On Tue, 14 Oct 2008, Alex Strickland wrote:
Hi Alex,
> Sockets appear to me to be reliable in Harbour but I think Przemek has
> alluded to problems with them? I don't know what they are. I know ADS uses
> UDP, I'm not sure why.
Now the biggest problem is lack of C level API and some missing
functionality. It also should be changed to cover some small differences
and behavior strictly related to OS. Below is proposition for Harbour inet
API. I created this list some time ago but so far I haven't time to finish
implementation.
best regards,
Przemek
void hb_socketInit( void );
void hb_socketCleanup( void );
PHB_ITEM hb_socketNew( int iTimeOut );
int hb_socketClose( PHB_ITEM pSocket );
FHANDLE hb_socketHandle( PHB_ITEM pSocket );
int hb_socketStatus( PHB_ITEM pSocket );
int hb_socketErrorCode( PHB_ITEM pSocket );
char * hb_socketErrorDesc( PHB_ITEM pSocket );
void hb_socketClearError( PHB_ITEM pSocket );
int hb_socketCount( PHB_ITEM pSocket );
char * hb_socketAddress( PHB_ITEM pSocket, char * szHostIP );
int hb_socketPort( PHB_ITEM pSocket );
int hb_socketGetTimeOut( PHB_ITEM pSocket );
int hb_socketSetTimeOut( PHB_ITEM pSocket, int iTimeOut );
int hb_socketGetTimeLimit( PHB_ITEM pSocket );
int hb_socketSetTimeLimit( PHB_ITEM pSocket, int iTimeOut );
PHB_ITEM hb_socketCallBack( PHB_ITEM pSocket, PHB_ITEM pBlock );
void hb_socketClearCallBack( PHB_ITEM pSocket );
int hb_socketSelect( PHB_ITEM aRdSock, PHB_ITEM aWrSock,
PHB_ITEM aExSock, int iTimeOut );
int hb_socketRecv( PHB_ITEM pSocket, int iMode,
BYTE * pBuffer, int iLen );
BYTE * hb_socketRecvUntil( PHB_ITEM pSocket, const BYTE * szStop,
int iMaxSize, int * piLen );
BYTE * hb_socketRecvMUntil( PHB_ITEM pSocket, const BYTE ** szStop, int
iCount,
int iMaxSize, int * piLen );
int hb_socketDataReady( PHB_ITEM pSocket, int iTimeOut );
int hb_socketCanWrite( PHB_ITEM pSocket, int iTimeOut ); /* new */
int hb_socketSend( PHB_ITEM pSocket, int iMode,
BYTE * pBuffer, int iLen );
PHB_ITEM hb_socketGetHosts( const char * szHostName );
PHB_ITEM hb_socketGetAlias( const char * szHostName );
char * hb_socketGetHostIP( const char * szHostName, char * szHostIP );
PHB_ITEM hb_socketServer( PHB_ITEM pSocket, int iPort, char * szAddrIP, int
iListenQueue );
PHB_ITEM hb_socketAccept( PHB_ITEM pSocket );
PHB_ITEM hb_socketConnect( PHB_ITEM pSocket, const char * szHost, int iPort );
PHB_ITEM hb_socketConnectIP( PHB_ITEM pSocket, const char * szHostIP, int iPort
);
BOOL hb_socketExists( PHB_ITEM pSocket );
PHB_ITEM hb_socketDGramNew( BOOL fBoradCast );
PHB_ITEM hb_socketDGramBindNew( int iPort, const char * szAddrIP, BOOL
fBoradCast,
const char * szMulticastAddr );
int hb_socketDGramSend( PHB_ITEM pSocket, const char * szHostIP, int iPort,
BYTE * pBuffer, int iLen );
int hb_socketDGramRecv( PHB_ITEM pSocket, BYTE * pBuffer, int iLen );
const char * hb_socketEOL( void );
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