (const wxIPV4address &local)
	Set the local address and port to use.
void	SetTimeout (long seconds)
	Set the default socket timeout in seconds.
wxSocketBase &	Unread (const void *buffer, wxUint32 nbytes)
	Put the specified data into the input queue.
bool	Wait (long seconds=-1, long millisecond=0)
	Wait for any socket event.
bool	WaitForLost (long seconds=-1, long millisecond=0)
	Wait until the connection is lost.
bool	WaitForRead (long seconds=-1, long millisecond=0)
	Wait until the socket is readable.
bool	WaitForWrite (long seconds=-1, long millisecond=0)
	Wait until the socket becomes writable.
wxSocketBase &	Write (const void *buffer, wxUint32 nbytes)
	Write up to the given number of bytes to the socket.
wxSocketBase &	WriteMsg (const void *buffer, wxUint32 nbytes)
	Sends a buffer which can be read using ReadMsg().
void *	GetClientData () const
	Returns a pointer of the client data for this socket, as set with SetClientData()
void	Notify (bool notify)
	According to the notify value, this function enables or disables socket events.
void	SetClientData (void *data)
	Sets user-supplied client data for this socket.
void	SetEventHandler (wxEvtHandler &handler, int id=-1)
	Sets an event handler to be called when a socket event occurs.
void	SetNotify (wxSocketEventFlags flags)
	Specifies which socket events are to be sent to the event handler.
wxSOCKET_T	GetSocket () const
	Returns the native socket descriptor.
	wxSocketBase ()
	Default constructor.
virtual	~wxSocketBase ()
	Destructor.
bool	Destroy ()
	Destroys the socket safely.
Public Member Functions inherited from wxObject
	wxObject ()
	Default ctor; initializes to NULL the internal reference data.
	wxObject (const wxObject &other)
	Copy ctor.
virtual	~wxObject ()
	Destructor.
virtual wxClassInfo *	GetClassInfo () const
	This virtual function is redefined for every class that requires run-time type information, when using the wxDECLARE_CLASS macro (or similar).
wxObjectRefData *	GetRefData () const
	Returns the wxObject::m_refData pointer, i.e. the data referenced by this object.
bool	IsKindOf (const wxClassInfo *info) const
	Determines whether this class is a subclass of (or the same class as) the given class.
bool	IsSameAs (const wxObject &obj) const
	Returns true if this object has the same data pointer as obj.
void	Ref (const wxObject &clone)
	Makes this object refer to the data in clone.
void	SetRefData (wxObjectRefData *data)
	Sets the wxObject::m_refData pointer.
void	UnRef ()
	Decrements the reference count in the associated data, and if it is zero, deletes the data.
void	UnShare ()
	This is the same of AllocExclusive() but this method is public.
void	operator delete (void *buf)
	The delete operator is defined for debugging versions of the library only, when the identifier WXDEBUG is defined.
void *	operator new (size_t size, const wxString &filename=NULL, int lineNum=0)
	The new operator is defined for debugging versions of the library only, when the identifier WXDEBUG is defined.

Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Member Functions inherited from wxSocketBase
static bool	Initialize ()
	Perform the initialization needed in order to use the sockets.
static void	Shutdown ()
	Shut down the sockets.
Protected Member Functions inherited from wxObject
void	AllocExclusive ()
	Ensure that this object's data is not shared with any other object.
virtual wxObjectRefData *	CreateRefData () const
	Creates a new instance of the wxObjectRefData-derived class specific to this object and returns it.
virtual wxObjectRefData *	CloneRefData (const wxObjectRefData *data) const
	Creates a new instance of the wxObjectRefData-derived class specific to this object and initializes it copying data.
Protected Attributes inherited from wxObject
wxObjectRefData *	m_refData
	Pointer to an object which is the object's reference-counted data.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

wxSocketClient::wxSocketClient

(

wxSocketFlags

flags = wxSOCKET_NONE

)

Constructor.

Parameters

flags

Socket flags (See wxSocketBase::SetFlags())

virtual wxSocketClient::~wxSocketClient ( )

virtual

Destructor.

Please see wxSocketBase::Destroy().

Member Function Documentation

virtual bool wxSocketClient::Connect ( const wxSockAddress &  address, bool  wait = true  )

virtual

Connects to a server using the specified address.

If wait is true, Connect() will wait until the connection completes.

Warning

This method will block the GUI.

If wait is false, Connect() will try to establish the connection and return immediately, without blocking the GUI. When used this way, even if Connect() returns false, the connection request can be completed later. To detect this, use WaitOnConnect(), or catch wxSOCKET_CONNECTION events (for successful establishment) and wxSOCKET_LOST events (for connection failure).

Parameters

address	Address of the server.
wait	If true, waits for the connection to complete.

Returns

true if the connection is established and no error occurs. If wait was true, and Connect() returns false, an error occurred and the connection failed. If wait was false, and Connect() returns false, you should still be prepared to handle the completion of this connection request, either with WaitOnConnect() or by watching wxSOCKET_CONNECTION and wxSOCKET_LOST events.

See Also

WaitOnConnect(), wxSocketBase::SetNotify(), wxSocketBase::Notify()

Reimplemented in wxHTTP.

bool wxSocketClient::Connect	(	const wxSockAddress &	address,
		const wxSockAddress &	local,
		bool	wait = true
	)

Connects to a server using the specified address.

If wait is true, Connect() will wait until the connection completes. Warning: This will block the GUI.

If wait is false, Connect() will try to establish the connection and return immediately, without blocking the GUI. When used this way, even if Connect() returns false, the connection request can be completed later. To detect this, use WaitOnConnect(), or catch wxSOCKET_CONNECTION events (for successful establishment) and wxSOCKET_LOST events (for connection failure).

Parameters

address	Address of the server.
local	Bind to the specified local address and port before connecting. The local address and port can also be set using SetLocal(), and then using the 2-parameter Connect() method.
wait	If true, waits for the connection to complete.

Returns

true if the connection is established and no error occurs. If wait was true, and Connect() returns false, an error occurred and the connection failed. If wait was false, and Connect() returns false, you should still be prepared to handle the completion of this connection request, either with WaitOnConnect() or by watching wxSOCKET_CONNECTION and wxSOCKET_LOST events.

See Also

WaitOnConnect(), wxSocketBase::SetNotify(), wxSocketBase::Notify()

bool wxSocketClient::WaitOnConnect	(	long	seconds = -1,
		long	milliseconds = 0
	)

Wait until a connection request completes, or until the specified timeout elapses.

Use this function after issuing a call to Connect() with wait set to false.

Parameters

seconds	Number of seconds to wait. If -1, it will wait for the default timeout, as set with wxSocketBase::SetTimeout().
milliseconds	Number of milliseconds to wait.

Returns

WaitOnConnect() returns true if the connection request completes. This does not necessarily mean that the connection was successfully established; it might also happen that the connection was refused by the peer. Use wxSocketBase::IsConnected() to distinguish between these two situations.

If the timeout elapses, WaitOnConnect() returns false.

These semantics allow code like this:

// Issue the connection request
client->Connect(addr, false);

// Wait until the request completes or until we decide to give up
bool waitmore = true;
while ( !client->WaitOnConnect(seconds, millis) && waitmore )
{
    // possibly give some feedback to the user,
    // and update waitmore as needed.
}
bool success = client->IsConnected();