Method SendDataThroughSocket

src/OSSupport/SocketThreads.cpp:605–631

bool cSocketThreads::cSocketThread::SendDataThroughSocket(cSocket & a_Socket, AString & a_Data)
{
	// Send data in smaller chunks, so that the OS send buffers aren't overflown easily
	while (!a_Data.empty())
	{
		size_t NumToSend = std::min(a_Data.size(), (size_t)1024);
		int Sent = a_Socket.Send(a_Data.data(), NumToSend);
		if (Sent < 0)
		{
			int Err = cSocket::GetLastError();
			if (Err == cSocket::ErrWouldBlock)
			{
				// The OS send buffer is full, leave the outgoing data for the next time
				return true;
			}
			// An error has occured
			return false;
		}
		if (Sent == 0)
		{
			a_Socket.CloseSocket();
			return true;
		}
		a_Data.erase(0, Sent);
	}
	return true;
}