mrpt::io::CPipe Class Reference

Detailed Description

A pipe, portable across different OS.

Pipes can be used as intraprocess (inter-threads) or interprocess communication mechanism. Read more on pipes here: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Pipes-and-FIFOs.html

std::unique_ptr<CPipeReadEndPoint>  read_pipe;
std::unique_ptr<CPipeWriteEndPoint> write_pipe;

CPipe::createPipe(read_pipe,write_pipe);

See also the example: MRPT/samples/threadsPipe/

Definition at line 38 of file CPipe.h.

#include <mrpt/io/CPipe.h>

Public Member Functions
	CPipe ()=delete
	Create via createPipe() instead. More...
	~CPipe ()=delete

Static Public Member Functions
template<typename ReadPtr , typename WritePtr >
static void	createPipe (ReadPtr &outReadPipe, WritePtr &outWritePipe)
	Creates a new pipe and returns the read & write end-points as newly allocated objects. More...
static void	initializePipe (CPipeReadEndPoint &outReadPipe, CPipeWriteEndPoint &outWritePipe)
	Creates a new pipe and returns the read & write end-points as newly allocated objects. More...

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

CPipe()

mrpt::io::CPipe::CPipe ( )

delete

Create via createPipe() instead.

~CPipe()

mrpt::io::CPipe::~CPipe ( )

delete

Member Function Documentation

createPipe()

template<typename ReadPtr , typename WritePtr >

void mrpt::io::CPipe::createPipe ( ReadPtr &  outReadPipe, WritePtr &  outWritePipe  )

static

Creates a new pipe and returns the read & write end-points as newly allocated objects.

Exceptions

std::exception

On any error during the pipe creation Creates a new pipe and returns the read & write end-points as newly allocated objects.

Definition at line 170 of file CPipe.h.

References initializePipe().

initializePipe()

void CPipe::initializePipe ( CPipeReadEndPoint &  outReadPipe, CPipeWriteEndPoint &  outWritePipe  )

static

Creates a new pipe and returns the read & write end-points as newly allocated objects.

Definition at line 30 of file CPipe.cpp.

References mrpt::io::CPipeBaseEndPoint::m_pipe_file, and THROW_EXCEPTION.

Referenced by createPipe().