base::Pipe Class Reference

Anonymous pipe for inter-process communication. More...

#include <libppbase/base/Pipe.h>

List of all members.

Public Types
enum	{ pipeInbound = 1, pipeOutbound = 2, pipeDuplex = 3, pipeOverlapped = 4 }
	Pipe modes. More...
Public Member Functions
	Pipe ()
	Creates an empty object.
	~Pipe ()
	Destructor.
void	close ()
	Closes (deletes) the pipe pair.
void	create (int mode)
	Creates a pipe pair.
File *	getLocalEnd ()
	Gets the local end of the pipe.
File *	getRemoteEnd ()
	Gets the remote end of the pipe.

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Detailed Description

Anonymous pipe for inter-process communication.

Author:

Christoph Schwarz

Version:

$Id: Pipe.h 21 2010-09-05 04:18:17Z cschwarz1 $

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Member Enumeration Documentation

anonymous enum

Pipe modes.

Enumerator:

pipeInbound	inbound pipe
pipeOutbound	outbound pipe
pipeDuplex	duplex pipe
pipeOverlapped	OR-flag: enable overlapped operations on local read end (Windows only).

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Member Function Documentation

void base::Pipe::create

(

int

mode

)

Creates a pipe pair.

Parameters:

mode

give pipe mode (pipeInbound, pipeOutbound or pipeDuplex)

File* base::Pipe::getLocalEnd

(

)

Gets the local end of the pipe.

Returns:

NULL if the pipe has not been created

File* base::Pipe::getRemoteEnd

(

)

Gets the remote end of the pipe.

Returns:

NULL if the pipe has not been created

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

• libppbase/base/Pipe.h