PlayerCc::PlayerClient Class Reference

The PlayerClient is used for communicating with the player server. More...

#include <playerclient.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	PlayerClient (const std::string aHostname=PLAYER_HOSTNAME, uint32_t aPort=PLAYER_PORTNUM, int transport=PLAYERC_TRANSPORT_TCP)
	Make a client and connect it as indicated.
	~PlayerClient ()
	destructor
bool	Connected ()
	Are we currently connected?
void	StartThread ()
	Start the run thread.
void	StopThread ()
	Stop the run thread.
void	Run (uint32_t aTimeout=10)
	This starts a blocking loop on Read()
void	Stop ()
	Stops the Run() loop.
bool	Peek (uint32_t timeout=0)
	Check whether there is data waiting on the connection, blocking for up to timeout milliseconds (set to 0 to not block).
void	SetRequestTimeout (uint32_t seconds)
	Set the timeout for client requests.
void	SetRetryLimit (int limit)
	Set connection retry limit, which is the number of times that we'll try to reconnect to the server after a socket error.
int	GetRetryLimit ()
	Get connection retry limit, which is the number of times that we'll try to reconnect to the server after a socket error.
void	SetRetryTime (double time)
	Set connection retry time, which is number of seconds to wait between reconnection attempts.
double	GetRetryTime ()
	Get connection retry time, which is number of seconds to wait between reconnection attempts.
void	Read ()
	A blocking Read.
void	ReadIfWaiting ()
	A nonblocking Read.
void	SetDataMode (uint32_t aMode)
	Set whether the client operates in Push/Pull modes.
void	SetReplaceRule (bool aReplace, int aType=-1, int aSubtype=-1, int aInterf=-1)
	Set a replace rule for the clients queue on the server.
void	RequestDeviceList ()
	Get the list of available device ids.
std::list< playerc_device_info_t >	GetDeviceList ()
std::string	GetHostname () const
	Returns the hostname.
uint32_t	GetPort () const
	Returns the port.
int	LookupCode (std::string aName) const
	Get the interface code for a given name.
std::string	LookupName (int aCode) const
	Get the name for a given interface code.
uint32_t	GetOverflowCount ()
	Get count of the number of discarded messages on the server since the last call to this method.
Public Attributes
mutex_t	mMutex
	A mutex for handling synchronization.
Private Types
typedef boost::thread	thread_t
typedef boost::mutex	mutex_t
Private Member Functions
void	Connect (const std::string aHostname, uint32_t aPort)
void	Disconnect ()
void	RunThread ()
Private Attributes
std::list < PlayerCc::ClientProxy * >	mProxyList
std::list< playerc_device_info_t >	mDeviceList
playerc_client_t *	mClient
std::string	mHostname
uint32_t	mPort
unsigned int	mTransport
bool	mIsStop
thread_t *	mThread

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Detailed Description

The PlayerClient is used for communicating with the player server.

One PlayerClient object is used to control each connection to a Player server. Contained within this object are methods for changing the connection parameters and obtaining access to devices.

Since the threading functionality of the PlayerClient is built on Boost, these options are conditionally available based on the Boost threading library being present on the system. The StartThread() and StopThread() are the only functions conditionally available based on this.

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Member Function Documentation

int PlayerCc::PlayerClient::GetRetryLimit

(

)

[inline]

Get connection retry limit, which is the number of times that we'll try to reconnect to the server after a socket error.

double PlayerCc::PlayerClient::GetRetryTime

(

)

[inline]

Get connection retry time, which is number of seconds to wait between reconnection attempts.

bool PlayerCc::PlayerClient::Peek

(

uint32_t

timeout = 0

)

Check whether there is data waiting on the connection, blocking for up to timeout milliseconds (set to 0 to not block).

Returns:

• false if there is no data waiting
• true if there is data waiting

void PlayerCc::PlayerClient::Read

(

)

A blocking Read.

Use this method to read data from the server, blocking until at least one message is received. Use PlayerClient::Peek() to check whether any data is currently waiting. In pull mode, this will block until all data waiting on the server has been received, ensuring as up to date data as possible.

void PlayerCc::PlayerClient::ReadIfWaiting

(

)

A nonblocking Read.

Use this method if you want to read in a nonblocking manner. This is the equivalent of checking if Peek is true and then reading

void PlayerCc::PlayerClient::RequestDeviceList

(

)

Get the list of available device ids.

The data is written into the proxy structure rather than retured to the caller.

void PlayerCc::PlayerClient::SetDataMode

(

uint32_t

aMode

)

Set whether the client operates in Push/Pull modes.

You can toggle the mode in which the server sends data to your client with this method. The mode should be one of

• PLAYER_DATAMODE_PUSH (all data)
• PLAYER_DATAMODE_PULL (data on demand) When in pull mode, it is highly recommended that a replace rule is set for data packets to prevent the server message queue becoming flooded. For a more detailed description of data modes, see Client Data Modes.

Exceptions:

throws

PlayerError if unsuccessfull

void PlayerCc::PlayerClient::SetReplaceRule	(	bool	aReplace,
		int	aType = -1,
		int	aSubtype = -1,
		int	aInterf = -1
	)

Set a replace rule for the clients queue on the server.

If a rule with the same pattern already exists, it will be replaced with the new rule (i.e., its setting to replace will be updated).

Parameters:

aReplace	Should we replace these messages? true/false
aType	type of message to set replace rule for (-1 for wildcard). See Message types.
aSubtype	message subtype to set replace rule for (-1 for wildcard).
aInterf	Interface to set replace rule for (-1 for wildcard). This can be used to set the replace rule for all members of a certain interface type. See Interface specifications.

Exceptions:

throws

PlayerError if unsuccessfull

See also:

ClientProxy::SetReplaceRule, PlayerClient::SetDataMode

void PlayerCc::PlayerClient::SetRetryLimit

(

int

limit

)

[inline]

Set connection retry limit, which is the number of times that we'll try to reconnect to the server after a socket error.

Set to -1 for inifinite retry.

References playerc_client_set_retry_limit().

void PlayerCc::PlayerClient::SetRetryTime

(

double

time

)

[inline]

Set connection retry time, which is number of seconds to wait between reconnection attempts.

References playerc_client_set_retry_time().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• playerclient.h