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    Network programming

    with Boost.Asio
    What are the network I/O objects?
    How are the network I/O objects used?
    What are helper functions for async operations?
    What are best practices?

    Boris Schling, boris@highscore.de


    Meeting C++, Dsseldorf, 10 November 2012

    Network I/O objects


    ip::tcp::acceptor

    ip::udp::resolver

    ip::tcp::iostream

    ip::udp::socket

    ip::tcp::resolver

    ip::icmp::resolver

    ip::tcp::socket

    ip::icmp::socket

    Network programming with Boost.Asio

    Network I/O objects


    ip::tcp::acceptor

    ip::tcp::iostream

    ip::tcp::resolver

    ip::udp::resolver

    ip::icmp::resolver

    ip::tcp::socket

    ip::udp::socket

    ip::icmp::socket

    Network programming with Boost.Asio

    Acceptor

    void handler(const boost::system::error_code &ec) {}


    ...
    ip::tcp::endpoint endpoint(ip::tcp::v4(), 80);
    ip::tcp::acceptor acceptor(io_service, endpoint);
    acceptor.listen();
    ip::tcp::socket sock(io_service);
    acceptor.async_accept(sock, handler);
    ...

    Use acceptors to accept incoming TCP/IP


    connections
    Network programming with Boost.Asio

    Socket

    void handler(const boost::system::error_code &ec,


    std::size_t bytes_transferred) {}
    ...
    ip::tcp::socket sock(io_service);
    boost::array<char, 4096> buf;
    sock.async_read_some(buffer(buf), handler);
    async_read(sock, buffer(buf), handler);
    ...

    Use sockets to receive data (consider using


    free-standing helper functions)
    Network programming with Boost.Asio

    Socket

    void handler(const boost::system::error_code &ec,


    std::size_t bytes_transferred) {}
    ...
    ip::tcp::socket sock(io_service);
    std::string data = "Hello, world!";
    sock.async_write_some(buffer(data), handler);
    async_write(sock, buffer(data), handler);
    ...

    Use sockets to send data (consider using


    free-standing helper functions)
    Network programming with Boost.Asio

    Resolver

    void handler(const boost::system::error_code &ec,


    ip::tcp::resolver::iterator it)
    { sock.connect(*it); }
    ...
    ip::tcp::resolver resolver(io_service);
    ip::tcp::resolver::query query("www.highscore.de", "80");
    resolver.async_resolve(query, handler);
    ...

    Use resolvers to map hostnames and


    services to IP addresses
    Network programming with Boost.Asio

    IOStream

    ip::tcp::iostream s("www.highscore.de", "9999");


    if (s)
    {
    s << "Hello, world!" << std::endl;
    std::string data;
    std::getline(s, data);
    }

    Use streams to send and receive data over


    networks with the operators << and >>
    Network programming with Boost.Asio

    Best Practices
    Always check the error code in handlers
    Use free-standing helper functions for
    connecting, sending and receiving
    Use io_service::post() to execute code in an
    event loops thread
    Use boost::enable_shared_from_this for
    dynamically allocated objects whose member
    functions are used for callbacks

    Network programming with Boost.Asio

    More information
    Boost.Asio documentation:
    http://www.boost.org/libs/asio/

    Boost.Asio examples:
    http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_51_0/doc/html/boost_asio/examples.html

    Online book:
    http://en.highscore.de/cpp/boost/asio.html
    http://www.highscore.de/cpp/boost/asio.html (German)
    http://zh.highscore.de/cpp/boost/asio.html (Chinese)

    JTC1/SC22/WG21 paper N3389:


    http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/papers/2012/n3389.pdf

    Network programming with Boost.Asio

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