osaSocket.h File Reference

Declaration of osaSocketThis is a cross-platform socket library with basic support for UDP (datagram) and TCP (stream) sockets. The BSD socket API is used on Unix-like systems, while the Winsock2 API is used on Windows. More...

#include <cisstCommon/cmnAssert.h>
#include <cisstCommon/cmnGenericObject.h>
#include <cisstCommon/cmnLogger.h>
#include <cisstCommon/cmnPortability.h>
#include <cisstOSAbstraction/osaExport.h>

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Classes
struct	osaIPandPort
class	osaSocket

Functions
	CMN_DECLARE_SERVICES_INSTANTIATION (osaSocket)

Detailed Description

Declaration of osaSocket

This is a cross-platform socket library with basic support for UDP (datagram) and TCP (stream) sockets. The BSD socket API is used on Unix-like systems, while the Winsock2 API is used on Windows.

For UDP, both a server and client can be defined and set as follows:

server.AssignPort(serverPort);
client.SetDestination(serverHost, serverPort);

where serverHost could either be the hostname or the IP address of the server. UDP sockets update their destination to the origin of the last message received.

For the TCP case, the client has to additionally call the Connect() method, while the server is created using the osaSocketServer class.

client.SetDestination(serverIP, serverPort);
client.Connect();
// or
client.Connect(serverIP, serverPort);

The TCP server is defined using osaSocketServer, which calls an overloaded osaSocket constructor upon accepting a connection (see osaSocketServer class).

Note

Please refer to osAbstractionTutorial/sockets for usage examples.

Disconnection is detected when a socket attempts to write to another socket and does not received an ACK.

Todo:

GetIP() could be static or external to the osaSocket class.

Perhaps GetLocalhostIP() should be outside the class.

Function Documentation

CMN_DECLARE_SERVICES_INSTANTIATION

(

osaSocket

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