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websocket::stream::text (1 of 2 overloads)

Set the text message write option.

Synopsis

void
text(
    bool value);

Description

This controls whether or not outgoing message opcodes are set to binary or text. The setting is only applied at the start when a caller begins a new message. Changing the opcode after a message is started will only take effect after the current message being sent is complete.

The default setting is to send text messages.

Parameters

Name	Description
`value`	`true` if outgoing messages should indicate text, or `false` if they should indicate binary.

Example

Setting the message type to text.

ws.text( true );