util/liblinebasedcomms/tcp_client.h

// copyright 2009 t. schneider tes@mit.edu
// 
// this file is part of comms, a library for handling various communications.
//
// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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//
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#ifndef TCPClientH
#define TCPClientH

#include "client_base.h"
#include "goby/util/string.h"

namespace goby
{
    namespace util
    {
        class TCPClient : public LineBasedClient<boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket>
        {
          public:
            TCPClient(const std::string& server,
                      unsigned port,
                      const std::string& delimiter = "\r\n");
            
            boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket& socket() { return socket_; }

            std::string local_endpoint() { return goby::util::as<std::string>(socket_.local_endpoint()); }
            std::string remote_endpoint() { return goby::util::as<std::string>(socket_.remote_endpoint()); }

          private:
            bool start_specific();

        
          private:
            static std::map<std::string, TCPClient*> inst_;
            boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket socket_;
            std::string server_;
            std::string port_;

        }; 
    }
}

#endif