Virtual Method
GioDatagramBasedreceive_messages
since: 2.48
Declaration [src]
gint
receive_messages (
GDatagramBased* datagram_based,
GInputMessage* messages,
guint num_messages,
gint flags,
gint64 timeout,
GCancellable* cancellable,
GError** error
)
Description [src]
Receive one or more data messages from datagram_based in one go.
messages must point to an array of GInputMessage structs and
num_messages must be the length of this array. Each GInputMessage
contains a pointer to an array of GInputVector structs describing the
buffers that the data received in each message will be written to.
flags modify how all messages are received. The commonly available
arguments for this are available in the GSocketMsgFlags enum, but the
values there are the same as the system values, and the flags
are passed in as-is, so you can pass in system-specific flags too. These
flags affect the overall receive operation. Flags affecting individual
messages are returned in GInputMessage.flags.
The other members of GInputMessage are treated as described in its documentation.
If timeout is negative the call will block until num_messages have been
received, the connection is closed remotely (EOS), cancellable is cancelled,
or an error occurs.
If timeout is 0 the call will return up to num_messages without blocking,
or G_IO_ERROR_WOULD_BLOCK if no messages are queued in the operating system
to be received.
If timeout is positive the call will block on the same conditions as if
timeout were negative. If the timeout is reached
before any messages are received, G_IO_ERROR_TIMED_OUT is returned,
otherwise it will return the number of messages received before timing out.
(Note: This is effectively the behaviour of MSG_WAITFORONE with recvmmsg().)
To be notified when messages are available, wait for the G_IO_IN condition.
Note though that you may still receive G_IO_ERROR_WOULD_BLOCK from
g_datagram_based_receive_messages() even if you were previously notified of a
G_IO_IN condition.
If the remote peer closes the connection, any messages queued in the
underlying receive buffer will be returned, and subsequent calls to
g_datagram_based_receive_messages() will return 0 (with no error set).
If the connection is shut down or closed (by calling g_socket_close() or
g_socket_shutdown() with shutdown_read set, if it’s a GSocket, for
example), all calls to this function will return G_IO_ERROR_CLOSED.
On error -1 is returned and error is set accordingly. An error will only
be returned if zero messages could be received; otherwise the number of
messages successfully received before the error will be returned. If
cancellable is cancelled, G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED is returned as with any
other error.
Available since: 2.48
Parameters
messages-
Type: An array of
GInputMessageAn array of
GInputMessagestructs.The length of the array is specified in the num_messagesargument.The data is owned by the caller of the method. num_messages-
Type:
guintThe number of elements in
messages. flags-
Type:
gintAn int containing
GSocketMsgFlagsflags for the overall operation. timeout-
Type:
gint64The maximum time (in microseconds) to wait, 0 to not block, or -1 to block indefinitely.
cancellable-
Type:
GCancellableA %GCancellable.
The argument can be NULL.The data is owned by the caller of the method. error-
Type:
GError **The return location for a recoverable error.
The argument can be NULL.If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to aNULLGError*.The argument will be left initialized to NULLby the virtual function if there are no errors.In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.
Return value
Type: gint
Number of messages received, or -1 on error. Note that the number
of messages received may be smaller than num_messages if timeout is
zero or positive, if the peer closed the connection, or if num_messages
was larger than UIO_MAXIOV (1024), in which case the caller may re-try
to receive the remaining messages.