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basic_socket::get_option (2 of 2 overloads)

Get an option from the socket.

template<
    typename GettableSocketOption>
boost::system::error_code get_option(
    GettableSocketOption & option,
    boost::system::error_code & ec) const;

This function is used to get the current value of an option on the socket.

Parameters

option

The option value to be obtained from the socket.

ec

Set to indicate what error occurred, if any.

Example

Getting the value of the SOL_SOCKET/SO_KEEPALIVE option:

boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket socket(io_service);
...
boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket::keep_alive option;
boost::system::error_code ec;
socket.get_option(option, ec);
if (ec)
{
  // An error occurred.
}
bool is_set = option.get();

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