exploringBB::SocketClient Class Reference

A class that encapsulates a socket client to be used for network communication. More...

#include <SocketClient.h>

Public Member Functions
	SocketClient (std::string serverName, int portNumber)
virtual int	connectToServer ()
virtual int	disconnectFromServer ()
virtual int	send (std::string message)
virtual std::string	receive (int size)
bool	isClientConnected ()
virtual	~SocketClient ()

Detailed Description

A class that encapsulates a socket client to be used for network communication.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

exploringBB::SocketClient::SocketClient	(	std::string	serverName,
		int	portNumber
	)

                                                               {
        this->socketfd = -1;
        this->server = NULL;
        this->serverName = serverName;
        this->portNumber = portNumber;
        this->isConnected = false;
}

exploringBB::SocketClient::~SocketClient ( )

virtual

                            {
        if (this->isConnected == true){
                disconnectFromServer();
        }
}

Member Function Documentation

int exploringBB::SocketClient::connectToServer ( )

virtual

                                 {

    socketfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
    if (socketfd < 0){
        perror("Socket Client: error opening socket.\n");
        return 1;
    }
    server = gethostbyname(serverName.data());
    if (server == NULL) {
        perror("Socket Client: error - no such host.\n");
        return 1;
    }
    bzero((char *) &serverAddress, sizeof(serverAddress));
    serverAddress.sin_family = AF_INET;
    bcopy((char *)server->h_addr,(char *)&serverAddress.sin_addr.s_addr, server->h_length);
    serverAddress.sin_port = htons(portNumber);

    if (connect(socketfd, (struct sockaddr *) &serverAddress, sizeof(serverAddress)) < 0){
        perror("Socket Client: error connecting to the server.\n");
        return 1;
    }
    this->isConnected = true;
    return 0;
}

int exploringBB::SocketClient::disconnectFromServer ( )

virtual

                                      {
        this->isConnected = false;
        close(this->socketfd);
        return 0;
}

bool exploringBB::SocketClient::isClientConnected ( )

inline

{ return this->isConnected; }

string exploringBB::SocketClient::receive ( int  size = 1024 )

virtual

                                         {
    char readBuffer[size];
    int n = read(this->socketfd, readBuffer, sizeof(readBuffer));
    if (n < 0){
       perror("Socket Client: error reading from socket");
    }
    return string(readBuffer);
}

int exploringBB::SocketClient::send ( std::string  message )

virtual

                                       {
        const char *writeBuffer = message.data();
        int length = message.length();
    int n = write(this->socketfd, writeBuffer, length);
    if (n < 0){
       perror("Socket Client: error writing to socket");
       return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}

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

• /home/molloyd/exploringBB/library/network/SocketClient.h
• /home/molloyd/exploringBB/library/network/SocketClient.cpp