client.h

C++ TCPIP and UDPIP library of classes

/**

C++ tcp/ip and udp/ip library and example programm
Copyright (C) 2002  Marcin Caban 'Cabko' and Borys Wisniewski 'Boria'

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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Marcin Caban
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*/


#include "tcpip.h"


/**
  Class for sending/reciving data from/to %server.
  Implements network %client.
  \author Marcin Caban
  \date   Thu Jan 17 01:41:18 2002
*/
class client : public tcpip
{
 public:
/**
  Default constructor.
  Initialize variables.
  \author Marcin Caban
  \date   Thu Jan 17 01:41:18 2002
*/
  client ();
/**
  Default destructor.
  Free any allocated momory.
  \author Marcin Caban
  \date   Thu Jan 17 01:41:18 2002
*/
  ~client ();
 protected:
/**
  Returns last recived data.
  \return recived string
  \author Marcin Caban
  \date   Thu Jan 17 01:41:18 2002
*/
  char* get_recived();
/**
  Sends data (string) to the %server.
  \param  host hostname or IP address of the %server
  \param  service port number of the %server
  \param  packet a string to send
  \author Marcin Caban
  \date   Thu Jan 17 01:41:18 2002
*/
  void send (char* host, char* service, char* packet);
/**
  Sends data (string) to the %server, waits for response from this %server and then recives it.
  \param  host hostname or IP address of the %server
  \param  service port number of the %server
  \param  packet a string to send
  \return "true" if everything is OK or "false" if there is an error
  \bug    Timeout doesn't seem to work correctly.
  \author Marcin Caban
  \date   Thu Jan 17 01:41:18 2002
*/
  bool recive (char* host, char* service, char* packet);
 private:
/**
  Last recived string.
  Stores last recived data from a %server.
*/
  char* recived;
};