Boost.Asio C++ Network
                                       Programming
                                      Enhance your skills with practical examples
                                    for C++ network programming
                                    John Torjo
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                                    BIRMINGHAM MUMBAI
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                                           Table of Contents
          Preface                                                                         1
         Chapter 1: Getting Started with Boost.Asio                                       5
           What is Boost.Asio?                                                            5
             History                                                                      6
             Dependencies                                                                 7
             Building Boost.Asio                                                          7
             Important macros                                                             8
           Synchronousversus asynchronous                                                 8
           Exceptions versus error codes                                                 11
           Threading in Boost.Asio                                                       12
           Notjust networking                                                            13
           Timers                                                                        14
           The io_service class                                                          15
           Summary                                                                       19
         Chapter 2: Boost.Asio Fundamentals                                              21
           The NetworkAPI                                                                21
             Boost.Asio namespaces                                                       21
             IP addresses                                                                22
             Endpoints                                                                   22
             Sockets                                                                     23
              Synchronous error codes                                                    24
              Socket member functions                                                    24
              Otherconsiderations                                                        31
             The read/write/connect free functions                                       35
              The connect functions                                                      35
              The read/write functions                                                   36
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                Asynchronous programming                                                      40
                   The need for going asynchronous                                            40
                  Asynchronous run(), run_one(), poll(), poll_one()                           44
                    Runningforever                                                             44
                    The run_one(), poll(), poll_one() functions                                45
                  Asynchronous work                                                           47
                  Asynchronous post() versus dispatch() versus wrap()                         50
                Staying alive                                                                 52
                Summary                                                                       55
               Chapter 3: Echo Server/Clients                                                 57
                TCP Echoserver/clients                                                        58
                  TCP synchronous client                                                      59
                  TCP synchronous server                                                      60
                  TCP asynchronous client                                                     61
                  TCP asynchronous server                                                     64
                  The code                                                                    66
                UDP Echoserver/clients                                                        66
                   UDP synchronous Echo client                                                67
                   UDP synchronous Echo server                                                68
                Summary                                                                       68
               Chapter4: Client and Server                                                    69
                The synchronous client/server                                                 70
                  Synchronous client                                                          70
                  Synchronous server                                                          73
                The asynchronous client/server                                                77
                  Asynchronous client                                                         78
                  Asynchronous server                                                         82
                Summary                                                                       86
               Chapter 5: Synchronous Versus Asynchronous                                     87
                Mixing synchronous and asynchronous programming                               87
                Passing client to server messages and vice versa                              88
                Synchronous I/O in client applications                                        89
                Synchronous I/O in server applications                                        92
                  Threading in a synchronous server                                           94
                Asynchronous I/O in client applications                                       96
                Asynchronous I/O in server applications                                       98
                  Threading in an asynchronous server                                        101
                Asynchronous operations                                                      104
                implementing proxies                                                         108
                Summary                                                                      111
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            Chapter 6: Boost.Asio - Other Features                                   113
              std streams and std buffer I/O                                         113
                Boost.Asio and the STL streams                                       114
                The streambufclass                                                   116
                Thefree functions that deal with streambuf objects                   118
              Co-routines                                                            120
              Summary                                                                125
            Chapter 7: Boost.Asio -Advanced Topics                                   127
              Asioversus Boost.Asio                                                  127
              Debugging                                                              128
                Handlertracking information                                          128
                An example                                                           129
                Handler tracking to file                                             131
              SSL                                                                    132
              Boost.Asio Windows features                                            133
                Stream Handles                                                       134
                Random access Handles                                                134
                Object Handles                                                       135
              Boost.Asio POSIX features                                              135
                Local sockets                                                        135
                Connecting local sockets                                             136
                POSIX file descriptors                                               136
                Fork                                                                 137
              Summary                                                                138
            Index                                                                    139