NetworkSocketAPI / NetworkSocketAPI

Base class for IP Based Networking Libraries

Dependencies:   DnsQuery

Dependents:   TempTower BSDInterfaceTests HelloBSDInterface ESP8266InterfaceTests ... more

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Network Socket API

The Network Socket API provides a common interface for using sockets on network devices. The API provides a simple class-based interface that should be familiar to users experienced with other socket APIs. Additionally, the API provides a simple interface for implementing network devices, making it easy to connect hardware agnostic programs to new devices.

Network Interfaces

The NetworkInterface provides an abstract class for network devices that support sockets. Devices should provide a DeviceInterface class that inherits this interface and adds implementation specific methods for using the device. A NetworkInterface must be provided to a Socket constructor to open a socket on the interface. Currently two subclasses are defined for common devices, EthernetInterface and WiFiInterface.

Sockets

The Socket class is used for managing network sockets. Once opened, the socket provides a pipe through which data can sent and recieved to a specific endpoint. The socket class can be instantiated as either a TCPSocket or a UDPSocket which defines the protocol used for the connection.

Diff: TCPSocket.h

Revision:
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Parent:
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Child:
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--- a/TCPSocket.h	Tue Apr 19 18:26:03 2016 -0500
+++ b/TCPSocket.h	Tue Apr 19 18:26:12 2016 -0500
@@ -24,41 +24,80 @@
  */
 class TCPSocket : public Socket {
 public:
-    /** TCP socket lifetime
+    /** Create an uninitialized socket
+     *
+     *  Must call open to initialize the socket on a network stack.
      */
     TCPSocket();
+
+    /** Create a socket on a network stack
+     *
+     *  Creates and opens a socket on the specified network stack.
+     *
+     *  @param iface    Network stack as target for socket
+     */
     TCPSocket(NetworkInterface *iface);
 
-    /** Open the socket
-     *  @param iface    Interface to open socket on
+    /** Opens a socket
+     *
+     *  Creates a network socket on the specified network stack.
+     *  Not needed if stack is passed to the socket's constructor.
+     *
+     *  @param iface    Network stack as target for socket
+     *  @return         0 on success, negative error code on failure
      */
     virtual int open(NetworkInterface *iface);
-    
-    /** Connects this TCP socket to the server
-     *  @param host     The host to connect to. It can either be an IP Address
-     *                  or a hostname that will be resolved with DNS
-     *  @param port     The host's port to connect to
-     *  @return         0 on success, negative on failure
+
+    /** Connects TCP socket to a remote host
+     *
+     *  Initiates a connection to a remote server specified by either
+     *  a domain name or an IP address and a port.
+     *
+     *  @param host     Host name of the remote host
+     *  @param port     Port of the remote host
+     *  @return         0 on success, negative error code on failure
      */
     int connect(const char *host, uint16_t port);
 
-    /** Connects this TCP socket to the server
-     *  @param address  SocketAddress to connect to
-     *  @return         0 on success, negative on failure
+    /** Connects TCP socket to a remote host
+     *
+     *  Initiates a connection to a remote server specified by the
+     *  indicated address.
+     *
+     *  @param address  The SocketAddress of the remote host
+     *  @return         0 on success, negative error code on failure
      */
     int connect(const SocketAddress &address);
     
-    /** Send data to the remote host
-     *  @param data     The buffer to send to the host
-     *  @param size     The length of the buffer to send
-     *  @return         Number of written bytes on success, negative on failure
+    /** Send data over a TCP socket
+     *
+     *  The socket must be connected to a remote host. Returns the number of
+     *  bytes sent from the buffer.
+     *
+     *  By default, send blocks until data is sent. If socket is set to
+     *  non-blocking or times out, NSAPI_ERROR_WOULD_BLOCK is returned
+     *  immediately.
+     *
+     *  @param data     Buffer of data to send to the host
+     *  @param size     Size of the buffer in bytes
+     *  @return         Number of sent bytes on success, negative error
+     *                  code on failure
      */
     int send(const void *data, unsigned size);
     
-    /** Receive data from the remote host
-     *  @param data     The buffer in which to store the data received from the host
-     *  @param size     The maximum length of the buffer
-     *  @return         Number of received bytes on success, negative on failure
+    /** Receive data over a TCP socket
+     *
+     *  The socket must be connected to a remote host. Returns the number of
+     *  bytes received into the buffer.
+     *
+     *  By default, recv blocks until data is sent. If socket is set to
+     *  non-blocking or times out, NSAPI_ERROR_WOULD_BLOCK is returned
+     *  immediately.
+     *
+     *  @param data     Destination buffer for data received from the host
+     *  @param size     Size of the buffer in bytes
+     *  @return         Number of received bytes on success, negative error
+     *                  code on failure
      */
     int recv(void *data, unsigned size);