<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <title>basic_raw_socket::async_send (1 of 2 overloads)</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../../boostbook.css" type="text/css"> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2"> <link rel="start" href="../../../../index.html" title="Asio"> <link rel="up" href="../async_send.html" title="basic_raw_socket::async_send"> <link rel="prev" href="../async_send.html" title="basic_raw_socket::async_send"> <link rel="next" href="overload2.html" title="basic_raw_socket::async_send (2 of 2 overloads)"> </head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> <table cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr><td valign="top"><img alt="asio C++ library" width="250" height="60" src="../../../../asio.png"></td></tr></table> <hr> <div class="spirit-nav"> <a accesskey="p" href="../async_send.html"><img src="../../../../prev.png" alt="Prev"></a><a accesskey="u" href="../async_send.html"><img src="../../../../up.png" alt="Up"></a><a accesskey="h" href="../../../../index.html"><img src="../../../../home.png" alt="Home"></a><a accesskey="n" href="overload2.html"><img src="../../../../next.png" alt="Next"></a> </div> <div class="section" lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"> <a name="asio.reference.basic_raw_socket.async_send.overload1"></a><a class="link" href="overload1.html" title="basic_raw_socket::async_send (1 of 2 overloads)">basic_raw_socket::async_send (1 of 2 overloads)</a> </h5></div></div></div> <p> Start an asynchronous send on a connected socket. </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <a class="link" href="../../ConstBufferSequence.html" title="Constant buffer sequence requirements">ConstBufferSequence</a><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> <a class="link" href="../../WriteHandler.html" title="Write handler requirements">WriteHandler</a><span class="special">></span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">async_send</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">ConstBufferSequence</span> <span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">buffers</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">WriteHandler</span> <span class="identifier">handler</span><span class="special">);</span> </pre> <p> This function is used to send data on the raw socket. The function call will block until the data has been sent successfully or an error occurs. </p> <a name="asio.reference.basic_raw_socket.async_send.overload1.parameters"></a><h6> <a name="id792913"></a> <a class="link" href="overload1.html#asio.reference.basic_raw_socket.async_send.overload1.parameters">Parameters</a> </h6> <div class="variablelist"> <p class="title"><b></b></p> <dl> <dt><span class="term">buffers</span></dt> <dd><p> One or more data buffers to be sent on the socket. 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 handler is called. </p></dd> <dt><span class="term">handler</span></dt> <dd> <p> The handler to be called when the send operation completes. Copies will be made of the handler as required. The function signature of the handler must be: </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">handler</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">error_code</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">error</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="comment">// Result of operation. </span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">size_t</span> <span class="identifier">bytes_transferred</span> <span class="comment">// Number of bytes sent. </span><span class="special">);</span> </pre> <p> Regardless of whether the asynchronous operation completes immediately or not, the handler will not be invoked from within this function. Invocation of the handler will be performed in a manner equivalent to using <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">io_service</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">post</span><span class="special">()</span></code>. </p> </dd> </dl> </div> <a name="asio.reference.basic_raw_socket.async_send.overload1.remarks"></a><h6> <a name="id793084"></a> <a class="link" href="overload1.html#asio.reference.basic_raw_socket.async_send.overload1.remarks">Remarks</a> </h6> <p> The async_send operation can only be used with a connected socket. Use the async_send_to function to send data on an unconnected raw socket. </p> <a name="asio.reference.basic_raw_socket.async_send.overload1.example"></a><h6> <a name="id793106"></a> <a class="link" href="overload1.html#asio.reference.basic_raw_socket.async_send.overload1.example">Example</a> </h6> <p> To send a single data buffer use the <a class="link" href="../../buffer.html" title="buffer"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">buffer</span></code></a> function as follows: </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">socket</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">async_send</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">buffer</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">data</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">handler</span><span class="special">);</span> </pre> <p> See the <a class="link" href="../../buffer.html" title="buffer"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">buffer</span></code></a> documentation for information on sending multiple buffers in one go, and how to use it with arrays, boost::array or std::vector. </p> </div> <table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> <td align="left"></td> <td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2003 - 2010 Christopher M. 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