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basic_socket_acceptor::accept (9 of 12 overloads)

Accept a new connection.

Protocol::socket accept(
    endpoint_type & peer_endpoint);

This function is used to accept a new connection from a peer. The function call will block until a new connection has been accepted successfully or an error occurs.

This overload requires that the Protocol template parameter satisfy the AcceptableProtocol type requirements.

Parameters

peer_endpoint

An endpoint object into which the endpoint of the remote peer will be written.

Return Value

A socket object representing the newly accepted connection.

Exceptions

boost::system::system_error

Thrown on failure.

Example
boost::asio::ip::tcp::acceptor acceptor(io_context);
...
boost::asio::ip::tcp::endpoint endpoint;
boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket socket(acceptor.accept(endpoint));

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