...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world.
— Herb Sutter and Andrei
Alexandrescu, C++
Coding Standards
Accept a new connection and obtain the endpoint of the peer.
template< typename Executor1> void accept( basic_socket< protocol_type, Executor1 > & peer, endpoint_type & peer_endpoint);
This function is used to accept a new connection from a peer into the given socket, and additionally provide the endpoint of the remote peer. The function call will block until a new connection has been accepted successfully or an error occurs.
The socket into which the new connection will be accepted.
An endpoint object which will receive the endpoint of the remote peer.
Thrown on failure.
boost::asio::ip::tcp::acceptor acceptor(my_context); ... boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket socket(my_context); boost::asio::ip::tcp::endpoint endpoint; acceptor.accept(socket, endpoint);