NamedPipe Class Reference

A cross-process pipe that can have data written to and read from it. More...

Public Member Functions
	NamedPipe ()
	Creates a NamedPipe. More...
	~NamedPipe ()
	Destructor. More...
bool	openExisting (const String &pipeName)
	Tries to open a pipe that already exists. More...
bool	createNewPipe (const String &pipeName, bool mustNotExist=false)
	Tries to create a new pipe. More...
void	close ()
	Closes the pipe, if it's open. More...
bool	isOpen () const
	True if the pipe is currently open. More...
String	getName () const
	Returns the last name that was used to try to open this pipe. More...
int	read (void *destBuffer, int maxBytesToRead, int timeOutMilliseconds)
	Reads data from the pipe. More...
int	write (const void *sourceBuffer, int numBytesToWrite, int timeOutMilliseconds)
	Writes some data to the pipe. More...

Detailed Description

A cross-process pipe that can have data written to and read from it.

Two processes can use NamedPipe objects to exchange blocks of data.

See also

InterprocessConnection

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

NamedPipe()

NamedPipe::NamedPipe

(

)

Creates a NamedPipe.

~NamedPipe()

NamedPipe::~NamedPipe

(

)

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

openExisting()

bool NamedPipe::openExisting

(

const String &

pipeName

)

Tries to open a pipe that already exists.

Returns true if it succeeds.

createNewPipe()

bool NamedPipe::createNewPipe	(	const String &	pipeName,
		bool	mustNotExist = false
	)

Tries to create a new pipe.

Returns true if it succeeds. If mustNotExist is true then it will fail if a pipe is already open with the same name.

close()

void NamedPipe::close

(

)

Closes the pipe, if it's open.

isOpen()

bool NamedPipe::isOpen

(

)

const

True if the pipe is currently open.

getName()

String NamedPipe::getName

(

)

const

Returns the last name that was used to try to open this pipe.

read()

int NamedPipe::read	(	void *	destBuffer,
		int	maxBytesToRead,
		int	timeOutMilliseconds
	)

Reads data from the pipe.

This will block until another thread has written enough data into the pipe to fill the number of bytes specified, or until another thread calls the cancelPendingReads() method.

If the operation fails, it returns -1, otherwise, it will return the number of bytes read.

If timeOutMilliseconds is less than zero, it will wait indefinitely, otherwise this is a maximum timeout for reading from the pipe.

write()

int NamedPipe::write	(	const void *	sourceBuffer,
		int	numBytesToWrite,
		int	timeOutMilliseconds
	)

Writes some data to the pipe.

Returns

the number of bytes written, or -1 on failure.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• juce_NamedPipe.h