dtDIS::Connection Class Reference

Makes a multicast connection to support DIS networks. More...

#include <connection.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
void	Connect (unsigned int port, const char *host)
	makes a socket connection for the specified network.
void	Disconnect ()
	closes the socket connection.
void	Send (const char *buf, size_t numbytes)
	publishes the data to the network.
size_t	Receive (char *buf, size_t numbytes)
	allocates buf with size numbytes.

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Detailed Description

Makes a multicast connection to support DIS networks.

Note:

requires the HawkNL socket library. http://www.hawksoft.com/hawknl/

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Member Function Documentation

void Connection::Connect	(	unsigned int	port,
		const char *	host
	)

makes a socket connection for the specified network.

Parameters:

	port	the serial port for the connection's network host.
	host	the name of the network host.

void Connection::Disconnect

(

)

closes the socket connection.

void Connection::Send	(	const char *	buf,
		size_t	numbytes
	)

publishes the data to the network.

Parameters:

	buf	the buffer to be written to with network bytes.
	numbytes	the number of bytes contained in the the buffer.

size_t Connection::Receive	(	char *	buf,
		size_t	numbytes
	)

allocates buf with size numbytes.

Parameters:

	buf	the buffer to be written to with network bytes
	numbytes	the maximum index used for the buffer (buf)

Returns:

the number of bytes read from the connection

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