%% Created: 1999
%% RCS-ID: $Id$
%% Copyright: (c) wxWindows team
-%% Licence: wxWindows licence
+%% License: wxWindows license
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\section{\class{wxSocketBase}}\label{wxsocketbase}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\twocolitem{{\bf wxSOCKET\_INPUT}}{There is data available for reading.}
\twocolitem{{\bf wxSOCKET\_OUTPUT}}{The socket is ready to be written to.}
-\twocolitem{{\bf wxSOCKET\_CONNECTION}}{Incoming connection (server), or connection establishment (client).}
+\twocolitem{{\bf wxSOCKET\_CONNECTION}}{Incoming connection request (server), or successful connection establishment (client).}
\twocolitem{{\bf wxSOCKET\_LOST}}{The connection has been closed.}
\end{twocollist}
available for reading. This will be the case if the input queue was
empty and new data arrives, or if the application has read some data
yet there is still more data available. This means that the application
-does not need to read all available data in response to a
+does not need to read all available data in response to a
{\bf wxSOCKET\_INPUT} event, as more events will be produced as
necessary.
events will be generated only after an output operation fails
with {\bf wxSOCKET\_WOULDBLOCK} and buffer space becomes available
again. This means that the application should assume that it
-can write data to the socket until an {\bf wxSOCKET\_WOULDBLOCK}
+can write data to the socket until an {\bf wxSOCKET\_WOULDBLOCK}
error occurs; after this, whenever the socket becomes writable
-again the application will be notified with another
+again the application will be notified with another
{\bf wxSOCKET\_OUTPUT} event.
The {\bf wxSOCKET\_CONNECTION} event is issued when a delayed connection
The {\bf wxSOCKET\_LOST} event is issued when a close indication is
received for the socket. This means that the connection broke down or
that it was closed by the peer. Also, this event will be issued if
-a delayed connection request fails.
+a connection request fails.
\wxheading{Event handling}
To process events coming from a socket object, use the following event
-handler macro to direct events to member functions that take a
-\helpref{wxSocketEvent}{wxsocketevent} argument.
+handler macro to direct events to member functions that take
+a \helpref{wxSocketEvent}{wxsocketevent} argument.
\twocolwidtha{7cm}%
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\helpref{wxSocketEvent}{wxsocketevent},
\helpref{wxSocketClient}{wxsocketclient},
-\helpref{wxSocketServer}{wxsocketserver},
+\helpref{wxSocketServer}{wxsocketserver},
\helpref{Sockets sample}{samplesockets}
% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\helpref{wxSocketBase}{wxsocketbaseconstruct}\\
\helpref{\destruct{wxSocketBase}}{wxsocketbasedestruct}\\
-\helpref{wxDestroy}{wxsocketbasedestroy}
+\helpref{Destroy}{wxsocketbasedestroy}
\membersection{Socket state}
\func{}{wxSocketBase}{\void}
-Default constructor. Don't use it directly; instead, use
-\helpref{wxSocketClient}{wxsocketclient} to construct a socket client, or
+Default constructor. Don't use it directly; instead, use
+\helpref{wxSocketClient}{wxsocketclient} to construct a socket client, or
\helpref{wxSocketServer}{wxsocketserver} to construct a socket server.
\membersection{wxSocketBase::\destruct{wxSocketBase}}\label{wxsocketbasedestruct}
You can setup a callback function to be called when an event occurs.
The function will be called only for those events for which notification
-has been enabled with \helpref{Notify}{wxsocketbasenotify} and
+has been enabled with \helpref{Notify}{wxsocketbasenotify} and
\helpref{SetNotify}{wxsocketbasesetnotify}. The prototype of the
callback must be as follows:
\end{verbatim}
The first parameter is a reference to the socket object in which the
-event occured. The second parameter tells you which event occured.
+event occurred. The second parameter tells you which event occurred.
(See \helpref{wxSocket events}{wxsocketbase}). The third parameter
is the user data you specified using \helpref{CallbackData}{wxsocketbasecallbackdata}.
-Note that events are preferred over callbacks where possible.
-
\wxheading{Return value}
A pointer to the previous callback.
+\wxheading{Remark/Warning}
+
+Note that callbacks are now deprecated and unsupported, and they remain
+for backwards compatibility only. Use events instead.
+
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxSocketBase::CallbackData}{wxsocketbasecallbackdata},
This function sets the the user data which will be passed to a
callback function set via \helpref{Callback}{wxsocketbasecallback}.
-Note that events are preferred over callbacks where possible.
-
\wxheading{Return value}
A pointer to the previous user data.
+\wxheading{Remark/Warning}
+
+Note that callbacks are now deprecated and unsupported, and they remain
+for backwards compatibility only. Use events instead.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
\helpref{wxSocketBase::Callback}{wxsocketbasecallback},
\helpref{wxSocketBase::SetNotify}{wxsocketbasesetnotify},
\helpref{wxSocketBase::Notify}{wxsocketbasenotify}
This function shuts down the socket, disabling further transmission and
reception of data; it also disables events for the socket and frees the
associated system resources. Upon socket destruction, Close is automatically
-called. This means that you don't need to do it yourself, unless you
-explicitly want to disable further operation.
+called, so in most cases you won't need to do it yourself, unless you
+explicitly want to shut down the socket, typically to notify the peer
+that you are closing the connection.
\wxheading{Remark/Warning}
\constfunc{bool}{Error}{\void}
-Returns TRUE if an error occured in the last IO operation.
+Returns TRUE if an error occurred in the last IO operation.
Use this function to check for an error condition after one of the
following calls: Discard, Peek, Read, ReadMsg, Unread, Write, WriteMsg.
\constfunc{void *}{GetClientData}{\void}
-Returns a pointer of the client data for this socket, as set with
+Returns a pointer of the client data for this socket, as set with
\helpref{SetClientData}{wxsocketbasesetclientdata}
%
%
\membersection{wxSocketBase::GetLocal}\label{wxsocketbasegetlocal}
-\constfunc{bool}{GetLocal}{\param{wxSockAddress\& }{addr\_man}}
+\constfunc{bool}{GetLocal}{\param{wxSockAddress\& }{addr}}
This function returns the local address field of the socket. The local
address field contains the complete local address of the socket (local
\wxheading{Return value}
-It returns TRUE if no errors happened, FALSE otherwise.
+TRUE if no error happened, FALSE otherwise.
%
% GetFlags
%
\membersection{wxSocketBase::GetPeer}\label{wxsocketbasegetpeer}
-\constfunc{bool}{GetPeer}{\param{wxSockAddress\& }{addr\_man}}
+\constfunc{bool}{GetPeer}{\param{wxSockAddress\& }{addr}}
This function returns the peer address field of the socket. The peer
address field contains the complete peer host address of the socket
\wxheading{Return value}
-It returns TRUE if no errors happened, FALSE otherwise.
+TRUE if no error happened, FALSE otherwise.
%
% InterruptWait
when you \helpref{Close}{wxsocketbaseclose} a socket (and thus also upon
socket destruction), so you don't need to use it in these cases.
-\helpref{wxSocketBase::Wait}{wxsocketbasewait},
-\helpref{wxSocketServer::WaitForAccept}{wxsocketserverwaitforaccept},
-\helpref{wxSocketBase::WaitForLost}{wxsocketbasewaitforlost},
-\helpref{wxSocketBase::WaitForRead}{wxsocketbasewaitforread},
-\helpref{wxSocketBase::WaitForWrite}{wxsocketbasewaitforwrite},
+\helpref{wxSocketBase::Wait}{wxsocketbasewait},
+\helpref{wxSocketServer::WaitForAccept}{wxsocketserverwaitforaccept},
+\helpref{wxSocketBase::WaitForLost}{wxsocketbasewaitforlost},
+\helpref{wxSocketBase::WaitForRead}{wxsocketbasewaitforread},
+\helpref{wxSocketBase::WaitForWrite}{wxsocketbasewaitforwrite},
\helpref{wxSocketClient::WaitOnConnect}{wxsocketclientwaitonconnect}
%
Returns the last wxSocket error. See \helpref{wxSocket errors}{wxsocketbase}.
Please note that this function merely returns the last error code,
-but it should not be used to determine if an error has occured (this
+but it should not be used to determine if an error has occurred (this
is because successful operations do not change the LastError value).
Use \helpref{Error}{wxsocketbaseerror} first, in order to determine
if the last IO call failed. If this returns TRUE, use LastError
server could bind to the specified address and is already listening for
new connections.
-Ok does not check for IO errors; use \helpref{Error}{wxsocketbaseerror}
-instead for that purpose.
+Ok does not check for IO errors;
+use \helpref{Error}{wxsocketbaseerror} instead for that purpose.
%
% RestoreState
This function saves the current state of the socket in a stack. Socket
state includes flags, as set with \helpref{SetFlags}{wxsocketbasesetflags},
-event mask, as set with \helpref{SetNotify}{wxsocketbasesetnotify} and
-\helpref{Notify}{wxsocketbasenotify}, user data, as set with
+event mask, as set with \helpref{SetNotify}{wxsocketbasesetnotify} and
+\helpref{Notify}{wxsocketbasenotify}, user data, as set with
\helpref{SetClientData}{wxsocketbasesetclientdata}, and asynchronous
-callback settings, as set with \helpref{Callback}{wxsocketbasecallback}
+callback settings, as set with \helpref{Callback}{wxsocketbasecallback}
and \helpref{CallbackData}{wxsocketbasecallbackdata}.
Calls to SaveState and RestoreState can be nested.
\func{void}{SetClientData}{\param{void *}{data}}
Sets user-supplied client data for this socket. All socket events will
-contain a pointer to this data, which can be retrieved with the
-\helpref{wxSocketEvent::GetClientData}{wxsocketeventgetclientdata}
-function.
+contain a pointer to this data, which can be retrieved with
+the \helpref{wxSocketEvent::GetClientData}{wxsocketeventgetclientdata} function.
%
% SetEventHandler
%
\membersection{wxSocketBase::SetEventHandler}\label{wxsocketbaseseteventhandler}
-\func{void}{SetEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler\&}{ evt\_hdlr}, \param{int}{ id = -1}}
+\func{void}{SetEventHandler}{\param{wxEvtHandler\&}{ handler}, \param{int}{ id = -1}}
Sets an event handler to be called when a socket event occurs. The
handler will be called for those events for which notification is
-enabled with \helpref{SetNotify}{wxsocketbasesetnotify} and
+enabled with \helpref{SetNotify}{wxsocketbasesetnotify} and
\helpref{Notify}{wxsocketbasenotify}.
\wxheading{Parameters}
-\docparam{evt\_hdlr}{Specifies the event handler you want to use.}
+\docparam{handler}{Specifies the event handler you want to use.}
\docparam{id}{The id of socket event.}
\helpref{wxSocketBase::SetNotify}{wxsocketbasesetnotify},
\helpref{wxSocketBase::Notify}{wxsocketbasenotify},
\helpref{wxSocketEvent}{wxsocketevent},
-\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler},
+\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}
%
% SetFlags
%
\membersection{wxSocketBase::SetFlags}\label{wxsocketbasesetflags}
-\func{void}{SetFlags}{\param{wxSocketBase::wxSocketFlags}{ flags}}
+\func{void}{SetFlags}{\param{wxSocketFlags}{ flags}}
-Use SetFlags to customize IO operation for this socket. The {\it flags}
-parameter is a combination of flags ORed toghether. The following flags
-can be used:
+Use SetFlags to customize IO operation for this socket.
+The {\it flags} parameter may be a combination of flags ORed toghether.
+The following flags can be used:
\twocolwidtha{7cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
If no flag is specified (this is the same as {\bf wxSOCKET\_NONE}),
IO calls will return after some data has been read or written, even
when the transfer might not be complete. This is the same as issuing
-exactly one blocking low-level call to recv() or send(). Note that
-{\it blocking} here refers to when the function returns, not to whether
-the GUI blocks during this time.
+exactly one blocking low-level call to recv() or send(). Note
+that {\it blocking} here refers to when the function returns, not
+to whether the GUI blocks during this time.
If {\bf wxSOCKET\_NOWAIT} is specified, IO calls will return immediately.
Read operations will retrieve only available data. Write operations will
the data has been read or written (or until an error occurs), blocking if
necessary, and issuing several low level calls if necessary. This is the
same as having a loop which makes as many blocking low-level calls to
-recv() or send() as needed so as to transfer all the data. Note that
-{\it blocking} here refers to when the function returns, not to whether
-the GUI blocks during this time.
+recv() or send() as needed so as to transfer all the data. Note
+that {\it blocking} here refers to when the function returns, not
+to whether the GUI blocks during this time.
The {\bf wxSOCKET\_BLOCK} flag controls whether the GUI blocks during
IO operations. If this flag is specified, the socket will not yield
\func{void}{SetNotify}{\param{wxSocketEventFlags}{ flags}}
SetNotify specifies which socket events are to be sent to the event handler.
-The {\it flags} parameter is a combination of flags ORed toghether. The
+The {\it flags} parameter may be combination of flags ORed toghether. The
following flags can be used:
\twocolwidtha{7cm}
\func{void}{SetTimeout}{\param{int }{seconds}}
This function sets the default socket timeout in seconds. This timeout
-applies to all IO calls, and also to the \helpref{Wait}{wxsocketbasewait}
-family of functions if you don't specify a wait interval. Initially, the
-default is set to 10 minutes.
+applies to all IO calls, and also to the \helpref{Wait}{wxsocketbasewait} family
+of functions if you don't specify a wait interval. Initially, the default
+timeout is 10 minutes.
%
% Peek
\func{wxSocketBase\&}{ReadMsg}{\param{void *}{ buffer}, \param{wxUint32}{ nbytes}}
-This function reads a buffer sent by \helpref{WriteMsg}{wxsocketbasewritemsg}
+This function reads a buffer sent by \helpref{WriteMsg}{wxsocketbasewritemsg}
on a socket. If the buffer passed to the function isn't big enough, the
remaining bytes will be discarded. This function always waits for the
buffer to be entirely filled, unless an error occurs.
\func{bool}{Wait}{\param{long}{ seconds = -1}, \param{long}{ millisecond = 0}}
-This function waits until one of the following conditions is TRUE. Note
-that it is recommended to use the individual Wait functions to wait for
-the required condition, instead of this one.
+This function waits until any of the following conditions is TRUE:
\begin{itemize}
\item The socket becomes readable.
\item The socket becomes writable.
-\item An ongoing connection request has completed (only for clients)
-\item An incoming connection request has arrived (only for servers)
+\item An ongoing connection request has completed (\helpref{wxSocketClient}{wxsocketclient} only)
+\item An incoming connection request has arrived (\helpref{wxSocketServer}{wxsocketserver} only)
\item The connection has been closed.
\end{itemize}
+Note that it is recommended to use the individual Wait functions
+to wait for the required condition, instead of this one.
+
\wxheading{Parameters}
\docparam{seconds}{Number of seconds to wait.
\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{wxSocketBase::InterruptWait}{wxsocketbaseinterruptwait},
-\helpref{wxSocketServer::WaitForAccept}{wxsocketserverwaitforaccept},
-\helpref{wxSocketBase::WaitForLost}{wxsocketbasewaitforlost},
+\helpref{wxSocketBase::InterruptWait}{wxsocketbaseinterruptwait},
+\helpref{wxSocketServer::WaitForAccept}{wxsocketserverwaitforaccept},
+\helpref{wxSocketBase::WaitForLost}{wxsocketbasewaitforlost},
\helpref{wxSocketBase::WaitForRead}{wxsocketbasewaitforread},
-\helpref{wxSocketBase::WaitForWrite}{wxsocketbasewaitforwrite},
+\helpref{wxSocketBase::WaitForWrite}{wxsocketbasewaitforwrite},
\helpref{wxSocketClient::WaitOnConnect}{wxsocketclientwaitonconnect}
%
\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{wxSocketBase::InterruptWait}{wxsocketbaseinterruptwait},
+\helpref{wxSocketBase::InterruptWait}{wxsocketbaseinterruptwait},
\helpref{wxSocketBase::Wait}{wxsocketbasewait}
%
\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{wxSocketBase::InterruptWait}{wxsocketbaseinterruptwait},
+\helpref{wxSocketBase::InterruptWait}{wxsocketbaseinterruptwait},
\helpref{wxSocketBase::Wait}{wxsocketbasewait}
%
\func{wxSocketBase\&}{WriteMsg}{\param{const void *}{ buffer}, \param{wxUint32}{ nbytes}}
This function writes a buffer of {\it nbytes} bytes from the socket, but it
-writes a short header before so that \helpref{ReadMsg}{wxsocketbasereadmsg}
-knows how much data should it actually read. So, a buffer sent with WriteMsg
+writes a short header before so that \helpref{ReadMsg}{wxsocketbasereadmsg}
+knows how much data should it actually read. So, a buffer sent with WriteMsg
{\bf must} be read with ReadMsg. This function always waits for the entire
buffer to be sent, unless an error occurs.
<wx/socket.h>
+\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
+
% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
% Members
% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\func{}{\destruct{wxSocketClient}}{\void}
-Destructor.
+Destructor. Please see \helpref{wxSocketBase::Destroy}{wxsocketbasedestroy}.
%
% Connect
Connects to a server using the specified address.
-If {\it wait} is TRUE, Connect will wait until the connection completes.
-{\bf Warning:} This will block the GUI.
+If {\it wait} is TRUE, Connect will wait until the connection
+completes. {\bf Warning:} This will block the GUI.
If {\it wait} is FALSE, Connect will try to establish the connection and
return immediately, without blocking the GUI. When used this way, even if
Returns TRUE if the connection is established and no error occurs.
-If {\it wait} was TRUE, and Connect returns FALSE, an error occured
+If {\it wait} was TRUE, and Connect returns FALSE, an error occurred
and the connection failed.
If {\it wait} was FALSE, and Connect returns FALSE, you should still
be prepared to handle the completion of this connection request, either
-with \helpref{WaitOnConnect}{wxsocketclientwaitonconnect} or by watching
-{\bf wxSOCKET\_CONNECTION} and {\bf wxSOCKET\_LOST} events.
+with \helpref{WaitOnConnect}{wxsocketclientwaitonconnect} or by
+watching {\bf wxSOCKET\_CONNECTION} and {\bf wxSOCKET\_LOST} events.
\wxheading{See also}
\func{bool}{WaitOnConnect}{\param{long}{ seconds = -1}, \param{long}{ milliseconds = 0}}
Wait until a connection request completes, or until the specified timeout
-elapses. Use this function after issuing a call to \helpref{Connect}{wxsocketclientconnect}
-with {\it wait} set to FALSE.
+elapses. Use this function after issuing a call
+to \helpref{Connect}{wxsocketclientconnect} with {\it wait} set to FALSE.
\wxheading{Parameters}
WaitOnConnect returns TRUE if the connection request completes. This
does not necessarily mean that the connection was succesfully established;
-it might also happen that the connection was refused by the peer. Use
+it might also happen that the connection was refused by the peer. Use
\helpref{IsConnected}{wxsocketbaseisconnected} to distinguish between
these two situations.
while ( !client->WaitOnConnect(seconds, millis) && waitmore )
{
// possibly give some feedback to the user,
- // and update waitmore if needed.
+ // and update waitmore as needed.
}
bool success = client->IsConnected();
\end{verbatim}
\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{wxSocketClient::Connect}{wxsocketclientconnect},
-\helpref{wxSocketBase::InterruptWait}{wxsocketbaseinterruptwait},
+\helpref{wxSocketClient::Connect}{wxsocketclientconnect},
+\helpref{wxSocketBase::InterruptWait}{wxsocketbaseinterruptwait},
\helpref{wxSocketBase::IsConnected}{wxsocketbaseisconnected}
% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\wxheading{Event table macros}
-To process a socket event, use these event handler macros to direct input to member
-functions that take a wxSocketEvent argument.
+To process a socket event, use these event handler macros to direct input
+to member functions that take a wxSocketEvent argument.
\twocolwidtha{7cm}
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\func{}{wxSocketServer}{\param{wxSockAddress\&}{ address}, \param{wxSocketFlags}{ flags = wxSOCKET_NONE}}
Constructs a new server and tries to bind to the specified {\it address}.
-Before trying to accept new connections, test whether it succeeded with
+Before trying to accept new connections, test whether it succeeded with
\helpref{wxSocketBase::Ok}{wxsocketbaseok}.
\wxheading{Parameters}
\func{wxSocketBase *}{Accept}{\param{bool}{ wait = TRUE}}
-Accepts an incoming connection request, and creates a new
+Accepts an incoming connection request, and creates a new
\helpref{wxSocketBase}{wxsocketbase} object which represents
the server-side of the connection.
If {\it wait} is TRUE and there are no pending connections to be
-accepted, it will wait for the next incoming connection to arrive.
-{\bf Warning:} This will block the GUI.
+accepted, it will wait for the next incoming connection to
+arrive. {\bf Warning:} This will block the GUI.
If {\it wait} is FALSE, it will try to accept a pending connection
if there is one, but it will always return immediately without blocking
the GUI. If you want to use Accept in this way, you can either check for
-incoming connections with \helpref{WaitForAccept}{wxsocketserverwaitforaccept}
+incoming connections with \helpref{WaitForAccept}{wxsocketserverwaitforaccept}
or catch {\bf wxSOCKET\_CONNECTION} events, then call Accept once you know
that there is an incoming connection waiting to be accepted.
\wxheading{Return value}
-Returns an opened socket connection, or NULL if an error occured or
+Returns an opened socket connection, or NULL if an error occurred or
if the {\it wait} parameter was FALSE and there were no pending
connections.
\wxheading{Return value}
-Returns TRUE on success, or FALSE if an error occured or if the
+Returns TRUE on success, or FALSE if an error occurred or if the
{\it wait} parameter was FALSE and there were no pending
connections.
\helpref{wxSocketServer::WaitForAccept}{wxsocketserverwaitforaccept},
\helpref{wxSocketBase::SetNotify}{wxsocketbasesetnotify},
\helpref{wxSocketBase::Notify}{wxsocketbasenotify},
-\helpref{wxSocketServer::Accept}{wxsocketserveraccept} for a detailed explanation
+\helpref{wxSocketServer::Accept}{wxsocketserveraccept}
%
% WaitForAccept
\func{bool}{WaitForAccept}{\param{long}{ seconds = -1}, \param{long}{ millisecond = 0}}
-This function waits for an incoming connection. Use it if you want to call
-\helpref{Accept}{wxsocketserveraccept} or \helpref{AcceptWith}{wxsocketserveracceptwith}
+This function waits for an incoming connection. Use it if you want to call
+\helpref{Accept}{wxsocketserveraccept} or \helpref{AcceptWith}{wxsocketserveracceptwith}
with {\it wait} set to FALSE, to detect when an incoming connection is waiting
to be accepted.
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