sockets Namespace Reference

Provides access to the operating system's socket methods. More...

Classes
class	base_address
class	internet_address
	this type of address describes a destination out on the internet. More...
class	machine_uid
class	internet_machine_uid
class	machine_uid_array
class	range_limiter
	provides a mechanism for restricting access to a resource by the client's IP address. More...
class	raw_socket
class	sequence_tracker
	this will keep track of sequencing for a communication process on a per host basis. More...
class	socket_data
class	socket_minder
class	span_manager
	Manages lists of numbers representing the completion of some activity. More...
class	spocket
	Abstraction for a higher-level BSD socket that is platform independent. More...
class	subnet_calculator
	Provides an easy way to determine the range of a subnet given the subnet mask and a sample IP address. More...
class	tcpip_stack
	Helpful functions for interacting with TCP/IP stacks. More...
class	communication_commons
	Defines our communication related outcome values. More...
class	throughput_counter
	Reports on average bandwidth of the transfers being measured. More...
Typedefs
typedef void	sock_hop
Enumerations
enum	socket_interests { SI_READABLE = 0x1, SI_WRITABLE = 0x2, SI_CONNECTED = 0x4, SI_DISCONNECTED = 0x8, SI_ERRONEOUS = 0x10, SI_BASELINE = 0x20, SI_ALL_SOCK_INT = 0xFF }
Functions
	SAFE_STATIC_CONST (byte_array, internet_address::localhost,(ADDRESS_SIZE, localhosts_bytes)) bool internet_address
	SAFE_STATIC_CONST (byte_array, internet_address::nil_address,(ADDRESS_SIZE, nil_address_bytes)) bool internet_address
void	combine (astring &existing, const astring &addition)
Variables
const abyte	localhosts_bytes [] = { 127, 0, 0, 1 }
const abyte	nil_address_bytes [] = { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
const int	MULTIPLE_DISCONNECT_CHECKS = 28
const basis::un_int	NON_BLOCKING = FIONBIO
const basis::un_int	IOCTL_READ = FIONREAD
const int	MAX_BITS_FOR_SEQ_HASH = 10
const int	CLEANING_SPAN = 20000
const int	MAX_ITEMS = 200
const int	SOCKET_CHECK_INTERVAL = 50
const int	SOCKMIND_MAXIMUM_RECEIVES = 10
const int	MAXIMUM_TRANSFER_CHUNK = 512 * KILOBYTE
const int	CONN_ALERT_INTERVAL = 100
const int	MULTI_SELECT_TIMEOUT = 250
const int	PENDING_CONNECTIONS_ALLOWED = 14
const int	RESOLVE_INTERVAL = 300

Detailed Description

Provides access to the operating system's socket methods.

NOTE: This class does not provide any sort of synchronization of the sockets involved. If you have multiple threads arbitrarily calling select and read, then some selects will claim the socket was disconnected (since the other thread might have grabbed the data that seemed to be ready but then wasn't--a sign of a disconnect). Ensure that your accesses of the socket are serialized.