...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world.
— Herb Sutter and Andrei
Alexandrescu, C++
Coding Standards
Inherited from basic_socket.
Disable sends or receives on the socket.
void shutdown( shutdown_type what);
This function is used to disable send operations, receive operations, or both.
Determines what types of operation will no longer be allowed.
Thrown on failure.
Shutting down the send side of the socket:
boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket socket(io_service); ... socket.shutdown(boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket::shutdown_send);