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Start an asynchronous operation to read data into a dynamic buffer sequence until some part of its data matches a regular expression.
template< typename AsyncReadStream, typename DynamicBuffer_v1, typename Traits, typename ReadToken = default_completion_token_t< typename AsyncReadStream::executor_type>> DEDUCED async_read_until( AsyncReadStream & s, DynamicBuffer_v1 && buffers, const boost::basic_regex< char, Traits > & expr, ReadToken && token = default_completion_token_t< typename AsyncReadStream::executor_type >(), constraint_t< is_dynamic_buffer_v1< decay_t< DynamicBuffer_v1 > >::value > = 0, constraint_t< !is_dynamic_buffer_v2< decay_t< DynamicBuffer_v1 > >::value > = 0);
This function is used to asynchronously read data into the specified dynamic buffer sequence until the dynamic buffer sequence's get area contains some data that matches a regular expression. 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. If the dynamic buffer sequence's get area already contains data that matches the regular expression, this asynchronous operation completes immediately. The program must ensure that the stream performs no other read operations (such as async_read, async_read_until, 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.
The dynamic buffer sequence into which the data will be read. 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 regular expression.
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, // The number of bytes in the dynamic buffer // sequence's get area up to and including the // substring that matches the regular expression. // 0 if an error occurred. 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 async_immediate
.
void(boost::system::error_code, std::size_t)
After a successful async_read_until operation, the dynamic buffer sequence may contain additional data beyond that which matched the regular expression. An application will typically leave that data in the dynamic buffer sequence for a subsequent async_read_until operation to examine.
To asynchronously read data into a std::string
until a CR-LF sequence is encountered:
std::string data; ... void handler(const boost::system::error_code& e, std::size_t size) { if (!e) { std::string line = data.substr(0, n); data.erase(0, n); ... } } ... boost::asio::async_read_until(s, data, boost::regex("\r\n"), handler);
After the async_read_until
operation completes successfully, the string data
contains the data which matched the regular expression:
{ 'a', 'b', ..., 'c', '\r', '\n', 'd', 'e', ... }
The call to substr
then
extracts the data up to and including the match, so that the string line
contains:
{ 'a', 'b', ..., 'c', '\r', '\n' }
After the call to erase
,
the remaining data is left in the string data
as follows:
{ 'd', 'e', ... }
This data may be the start of a new line, to be extracted by a subsequent
async_read_until
operation.
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.