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async_write_at (2 of 4 overloads)

Start an asynchronous operation to write a certain amount of data at the specified offset.

template<
    typename AsyncRandomAccessWriteDevice,
    typename ConstBufferSequence,
    typename CompletionCondition,
    typename WriteHandler>
void async_write_at(
    AsyncRandomAccessWriteDevice & d,
    boost::uint64_t offset,
    const ConstBufferSequence & buffers,
    CompletionCondition completion_condition,
    WriteHandler handler);

This function is used to asynchronously write a certain number of bytes of data to a random access device at a specified offset. The function call always returns immediately. The asynchronous operation will continue until one of the following conditions is true:

This operation is implemented in terms of zero or more calls to the device's async_write_some_at function.

Parameters

d

The device to which the data is to be written. The type must support the AsyncRandomAccessWriteDevice concept.

offset

The offset at which the data will be written.

buffers

One or more buffers containing the data to be written. Although the buffers object may be copied as necessary, ownership of the underlying memory blocks is retained by the caller, which must guarantee that they remain valid until the handler is called.

completion_condition

The function object to be called to determine whether the write operation is complete. The signature of the function object must be:

std::size_t completion_condition(
  // Result of latest async_write_some_at operation.
  const boost::system::error_code& error,

  // Number of bytes transferred so far.
  std::size_t bytes_transferred
); 

A return value of 0 indicates that the write operation is complete. A non-zero return value indicates the maximum number of bytes to be written on the next call to the device's async_write_some_at function.

handler

The handler to be called when the write operation completes. Copies will be made of the handler as required. The function signature of the handler must be:

void handler(
  // Result of operation.
  const boost::system::error_code& error,

  // Number of bytes written from the buffers. If an error
  // occurred, this will be less than the sum of the buffer sizes.
  std::size_t bytes_transferred
); 

Regardless of whether the asynchronous operation completes immediately or not, the handler will not be invoked from within this function. Invocation of the handler will be performed in a manner equivalent to using boost::asio::io_service::post().

Example

To write a single data buffer use the buffer function as follows:

boost::asio::async_write_at(d, 42,
    boost::asio::buffer(data, size),
    boost::asio::transfer_at_least(32),
    handler); 

See the buffer documentation for information on writing multiple buffers in one go, and how to use it with arrays, boost::array or std::vector.


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