Thread: sock_stream

I must admit i am lost, or at least confused.

When i am using TCP with sock_stream the protocol does not limit the messages (thats what i understood) so if i send a stream with let say

[int][int] [[int][int][int]]*

where the first would be the type of message, the second would be the size of the last "chunk", hipoteticaly a string converted in a array of ints.

so lets say the message is:

Code:

//one side

int msg[] = {101,3,123,321,123};

if(send(sock,msg,sizeof(int)*5,0)<0)ERR("Error while sending...\n");

now my question is, on the other side, since this is a stream, can i do:

Code:

int type;

if(recv(sock,&type,sizeof(int), 0)<0)ERR("Dint recieve type of message...\n");

if(type==101)somefunction();

void somefunctio(){
int size,*data;

data=(int*)malloc(sizeof(int));


if(recv(sock,&size,sizeof(int), 0)<0)ERR("Dint recieve size of data...\n");

data=(int*)realloc(data,sizeof(int)*size);

if(recv(sock,data,sizeof(int)*size,0)<o)ERR("dint recieve data...\n");
}

so can i use lots of recv to subdivide the info i sent? like on the exemple above, i send 1 message but use 3 recv to treat it, one for the type, one for the size and one to get the data (since now i know the size).

If this is not possible is there another way to do it? i cant send alot of messages so i would need to use something like describe above.


Thanks
Rykaerdoe <(^.^<)

> so can i use lots of recv to subdivide the info i sent?
Yes you can do that.

Not only that, the system may fragment the message anyway, so you should be prepared for that in all your recv calls.
The return result of recv() indicates how many bytes have been received, so use this to determine whether you've received a whole message or not.