I would like to create a server and client application that communicate via sockets using GIO. GSocketService and GSocketClient seem be perfect for this purpose but unfortunately I couldn't find some tutorial or example code (that a GLib, GIO,... newbie can understand). Does anybody know some good resources or can post example code here?
I finally managed to create both a simple server and client using glib and gio.
My server looks like this:
#include <glib.h>
#include <gio/gio.h>
/* this function will get called everytime a client attempts to connect */
gboolean
incoming_callback (GSocketService *service,
GSocketConnection *connection,
GObject *source_object,
gpointer user_data)
{
g_print("Received Connection from client!\n");
GInputStream * istream = g_io_stream_get_input_stream (G_IO_STREAM (connection));
gchar message[1024];
g_input_stream_read (istream,
message,
1024,
NULL,
NULL);
g_print("Message was: \"%s\"\n", message);
return FALSE;
}
int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
/* initialize glib */
g_type_init();
GError * error = NULL;
/* create the new socketservice */
GSocketService * service = g_socket_service_new ();
/* connect to the port */
g_socket_listener_add_inet_port ((GSocketListener*)service,
1500, /* your port goes here */
NULL,
&error);
/* don't forget to check for errors */
if (error != NULL)
{
g_error (error->message);
}
/* listen to the 'incoming' signal */
g_signal_connect (service,
"incoming",
G_CALLBACK (incoming_callback),
NULL);
/* start the socket service */
g_socket_service_start (service);
/* enter mainloop */
g_print ("Waiting for client!\n");
GMainLoop *loop = g_main_loop_new(NULL, FALSE);
g_main_loop_run(loop);
return 0;
}
and this is the corresponding client:
#include <glib.h>
#include <gio/gio.h>
int
main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
/* initialize glib */
g_type_init ();
GError * error = NULL;
/* create a new connection */
GSocketConnection * connection = NULL;
GSocketClient * client = g_socket_client_new();
/* connect to the host */
connection = g_socket_client_connect_to_host (client,
(gchar*)"localhost",
1500, /* your port goes here */
NULL,
&error);
/* don't forget to check for errors */
if (error != NULL)
{
g_error (error->message);
}
else
{
g_print ("Connection successful!\n");
}
/* use the connection */
GInputStream * istream = g_io_stream_get_input_stream (G_IO_STREAM (connection));
GOutputStream * ostream = g_io_stream_get_output_stream (G_IO_STREAM (connection));
g_output_stream_write (ostream,
"Hello server!", /* your message goes here */
13, /* length of your message */
NULL,
&error);
/* don't forget to check for errors */
if (error != NULL)
{
g_error (error->message);
}
return 0;
}
Note though, that I am still new to glib, gio and even C, so double check my code before using it.