socket_base

The socket_base class is used as a base for the basic_stream_socket and basic_datagram_socket class templates so that we have a common place to define the shutdown_type and enum.

class socket_base

Name	Description
broadcast	Socket option to permit sending of broadcast messages.
bytes_readable	IO control command to get the amount of data that can be read without blocking.
debug	Socket option to enable socket-level debugging.
do_not_route	Socket option to prevent routing, use local interfaces only.
enable_connection_aborted	Socket option to report aborted connections on accept.
keep_alive	Socket option to send keep-alives.
linger	Socket option to specify whether the socket lingers on close if unsent data is present.
message_flags	Bitmask type for flags that can be passed to send and receive operations.
out_of_band_inline	Socket option for putting received out-of-band data inline.
receive_buffer_size	Socket option for the receive buffer size of a socket.
receive_low_watermark	Socket option for the receive low watermark.
reuse_address	Socket option to allow the socket to be bound to an address that is already in use.
send_buffer_size	Socket option for the send buffer size of a socket.
send_low_watermark	Socket option for the send low watermark.
shutdown_type	Different ways a socket may be shutdown.
wait_type	Wait types.

Name	Description
~socket_base	Protected destructor to prevent deletion through this type.

Name	Description
max_connections	(Deprecated: Use max_listen_connections.) The maximum length of the queue of pending incoming connections.
max_listen_connections	The maximum length of the queue of pending incoming connections.
message_do_not_route	Specify that the data should not be subject to routing.
message_end_of_record	Specifies that the data marks the end of a record.
message_out_of_band	Process out-of-band data.
message_peek	Peek at incoming data without removing it from the input queue.

Header: boost/asio/socket_base.hpp

Convenience header: boost/asio.hpp

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