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Serializer Stream Operations

Non-trivial algorithms need to do more than send entire messages at once, such as:

These tasks may be performed by using the serializer stream interfaces. To use these interfaces, first construct an appropriate serializer from the message to be sent:

Table 1.21. Serializer

Name

Description

serializer

/// Provides buffer oriented HTTP message serialization functionality.
template<
    bool isRequest,
    class Body,
    class Fields = fields
>
class serializer;

request_serializer

/// A serializer for HTTP/1 requests
template<
    class Body,
    class Fields = fields
>
using request_serializer = serializer<true, Body, Fields>;

response_serializer

/// A serializer for HTTP/1 responses
template<
    class Body,
    class Fields = fields
>
using response_serializer = serializer<false, Body, Fields>;

The choices for template types must match the message passed on construction. This code creates an HTTP response and the corresponding serializer:

response<string_body> res;

response_serializer<string_body> sr{res};

The stream operations which work on serializers are:

Table 1.22. Serializer Stream Operations

Name

Description

write

Send everything in a serializer to a SyncWriteStream.

async_write

Send everything in a serializer asynchronously to an AsyncWriteStream.

write_header

Send only the header from a serializer to a SyncWriteStream.

async_write_header

Send only the header from a serializer asynchronously to an AsyncWriteStream.

write_some

Send part of a serializer to a SyncWriteStream.

async_write_some

Send part of a serializer asynchronously to an AsyncWriteStream.


Here is an example of using a serializer to send a message on a stream synchronously. This performs the same operation as calling write(stream, m):

/** Send a message to a stream synchronously.

    @param stream The stream to write to. This type must support
    the <em>SyncWriteStream</em> concept.

    @param m The message to send. The Body type must support
    the <em>BodyWriter</em> concept.
*/
template<
    class SyncWriteStream,
    bool isRequest, class Body, class Fields>
void
send(
    SyncWriteStream& stream,
    message<isRequest, Body, Fields> const& m)
{
    // Check the template types
    static_assert(is_sync_write_stream<SyncWriteStream>::value,
        "SyncWriteStream type requirements not met");
    static_assert(is_body_writer<Body>::value,
        "BodyWriter type requirements not met");

    // Create the instance of serializer for the message
    serializer<isRequest, Body, Fields> sr{m};

    // Loop until the serializer is finished
    do
    {
        // This call guarantees it will make some
        // forward progress, or otherwise return an error.
        write_some(stream, sr);
    }
    while(! sr.is_done());
}

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