util/liblinebasedcomms/serial_client.h

// copyright 2009, 2010 t. schneider tes@mit.edu
// 
// this file is part of comms, a library for handling various communications.
//
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// credit for much of this goes to Jeff Gray-3 (http://www.nabble.com/Simple-serial-port-demonstration-with-boost-asio-asynchronous-I-O-p19849520.html)

#ifndef SerialClient20091211H
#define SerialClient20091211H

#include "client_base.h"

namespace goby
{
    namespace util
    {
        class SerialClient: public LineBasedClient<boost::asio::serial_port>
        {
          public:
            SerialClient(const std::string& name = "",
                         unsigned baud = 9600,
                         const std::string& delimiter = "\r\n");
            
            void set_name(const std::string& name) { name_ = name; }
            void set_baud(unsigned baud) { baud_ = baud; }

            std::string name() const { return name_; }

            unsigned baud() const { return baud_; }            

            boost::asio::serial_port& socket() { return serial_port_; }
            std::string local_endpoint() { return name_; }
            std::string remote_endpoint() { return ""; }

          private:
            bool start_specific();        
  
          private:
            static std::map<std::string, SerialClient*> inst_;
            boost::asio::serial_port serial_port_; // the serial port this instance is connected to
            std::string name_;
            unsigned baud_;
        
        }; 
    }
}
#endif