Meta::MListener Class Reference

Listen for incoming connections and bind them to a socket. More...

#include <MListener.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	MListener ()
	~MListener ()
bool	listen (int port)
bool	accept (MSocket *socket)
bool	accept (MSocket *socket, const mtime &time)
void	close ()
int	port () const

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Detailed Description

Listen for incoming connections and bind them to a socket.

The MListener is one of the most essential components of a server. It listens on a TCP port for incoming connections and binds them to an MSocket or MSocket subclass.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Meta::MListener::MListener

(

)

Constructor.

Meta::MListener::~MListener

(

)

Destructor.

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Member Function Documentation

bool Meta::MListener::accept

(

MSocket *

socket

)

Block until next connection is received, binding the socket object on success.

Parameters:

socket

An existing socket or socket subclass.

Returns:

true on success.

bool Meta::MListener::accept	(	MSocket *	socket,
		const mtime &	time
	)

Block until the next connection is received or timeout has been reached. On success, binds the socket object.

Parameters:

socket

An existing socket or socket subclass.

Returns:

true on success, false if timeout is reached or failure occurs for some other reason.

void Meta::MListener::close

(

)

Stop listening on the port for incoming connections.

bool Meta::MListener::listen

(

int

port

)

Begin listening on a port for incoming connections. Must be called before accept().

Returns:

true on success. Fails if the port is already in use.

int Meta::MListener::port

(

)

const

Returns:

The port number this listener is currently listening on.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• AndroMeta/include/AndroMeta/MListener.h