net::SocketHandler Class Reference

Base Class with basic convenience support for its derived classes. More...

#include <SocketHandler.h>

Inheritance diagram for net::SocketHandler:

Public Member Functions
	SocketHandler (Port port)

Static Public Attributes
static const int	GENERIC_SOCKET_ERROR = -1
static const int	DEFAULT_SOCKET_DESCRIPTOR = -1
static const Port	DEFAULT_INVALID_PORT = -1

Protected Member Functions
int	getLastErrorCode ()
bool	closeSocket (int descriptor)

Protected Attributes
Port	serverPort
SocketState	currentState

Static Protected Attributes
static const int	MESSAGE_BUFFER_SIZE = 8192
static const char	END_OF_MESSAGE = 3

Detailed Description

Base Class with basic convenience support for its derived classes.

This class provides mainly wrapper functions to hide the differences between UNIX and Win32, such as socket closing and error codes receiving. Client and server are supposed to extend this class to add their specific features.

Member Function Documentation

bool SocketHandler::closeSocket ( int  descriptor )

protected

Wrapper function to close a socket regardless the underlying platform.

Parameters

descriptor

The socket descriptor.

Returns

true if the operation succeeds, false otherwise.

int SocketHandler::getLastErrorCode ( )

protected

Socket current state. Wrapper function to get the system calls error codes regardless the underlying platform.

Returns

The last error code returned by a failed system call.

Member Data Documentation

SocketState net::SocketHandler::currentState

protected

Server port, required by both client and server sides.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• src/net/SocketHandler.h
• src/net/SocketHandler.cpp