SocketClient.h

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/*
 * SocketClient.h  Created on: 2 Jul 2014
 * Copyright (c) 2014 Derek Molloy (www.derekmolloy.ie)
 * Made available for the book "Exploring BeagleBone" 
 * See: www.exploringbeaglebone.com
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#ifndef SOCKETCLIENT_H_
#define SOCKETCLIENT_H_

#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <string>

namespace exploringBB {

class SocketClient {

private:
    int         socketfd;
    struct      sockaddr_in   serverAddress;
    struct      hostent       *server;
    std::string serverName;
    int         portNumber;
    bool        isConnected;

public:
        SocketClient(std::string serverName, int portNumber);
        virtual int connectToServer();
        virtual int disconnectFromServer();
        virtual int send(std::string message);
        virtual std::string receive(int size);
        //virtual std::string receiveAll();
        bool isClientConnected() { return this->isConnected; }
        virtual ~SocketClient();
};

} /* namespace exploringBB */

#endif /* SOCKETCLIENT_H_ */