TCPSocketConnection.h

00001 #ifndef TCPSOCKETCONNECTION_H
00002 #define TCPSOCKETCONNECTION_H
00003 
00004 #include "Socket.h"
00005 #include "Endpoint.h"
00006 
00007 /**
00008 TCP socket connection
00009 */
00010 class TCPSocketConnection: public Socket, public Endpoint {
00011     
00012 public:
00013     /** TCP socket connection
00014     */
00015     TCPSocketConnection();
00016     
00017     /** Connects this TCP socket to the server
00018     \param host The host to connect to. It can either be an IP Address or a hostname that will be resolved with DNS.
00019     \param port The host's port to connect to.
00020     \return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
00021     */
00022     int connect(const char* host, const int port);
00023     
00024     /** Check if the socket is connected
00025     \return true if connected, false otherwise.
00026     */
00027     bool is_connected(void);
00028     
00029     /** Send data to the remote host.
00030     \param data The buffer to send to the host.
00031     \param length The length of the buffer to send.
00032     \return the number of written bytes on success (>=0) or -1 on failure
00033      */
00034     int send(char* data, int length);
00035     
00036     /** Send all the data to the remote host.
00037     \param data The buffer to send to the host.
00038     \param length The length of the buffer to send.
00039     \return the number of written bytes on success (>=0) or -1 on failure
00040     */
00041     int send_all(char* data, int length);
00042     
00043     /** Receive data from the remote host.
00044     \param data The buffer in which to store the data received from the host.
00045     \param length The maximum length of the buffer.
00046     \return the number of received bytes on success (>=0) or -1 on failure
00047      */
00048     int receive(char* data, int length);
00049     
00050     /** Receive all the data from the remote host.
00051     \param data The buffer in which to store the data received from the host.
00052     \param length The maximum length of the buffer.
00053     \return the number of received bytes on success (>=0) or -1 on failure
00054     */
00055     int receive_all(char* data, int length);
00056 };
00057 
00058 #endif