/*
* psocksxx - A C++ wrapper for POSIX sockets
* Copyright (C) 2013 Uditha Atukorala
*
* This software library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This software library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this software library. If not, see .
*
*/
#ifndef PSOCKSXX_NSOCKSTREAM_H
#define PSOCKSXX_NSOCKSTREAM_H
#include
#include
namespace psocksxx {
/**
* @brief Network (IPv4) controller class
*
* This is the base class for network (IP version 4)
* communications streams.
*
*/
class nsockstream : public iosockstream {
public:
/**
* @brief constructor
* @param type socket communications type
* @param proto socket communications protocol
* @throw psocksxx::sockexception socket exception
*
* Open a network (IPv4) communications stream with the
* passed in type and protocol.
*/
nsockstream( sockstreambuf::socket_type_t type, sockstreambuf::socket_protocol_t proto ) throw( sockexception );
/**
* @brief constructor
* @param ssb initialised socket stream buffer instance
*
* Initialise a network socket stream by using the passed in
* socket stream buffer, @c ssb, as the associated sequence
* which is assumed to be initialised with the correct type
* and protocol. The class destructor will delete the psocksxx::sockstreambuf
* instance pointed by @c ssb.
*
*/
nsockstream( sockstreambuf * ssb ) throw();
/**
* @brief destructor
*/
virtual ~nsockstream() throw();
/**
* @brief connect to a network address
* @param saddr destination address information
* @throw psocksxx::sockexception socket exception
* @throw psocksxx::socktimeoutexception connection timeout
* exception
*
* Connect to a IPv4 communication end point making this stream
* ready for I/O.
*
*/
void connect( const nsockaddr * saddr ) throw( sockexception, socktimeoutexception );
/**
* @brief connect to a network address
* @param node node (host name or IP)
* @param port port number
* @throw psocksxx::sockexception socket exception
* @throw psocksxx::socktimeoutexception connection timeout
* exception
*
* Connect to a IPv4 communication end point making this stream
* ready for I/O.
*
*/
void connect( const char * node, unsigned int port ) throw( sockexception, socktimeoutexception );
/**
* @brief bind the stream to a network address
* @param saddr address information to bind to
* @param reuse_addr allow address to be re-used
* @throw psocksxx::sockexception socket exception
*
* This binds the network socket stream to the specified network
* address. If you want to try to bind to any socket that is not
* actively listening (e.g. TIME_WAIT) then set the @c reuse_addr
* parameter to be @c true.
*
*/
void bind( const nsockaddr * saddr, bool reuse_addr = false ) throw( sockexception );
/**
* @brief make this stream passive and ready to accept connections
* @param backlog maximum length of the queue for pending connections
* and if this value is 0 (default) then it assumes
* system default
*
* @throw psocksxx::sockexception socket exception
*
* Make this network stream passive and ready to accept connections.
* Before calling this method the stream must be bound to a
* network address using the bind() method.
*
*/
void listen( int backlog = 0 ) throw( sockexception );
/**
* @brief accept a connection on a listening (passive) stream
* @throw psocksxx::sockexception socket exception
* @return a new stream instance for the accepted connection
*
* This method will accept an incoming connection on a listening
* stream and return a newly created stream instance that can
* be used to communicate with the accepted client connection.
* Note that the returned stream instance must be deleted by the
* caller.
*
*/
nsockstream * accept() throw( sockexception );
};
} /* end of namespace psocksxx */
#endif /* !PSOCKSXX_NSOCKSTEAM_H */