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| Purpose | File |
|---|---|
| Include | socket.h |
| Interface | socket.i.h |
| Tests / Examples | test/socket.cpp |
Note: This medium is only available on POSIX systems where the POSIX socket C API is available. These are C++ wrappers around the POSIX socket C API.
socket_streambuf is a std::streambuf specialization that reads from and writes to a client_socket - mainly a tcp_client_socket, but possibly a udp_socket.
tcp_server_socket is a TCP server socket.
It can listen and accept client connections.
tcp_client_socket is TCP client socket.
It can connect to a server and can send and receive bytes.
Since UDP sockets are connectionless, they are symmetric - there is no client or server.
Each side can send, and receive bytes.
udp_socket represents UDP sockets.