doc/html/boost_asio/example/multicast/sender.cpp
//
// sender.cpp
// ~~~~~~~~~~
//
// Copyright (c) 2003-2008 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 <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <boost/asio.hpp>
#include "boost/bind.hpp"
#include "boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time_types.hpp"
const short multicast_port = 30001;
const int max_message_count = 10;
class sender
{
public:
sender(boost::asio::io_service& io_service,
const boost::asio::ip::address& multicast_address)
: endpoint_(multicast_address, multicast_port),
socket_(io_service, endpoint_.protocol()),
timer_(io_service),
message_count_(0)
{
std::ostringstream os;
os << "Message " << message_count_++;
message_ = os.str();
socket_.async_send_to(
boost::asio::buffer(message_), endpoint_,
boost::bind(&sender::handle_send_to, this,
boost::asio::placeholders::error));
}
void handle_send_to(const boost::system::error_code& error)
{
if (!error && message_count_ < max_message_count)
{
timer_.expires_from_now(boost::posix_time::seconds(1));
timer_.async_wait(
boost::bind(&sender::handle_timeout, this,
boost::asio::placeholders::error));
}
}
void handle_timeout(const boost::system::error_code& error)
{
if (!error)
{
std::ostringstream os;
os << "Message " << message_count_++;
message_ = os.str();
socket_.async_send_to(
boost::asio::buffer(message_), endpoint_,
boost::bind(&sender::handle_send_to, this,
boost::asio::placeholders::error));
}
}
private:
boost::asio::ip::udp::endpoint endpoint_;
boost::asio::ip::udp::socket socket_;
boost::asio::deadline_timer timer_;
int message_count_;
std::string message_;
};
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
try
{
if (argc != 2)
{
std::cerr << "Usage: sender <multicast_address>\n";
std::cerr << " For IPv4, try:\n";
std::cerr << " sender 239.255.0.1\n";
std::cerr << " For IPv6, try:\n";
std::cerr << " sender ff31::8000:1234\n";
return 1;
}
boost::asio::io_service io_service;
sender s(io_service, boost::asio::ip::address::from_string(argv[1]));
io_service.run();
}
catch (std::exception& e)
{
std::cerr << "Exception: " << e.what() << "\n";
}
return 0;
}