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Start an asynchronous operation to read a certain amount of data from a stream.
template< typename AsyncReadStream, typename MutableBufferSequence, typename ReadToken = DEFAULT> DEDUCED async_read( AsyncReadStream & s, const MutableBufferSequence & buffers, ReadToken && token = DEFAULT, typename constraint< is_mutable_buffer_sequence< MutableBufferSequence >::value >::type = 0);
This function is used to asynchronously read a certain number of bytes of data from a stream. It is an initiating function for an asynchronous operation, and always returns immediately. The asynchronous operation will continue until one of the following conditions is true:
This operation is implemented in terms of zero or more calls to the stream's async_read_some function, and is known as a composed operation. The program must ensure that the stream performs no other read operations (such as async_read, the stream's async_read_some function, or any other composed operations that perform reads) until this operation completes.
The stream from which the data is to be read. The type must support the AsyncReadStream concept.
One or more buffers into which the data will be read. The sum of the buffer sizes indicates the maximum number of bytes to read from the stream. Although the buffers object may be copied as necessary, ownership of the underlying memory blocks is retained by the caller, which must guarantee that they remain valid until the completion handler is called.
The completion
token that will be used to produce a completion handler, which
will be called when the read completes. Potential completion tokens
include use_future
, use_awaitable
, yield_context
, or a function
object with the correct completion signature. The function signature
of the completion handler must be:
void handler( // Result of operation. const boost::system::error_code& error, // Number of bytes copied into the buffers. If an error // occurred, this will be the number of bytes successfully // transferred prior to the error. std::size_t bytes_transferred );
Regardless of whether the asynchronous operation completes immediately
or not, the completion handler will not be invoked from within this
function. On immediate completion, invocation of the handler will
be performed in a manner equivalent to using post
.
void(boost::system::error_code, std::size_t)
To read into a single data buffer use the buffer
function as follows:
boost::asio::async_read(s, boost::asio::buffer(data, size), handler);
See the buffer
documentation for information on reading into multiple buffers in one go,
and how to use it with arrays, boost::array or std::vector.
This overload is equivalent to calling:
boost::asio::async_read( s, buffers, boost::asio::transfer_all(), handler);
This asynchronous operation supports cancellation for the following cancellation_type
values:
cancellation_type::terminal
cancellation_type::partial
if they are also supported by the AsyncReadStream
type's async_read_some
operation.