Method ReceiveString

Core/ConnectionSML/src/sock_DataSender.cpp:46–84

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Function name : DataSender::SendBuffer Return type : bool Argument : char* String Description : Send a string of data to a socket. The outgoing format on the socket will be a 4-byte length followed by the string of characters. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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bool DataSender::ReceiveString(std::string* pString)
{
    uint32_t netLen = 0 ;
    
    // Make sure we return an empty string if we get an error
    pString->clear() ;
    
    // Read the length of the string (the first 4 bytes)
    bool ok = ReceiveBuffer((char*)&netLen, sizeof(netLen)) ;
    
    // Convert the length from network byte ordering back to our local order
    uint32_t len = ntohl(netLen) ;
    
    // If we got a zero length string.
    if (len == 0)
    {
        return ok ;
    }
    
    // Create the buffer into which we'll receive data
    char* buffer = new char[len + 1] ;
    
    // Receive the string
    ok = ok && ReceiveBuffer(buffer, len) ;
    
    // Make it null terminated
    buffer[len] = 0 ;
    
    // Return the result in the string
    if (ok)
    {
        pString->assign(buffer) ;
    }
    
    // Release our temp buffer
    delete [] buffer ;
    
    return ok ;
}

void DataSender::Close()
{