Wt::WSocketNotifier Class Reference

A utility class for asynchronous notification of socket activity. More...

#include <Wt/WSocketNotifier>

Inheritance diagram for Wt::WSocketNotifier:

Public Types
Public Types inherited from Wt::WObject
typedef void(WObject::*	Method) ()
	Typedef for a WObject method without arguments.

Public Member Functions
	WSocketNotifier (int socket, Type type, WObject *parent=0)
	Creates a new socket notifier. More...
	~WSocketNotifier ()
	Destructor.
int	socket () const
	Returns the socket.
Type	type () const
	Returns the event type.
void	setEnabled (bool enabled)
	Enables or disable the notifier. More...
bool	isEnabled () const
	Returns if the notifier is enabled.
Signal< int > &	activated ()
	Signal indicating an event. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from Wt::WObject
	WObject (WObject *parent=0)
	Create a WObject with a given parent object. More...
virtual	~WObject ()
	Destructor. More...
virtual const std::string	id () const
	Returns the (unique) identifier for this object. More...
virtual void	setObjectName (const std::string &name)
	Sets an object name. More...
virtual std::string	objectName () const
	Returns the object name. More...
void	resetLearnedSlots ()
	Resets learned stateless slot implementations. More...
template<class T >
void	resetLearnedSlot (void(T::*method)())
	Resets a learned stateless slot implementation. More...
template<class T >
WStatelessSlot *	implementStateless (void(T::*method)())
	Declares a slot to be stateless and learn client-side behaviour on first invocation. More...
template<class T >
WStatelessSlot *	implementStateless (void(T::*method)(), void(T::*undoMethod)())
	Declares a slot to be stateless and learn client-side behaviour in advance. More...
void	isNotStateless ()
	Marks the current function as not stateless. More...
template<class T >
WStatelessSlot *	implementJavaScript (void(T::*method)(), const std::string &jsCode)
	Provides a JavaScript implementation for a method. More...
void	addChild (WObject *child)
	Adds a child object. More...
virtual void	removeChild (WObject *child)
	Removes a child object. More...
const std::vector< WObject * > &	children () const
	Returns the children.
WObject *	parent () const
	Returns the parent object.

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Member Functions inherited from Wt::WObject
virtual WStatelessSlot *	getStateless (Method method)
	On-demand stateless slot implementation. More...
Static Protected Member Functions inherited from Wt::WObject
static WObject *	sender ()
	Returns the sender of the current slot call. More...

Detailed Description

A utility class for asynchronous notification of socket activity.

Use a socket notifier to integrate listening for socket events into the Wt event loop. In this way, you do not need a separate thread to listen for socket activity. Socket activity is either the availability of data to be read (Read event), possibility to write data (Write event), or an exception that occurred (Exception event).

When an event on a socket is available, the notifier emits the activated() signal. As in the case of a user interface event (like for example WInteractWidget::clicked()), you will typically modify the widget tree in response to the event. But, unless you use a timer (WTimer) or use server-initiated updates (see WApplication::triggerUpdates()), these changes are not propagated to the user interface, until the next user interface event.

Like other events, socket notification events are serial (not simultaneous), and there are no thread safety issues (you don't need to take the WApplication::UpdateLock).

Wt::WSocketNotifier *notifier_;

void init() {
  ...
  int sock = ...
  notifier_ = new Wt::WSocketNotifier(sock, Wt::WSocketNotifier::Read, this);
  notifier_->activated().connect(this, &HelloApplication::readData);
}

void readData() {
  // data is available on socket, or socket was closed by peer
  char buf[100];
  int s = read(notifier_->socket(), buf, 99);

  if (s > 0) {
    ...
  } else {
    // closed by peer
    notifier_->setEnabled(false);
    close(notifier_->socket());
  }
}

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum Wt::WSocketNotifier::Type

Enumeration that event type.

Enumerator
Read	Ready to read.
Write	Ready to write.
Exception	Exception.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Wt::WSocketNotifier::WSocketNotifier	(	int	socket,
		Type	type,
		WObject *	parent = 0
	)

Creates a new socket notifier.

Create a new socket listener to listen for events of given type on a socket with file descriptor socket. The WSocketNotifier is enabled after construction.

Member Function Documentation

Signal<int>& Wt::WSocketNotifier::activated

(

)

Signal indicating an event.

The signal is emitted when an event that was waited for is available. The signal argument is socket().

void Wt::WSocketNotifier::setEnabled

(

bool

enabled

)

Enables or disable the notifier.

By default, the socket notifier is enabled to receive events. When disabled, no events will be notified (as if the socket notifier didn't exist).