// // blocking_udp_client.cpp // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // // Copyright (c) 2003-2010 Christopher M. Kohlhoff (chris at kohlhoff dot com) // // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying // file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) // #include #include #include #include #include #include #include using boost::asio::deadline_timer; using boost::asio::ip::udp; //---------------------------------------------------------------------- // // This class manages socket timeouts by applying the concept of a deadline. // Each asynchronous operation is given a deadline by which it must complete. // Deadlines are enforced by an "actor" that persists for the lifetime of the // client object: // // +----------------+ // | | // | check_deadline |<---+ // | | | // +----------------+ | async_wait() // | | // +---------+ // // If the actor determines that the deadline has expired, any outstanding // socket operations are cancelled. The socket operations themselves are // implemented as transient actors: // // +---------------+ // | | // | receive | // | | // +---------------+ // | // async_- | +----------------+ // receive() | | | // +--->| handle_receive | // | | // +----------------+ // // The client object runs the io_service to block thread execution until the // actor completes. // class client { public: client(const udp::endpoint& listen_endpoint) : socket_(io_service_, listen_endpoint), deadline_(io_service_) { // No deadline is required until the first socket operation is started. We // set the deadline to positive infinity so that the actor takes no action // until a specific deadline is set. deadline_.expires_at(boost::posix_time::pos_infin); // Start the persistent actor that checks for deadline expiry. check_deadline(); } std::size_t receive(const boost::asio::mutable_buffer& buffer, boost::posix_time::time_duration timeout, boost::system::error_code& ec) { // Set a deadline for the asynchronous operation. deadline_.expires_from_now(timeout); // Set up the variables that receive the result of the asynchronous // operation. The error code is set to would_block to signal that the // operation is incomplete. Asio guarantees that its asynchronous // operations will never fail with would_block, so any other value in // ec indicates completion. ec = boost::asio::error::would_block; std::size_t length = 0; // Start the asynchronous operation itself. The handle_receive function // used as a callback will update the ec and length variables. socket_.async_receive(boost::asio::buffer(buffer), boost::bind(&client::handle_receive, _1, _2, &ec, &length)); // Block until the asynchronous operation has completed. do io_service_.run_one(); while (ec == boost::asio::error::would_block); return length; } private: void check_deadline() { // Check whether the deadline has passed. We compare the deadline against // the current time since a new asynchronous operation may have moved the // deadline before this actor had a chance to run. if (deadline_.expires_at() <= deadline_timer::traits_type::now()) { // The deadline has passed. The outstanding asynchronous operation needs // to be cancelled so that the blocked receive() function will return. // // Please note that cancel() has portability issues on some versions of // Microsoft Windows, and it may be necessary to use close() instead. // Consult the documentation for cancel() for further information. socket_.cancel(); // There is no longer an active deadline. The expiry is set to positive // infinity so that the actor takes no action until a new deadline is set. deadline_.expires_at(boost::posix_time::pos_infin); } // Put the actor back to sleep. deadline_.async_wait(boost::bind(&client::check_deadline, this)); } static void handle_receive( const boost::system::error_code& ec, std::size_t length, boost::system::error_code* out_ec, std::size_t* out_length) { *out_ec = ec; *out_length = length; } private: boost::asio::io_service io_service_; udp::socket socket_; deadline_timer deadline_; }; //---------------------------------------------------------------------- int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { try { using namespace std; // For atoi. if (argc != 3) { std::cerr << "Usage: blocking_udp_timeout \n"; return 1; } udp::endpoint listen_endpoint( boost::asio::ip::address::from_string(argv[1]), std::atoi(argv[2])); client c(listen_endpoint); for (;;) { char data[1024]; boost::system::error_code ec; std::size_t n = c.receive(boost::asio::buffer(data), boost::posix_time::seconds(10), ec); if (ec) { std::cout << "Receive error: " << ec.message() << "\n"; } else { std::cout << "Received: "; std::cout.write(data, n); std::cout << "\n"; } } } catch (std::exception& e) { std::cerr << "Exception: " << e.what() << "\n"; } return 0; }