Re: Glib::IOChannel in sockets... (2)

[Glus Xof <gtglus gmail com>]

2009/12/22 Krzesimir Nowak <qdlacz gmail com>:
> On Tue, 2009-12-22 at 10:58 +0100, Glus Xof wrote:
>> Hello guys,
>>
>> How can I "construct" this channel "a la Glibmm & Giomm" ?...
>>
>> Which method is the equivalent of socket() (if any) ?
>> Which method is the equivalent of bind() (if any) ?
>> Which method is the equivalent of listen ().... and accept()... and connect()...
>>
>> Thanks to all,
>>
>> Glus
>
> Hi,
>
> you probably misunderstood IOChannels. You have to create a socket
> first, then bind/accept/whatever and then create IOChannel with
> create_from_fd static method (or else). GIOChannels were created
> probably for portable I/O operations like reading from and writing to,
> since these are most often use cases of files/sockets/pipes. But
> creating them was meant to be written in some sort of backend code like
> this:
>
> Glib::RefPtr<Glib::IOChannel> get_channel()
> {
> #ifdef WINDOWS
>  // create a socket in windows and obtain its descriptor
>  int s_fd = something();
>  Glib::RefPtr<Glib::IOChannel> my_channel =
> Glib::IOChannel::create_from_win32_socket(s_fd);
> #else
>  int s_fd = socket(...);
>  Glib::RefPtr<Glib::IOChannel> my_channel =
> Glib::IOChannel::create_from_fd(s_fd);
> #endif
>  return my_channel;
> }

Thanks, Krzesimir,

I think that now it's a little more clear...

> For sockets - use GSocket. But C++ wrapper of GSocket just hit the
> unstable version of Giomm, so you'll probably have to use C API.

I just looked up GSocket & seems interesting... the stable GIOmm will
be released soon ?

Glus

> Krzesimir
>
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