Update of /cvsroot/plib/plib/doc/net
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index.html
Log Message:
Fixed some odd network library issues.
Index: index.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/plib/plib/doc/net/index.html,v
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diff -u -d -r1.8 -r1.9
--- index.html 21 Mar 2004 17:12:59 -0000 1.8
+++ index.html 22 Mar 2004 19:44:50 -0000 1.9
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
within <code>#define</code> tokens may be separated with underscores
to make them readable.
<H2>Initialisation.</H2>
-The first Pegasus call in any program must always be netInit().
+The first NET call in any program must always be netInit().
<H2>Classes</H2>
The following class hierarchy makes up the core package - which
can be extended to add functionality or to change some underlying
@@ -112,6 +112,35 @@
void print ( FILE *fd = stderr ) const ;
};
[...63 lines suppressed...]
+ sock -> open ( false ) ;
+ sock -> setBlocking ( false ) ;
+ sock -> bind ( host, port ) ;
+
+ while ( !done )
+ if ( (len = sock -> recv(msg, maxlen, 0)) >= 0 )
+ ...use the data...
+
+ sock -> close () ;
+</pre>
+</TD>
+</TR>
+</TABLE>
+This code produces a 'Datagram' connection - which is fast but unreliable
+(using UDP protocol). Passing a 'true' to sock->open() would produce a
+'Stream' connection (using TCP).
+
<H2><code>class netChannel</code></h2>
netChannel adds event-handling to the low-level
netSocket class. Otherwise, it can be treated as
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