// // async_tcp_client.cpp // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // // Copyright (c) 2003-2011 Christopher M. Kohlhoff (chris at kohlhoff dot com) // // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying // file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) // #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include using boost::asio::deadline_timer; using boost::asio::ip::tcp; // // This class manages socket timeouts by applying the concept of a deadline. // Some asynchronous operations are given deadlines by which they must complete. // Deadlines are enforced by an "actor" that persists for the lifetime of the // client object: // // +----------------+ // | | // | check_deadline |<---+ // | | | // +----------------+ | async_wait() // | | // +---------+ // // If the deadline actor determines that the deadline has expired, the socket // is closed and any outstanding operations are consequently cancelled. // // Connection establishment involves trying each endpoint in turn until a // connection is successful, or the available endpoints are exhausted. If the // deadline actor closes the socket, the connect actor is woken up and moves to // the next endpoint. // // +---------------+ // | | // | start_connect |<---+ // | | | // +---------------+ | // | | // async_- | +----------------+ // connect() | | | // +--->| handle_connect | // | | // +----------------+ // : // Once a connection is : // made, the connect : // actor forks in two - : // : // an actor for reading : and an actor for // inbound messages: : sending heartbeats: // : // +------------+ : +-------------+ // | |<- - - - -+- - - - ->| | // | start_read | | start_write |<---+ // | |<---+ | | | // +------------+ | +-------------+ | async_wait() // | | | | // async_- | +-------------+ async_- | +--------------+ // read_- | | | write() | | | // until() +--->| handle_read | +--->| handle_write | // | | | | // +-------------+ +--------------+ // // The input actor reads messages from the socket, where messages are delimited // by the newline character. The deadline for a complete message is 30 seconds. // // The heartbeat actor sends a heartbeat (a message that consists of a single // newline character) every 10 seconds. In this example, no deadline is applied // message sending. // class client { public: client(boost::asio::io_service& io_service) : stopped_(false), socket_(io_service), deadline_(io_service), heartbeat_timer_(io_service) { } // Called by the user of the client class to initiate the connection process. // The endpoint iterator will have been obtained using a tcp::resolver. void start(tcp::resolver::iterator endpoint_iter) { // Start the connect actor. start_connect(endpoint_iter); // Start the deadline actor. You will note that we're not setting any // particular deadline here. Instead, the connect and input actors will // update the deadline prior to each asynchronous operation. deadline_.async_wait(boost::bind(&client::check_deadline, this)); } // This function terminates all the actors to shut down the connection. It // may be called by the user of the client class, or by the class itself in // response to graceful termination or an unrecoverable error. void stop() { stopped_ = true; boost::system::error_code ignored_ec; socket_.close(ignored_ec); deadline_.cancel(); heartbeat_timer_.cancel(); } private: void start_connect(tcp::resolver::iterator endpoint_iter) { if (endpoint_iter != tcp::resolver::iterator()) { std::cout << "Trying " << endpoint_iter->endpoint() << "...\n"; // Set a deadline for the connect operation. deadline_.expires_from_now(boost::posix_time::seconds(60)); // Start the asynchronous connect operation. socket_.async_connect(endpoint_iter->endpoint(), boost::bind(&client::handle_connect, this, _1, endpoint_iter)); } else { // There are no more endpoints to try. Shut down the client. stop(); } } void handle_connect(const boost::system::error_code& ec, tcp::resolver::iterator endpoint_iter) { if (stopped_) return; // The async_connect() function automatically opens the socket at the start // of the asynchronous operation. If the socket is closed at this time then // the timeout handler must have run first. if (!socket_.is_open()) { std::cout << "Connect timed out\n"; // Try the next available endpoint. start_connect(++endpoint_iter); } // Check if the connect operation failed before the deadline expired. else if (ec) { std::cout << "Connect error: " << ec.message() << "\n"; // We need to close the socket used in the previous connection attempt // before starting a new one. socket_.close(); // Try the next available endpoint. start_connect(++endpoint_iter); } // Otherwise we have successfully established a connection. else { std::cout << "Connected to " << endpoint_iter->endpoint() << "\n"; // Start the input actor. start_read(); // Start the heartbeat actor. start_write(); } } void start_read() { // Set a deadline for the read operation. deadline_.expires_from_now(boost::posix_time::seconds(30)); // Start an asynchronous operation to read a newline-delimited message. boost::asio::async_read_until(socket_, input_buffer_, '\n', boost::bind(&client::handle_read, this, _1)); } void handle_read(const boost::system::error_code& ec) { if (stopped_) return; if (!ec) { // Extract the newline-delimited message from the buffer. std::string line; std::istream is(&input_buffer_); std::getline(is, line); // Empty messages are heartbeats and so ignored. if (!line.empty()) { std::cout << "Received: " << line << "\n"; } start_read(); } else { std::cout << "Error on receive: " << ec.message() << "\n"; stop(); } } void start_write() { if (stopped_) return; // Start an asynchronous operation to send a heartbeat message. boost::asio::async_write(socket_, boost::asio::buffer("\n", 1), boost::bind(&client::handle_write, this, _1)); } void handle_write(const boost::system::error_code& ec) { if (stopped_) return; if (!ec) { // Wait 10 seconds before sending the next heartbeat. heartbeat_timer_.expires_from_now(boost::posix_time::seconds(10)); heartbeat_timer_.async_wait(boost::bind(&client::start_write, this)); } else { std::cout << "Error on heartbeat: " << ec.message() << "\n"; stop(); } } void check_deadline() { if (stopped_) return; // Check whether the deadline has passed. We compare the deadline against // the current time since a new asynchronous operation may have moved the // deadline before this actor had a chance to run. if (deadline_.expires_at() <= deadline_timer::traits_type::now()) { // The deadline has passed. The socket is closed so that any outstanding // asynchronous operations are cancelled. socket_.close(); // There is no longer an active deadline. The expiry is set to positive // infinity so that the actor takes no action until a new deadline is set. deadline_.expires_at(boost::posix_time::pos_infin); } // Put the actor back to sleep. deadline_.async_wait(boost::bind(&client::check_deadline, this)); } private: bool stopped_; tcp::socket socket_; boost::asio::streambuf input_buffer_; deadline_timer deadline_; deadline_timer heartbeat_timer_; }; int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { try { if (argc != 3) { std::cerr << "Usage: client \n"; return 1; } boost::asio::io_service io_service; tcp::resolver r(io_service); client c(io_service); c.start(r.resolve(tcp::resolver::query(argv[1], argv[2]))); io_service.run(); } catch (std::exception& e) { std::cerr << "Exception: " << e.what() << "\n"; } return 0; }