exploringBB::SocketServer Class Reference

A class that encapsulates a server socket for network communication. More...

#include <SocketServer.h>

Public Member Functions
	SocketServer (int portNumber)
virtual int	listen ()
virtual int	send (std::string message)
virtual std::string	receive (int size)
virtual	~SocketServer ()

Detailed Description

A class that encapsulates a server socket for network communication.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

exploringBB::SocketServer::SocketServer

(

int

portNumber

)

                                         {
        this->socketfd = -1;
        this->clientSocketfd = -1;
        this->portNumber = portNumber;
        this->clientConnected = false;
}

exploringBB::SocketServer::~SocketServer ( )

virtual

                            {
        close(this->socketfd);
        close(this->clientSocketfd);
}

Member Function Documentation

int exploringBB::SocketServer::listen ( )

virtual

                        {
    this->socketfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
    if (this->socketfd < 0){
        perror("Socket Server: error opening socket.\n");
        return 1;
    }
    bzero((char *) &serverAddress, sizeof(serverAddress));
    serverAddress.sin_family = AF_INET;
    serverAddress.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
    serverAddress.sin_port = htons(this->portNumber);
    if (bind(socketfd, (struct sockaddr *) &serverAddress, sizeof(serverAddress)) < 0){
        perror("Socket Server: error on binding the socket.\n");
        return 1;
    }
    ::listen(this->socketfd, 5);
    socklen_t clientLength = sizeof(this->clientAddress);
    this->clientSocketfd = accept(this->socketfd,
                (struct sockaddr *) &this->clientAddress,
                &clientLength);
    if (this->clientSocketfd < 0){
        perror("Socket Server: Failed to bind the client socket properly.\n");
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}

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

virtual

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

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

virtual

                                       {
        const char *writeBuffer = message.data();
        int length = message.length();
    int n = write(this->clientSocketfd, writeBuffer, length);
    if (n < 0){
       perror("Socket Server: error writing to server 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/SocketServer.h
• /home/molloyd/exploringBB/library/network/SocketServer.cpp