CServerTCPSocket.h

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#ifndef  CServerTCPSocket_H
#define  CServerTCPSocket_H
 
#include <mrpt/utils/core_defs.h>
#include <mrpt/utils/COutputLogger.h>
#include <mrpt/utils/net_utils.h>
#include <string>
 
namespace mrpt
{
namespace utils
{
        class CClientTCPSocket;
 
        /** A TCP socket that can be wait for client connections to enter.
          *  Unless otherwise noticed, operations are blocking.
         * \ingroup network_grp
          */
        class BASE_IMPEXP CServerTCPSocket : public utils::COutputLogger
        {
        public:
                /** Constructor that creates the socket, performs binding, and start listening mode.
                  *  \param listenPort The port to bound to.
                  *  \param IPaddress The interface to bound the socket to. By default is 127.0.0.1 for localhost, for all network interfaces use 0.0.0.0.
                  *  \param maxConnectionsWaiting Maximum number of incoming connections waiting for "accept" before new ones are rejected.
                  *  You can check if the socket has been created OK with "isListening".
                  * \sa isListening
                  * \exception std::exception If there is any error creating the socket, with a textual description of the error.
                  */
                CServerTCPSocket(
                        unsigned short    listenPort,
                        const std::string &IPaddress = std::string("127.0.0.1"),
                        int               maxConnectionsWaiting = 50,
                        mrpt::utils::VerbosityLevel verbosityLevel = mrpt::utils::LVL_INFO
                        );
                virtual ~CServerTCPSocket( ); //!< Dtor
 
                bool isListening(); //!< Returns true if the socket was successfully open and it's bound to the desired port.
 
                /** Waits for an incoming connection (indefinitely, or with a given timeout)
                  * The returned object represents the new connection, and MUST BE deleted by the user when no longer needed.
                  * \param timeout_ms The timeout for the waiting, in milliseconds. Set this to "-1" to disable timeout (i.e. timeout=infinite)
                  * \return The incoming connection, or NULL on timeout or error.
                  */
                CClientTCPSocket *  accept( int timeout_ms = -1 );
 
        private:
        /** The handle for the listening server TCP socket. */
#ifdef MRPT_OS_WINDOWS
                unsigned int
#else
                int
#endif
                m_serverSock;
 
                /** Returns a description of the last Sockets error */
                std::string  getLastErrorStr() { return mrpt::utils::net::getLastSocketErrorStr(); }
 
                /** Common code called from the platform-dependant constructor */
                void setupSocket(
                        unsigned short    listenPort,
                        const std::string &IPaddress,
                        int               maxConnectionsWaiting );
 
        }; // End of class def.
 
} // End of namespace
} // End of namespace
 
#endif  // file