small code cleanups, Connection hides Socket

include/Connection.hpp

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+/** @todo make connection an iface and this class shall be a TcpConnection,
+ * inherited from connection */
 
 template <typename T>
 class Connection
@@ -95,27 +97,23 @@ public:
   {
     TRACE;
 
-//     LOG ( Logger::DEBUG, std::string("receving on socket: ").
+    ssize_t length;
-//                           append(TToStr(m_socket.getSocket())).c_str() );
+    if ( !m_socket.receive(m_buffer, m_bufferLength, &length) ) {
-
+      if (length == -1) {
-    ssize_t len = recv(m_socket.getSocket(), m_buffer, m_bufferLength, 0);
-
-    LOG ( Logger::DEBUG, std::string("Received: ").
-                          append(TToStr(len)).append(" bytes from: ").
-                          append(m_host).append(":").append(m_port).c_str() );
-
-    if (len == -1) {
         LOG( Logger::ERR, errnoToString("ERROR reading from socket. ").c_str() );
-      return false;
       }
-
+      else if (length == 0) {
-    if (len == 0) {
         LOG( Logger::INFO, std::string("Connection closed by ").
                         append(m_host).append(":").append(m_port).c_str() );
+      }
     return false;
     }
 
-    return m_message.buildMessage( (void*)m_buffer, (size_t)len);
+    LOG ( Logger::DEBUG, std::string("Received: ").
+                        append(TToStr(length)).append(" bytes from: ").
+                        append(m_host).append(":").append(m_port).c_str() );
+
+    return m_message.buildMessage( (void*)m_buffer, (size_t)length);
   }
 
 

include/Message.hpp

@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ protected:
 
   Connection<T>  *m_connection;
   void           *m_param;
-
-  /// @todo shall i use dinamic array?
   std::string     m_buffer;
 
 private:

include/Poll.hpp

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public:
     , m_num_of_fds(0)
   {
     TRACE;
-    m_fds = new pollfd[m_maxclients];
+    m_fds = new pollfd[m_maxclients+1]; // plus the server socket
     addFd( m_connection->getSocket(), POLLIN | POLLPRI );
   }
 
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ public:
 
 protected:
 
+  // can be overriden: behaviour alters in server/client
   virtual void acceptClient()
   {
     TRACE;
@@ -98,6 +99,8 @@ protected:
     addFd( client_socket, POLLIN | POLLPRI );
   }
 
+
+  // can be overriden: behaviour alters in server/client
   virtual void handleClient( const int socket )
   {
     TRACE;

include/Socket.hpp

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ public:
                    std::string &port);
 
   bool send( const void *message, const int lenght );
+  bool receive ( void* buffer, const int bufferLen, ssize_t *msgLen );
+
   int getSocket() const;
 
   static bool convertNameInfo( sockaddr* addr,

include/TcpClient.hpp

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ private:
 
   protected:
 
-  /// @todo this is unclear and nasty hack
+  // overridig poll's behaviour
   virtual void acceptClient()
   {
     TRACE;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ private:
     stopPolling();
   }
 
-  /// @todo this is unclear and nasty hack
+  // overridig poll's behaviour
   virtual void handleClient( const int )
   {
     TRACE;
@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@ private:
   TcpClient(const TcpClient& );
   TcpClient& operator=(const TcpClient& );
 
-  Connection<T>& getConnection()
-  {
-    TRACE;
-    return m_connection;
-  }
 
   Connection<T>    m_connection;
   PollerThread<T>  m_watcher;
@@ -132,5 +127,3 @@ private:
 };
 
 #endif // TCP_CLIENT_HPP
-
-

other/tcpclient_main.cpp

@@ -70,11 +70,22 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[] )
 
   TcpClient<SimpleMessage> tcpclient(argv[1], argv[2], &finished);
 
-  tcpclient.connect();
+  if ( !tcpclient.connect() ) {
-  sleep(1); // wait for thread creation
+    LOG( Logger::ERR, "Couldn't connect to server, exiting..." );
+    Logger::destroy();
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  // wait for thread creation
+  sleep(1);
 
+  // send message to server
   std::string msg1(argv[3]);
-  tcpclient.send( msg1.c_str(), msg1.length());
+  if ( !tcpclient.send( msg1.c_str(), msg1.length()) ) {
+    LOG( Logger::ERR, "Couldn't send message to server, exiting..." );
+    Logger::destroy();
+    return 1;
+  }
 
   // wait for the complate &handled reply
   struct timespec tm = {0,1000};
@@ -82,7 +93,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[] )
     nanosleep(&tm, &tm) ;
 
   tcpclient.disconnect();
-
   Logger::destroy();
   return 0;
 }

other/tcpserver_main.cpp

@@ -66,7 +66,11 @@ int main()
 
   TcpServer<EchoMessage> tcpServer("localhost", "4455");
 
-  tcpServer.start();
+  if ( !tcpServer.start() ) {
+    LOG( Logger::ERR, "Failed to start TCP server, exiting...");
+    Logger::destroy();
+    return 1;
+  }
 
   // never reached
   sleep(1);

src/Socket.cpp

@@ -131,6 +131,16 @@ bool Socket::send ( const void *message, const int length )
 }
 
 
+bool Socket::receive( void *buffer, const int bufferLen, ssize_t *msgLen )
+{
+  TRACE;
+
+  *msgLen = recv(m_socket, buffer, bufferLen, 0);
+
+  return (*msgLen > 0);
+}
+
+
 int Socket::getSocket() const
 {
   TRACE;