ACE_FIFO Class Reference

Abstract base class for UNIX FIFOs. More...

#include <FIFO.h>

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List of all members.

Public Member Functions
int	open (const ACE_TCHAR *rendezvous, int flags, mode_t perms, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa=0)
int	close (void)
	Close down the ACE_FIFO without removing the rendezvous point.
int	remove (void)
int	get_local_addr (const ACE_TCHAR *&rendezvous) const
	Return the local address of this endpoint.
void	dump (void) const
	Dump the state of an object.
Public Attributes
	ACE_ALLOC_HOOK_DECLARE
	Declare the dynamic allocation hooks.
Protected Member Functions
	ACE_FIFO (void)
	Default constructor.
	ACE_FIFO (const ACE_TCHAR *rendezvous, int flags, mode_t perms, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa=0)
Private Attributes
ACE_TCHAR	rendezvous_ [MAXPATHLEN+1]
	Rendezvous point in the file system.

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Detailed Description

Abstract base class for UNIX FIFOs.

UNIX FIFOs are also known Named Pipes, which are totally unrelated to Win32 Named Pipes. If you want to use a local IPC mechanism that will be portable to both UNIX and Win32, take a look at the <ACE_SPIPE_*> classes.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ACE_FIFO::ACE_FIFO

(

void

)

[protected]

Default constructor.

ACE_FIFO::ACE_FIFO	(	const ACE_TCHAR *	rendezvous,
		int	flags,
		mode_t	perms,
		LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES	sa = 0
	)			[protected]

Open up the named pipe on the <rendezvous> in accordance with the flags.

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Member Function Documentation

int ACE_FIFO::open	(	const ACE_TCHAR *	rendezvous,
		int	flags,
		mode_t	perms,
		LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES	sa = 0
	)

Open up the named pipe on the <rendezvous> in accordance with the flags.

Reimplemented in ACE_FIFO_Send, and ACE_FIFO_Send_Msg.

int ACE_FIFO::close

(

void

)

Close down the ACE_FIFO without removing the rendezvous point.

Reimplemented in ACE_FIFO_Recv.

ACE_INLINE int ACE_FIFO::remove

(

void

)

Close down the ACE_FIFO and remove the rendezvous point from the file system.

ACE_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL ACE_INLINE int ACE_FIFO::get_local_addr

(

const ACE_TCHAR *&

rendezvous

)

const

Return the local address of this endpoint.

ACE_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL void ACE_FIFO::dump

(

void

)

const

Dump the state of an object.

Reimplemented from ACE_IPC_SAP.

Reimplemented in ACE_FIFO_Recv, ACE_FIFO_Recv_Msg, ACE_FIFO_Send, and ACE_FIFO_Send_Msg.

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Member Data Documentation

ACE_FIFO::ACE_ALLOC_HOOK_DECLARE

Declare the dynamic allocation hooks.

Reimplemented from ACE_IPC_SAP.

Reimplemented in ACE_FIFO_Recv, ACE_FIFO_Recv_Msg, ACE_FIFO_Send, and ACE_FIFO_Send_Msg.

ACE_TCHAR ACE_FIFO::rendezvous_[MAXPATHLEN+1] [private]

Rendezvous point in the file system.

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

• FIFO.h
• FIFO.cpp
• FIFO.inl