SocketConnection.cpp

#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/select.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/tcp.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <resolv.h>

/*
 * This is a very simple example client socket connection.
 * This implementation is limited to Linux (POSIX) sockets only.
 * A Microsoft Windows implementation is not supplied in this example.
 */

int OpenConnection(const char *hostname, int port)
{
    int sd, err;
    struct addrinfo hints = {}, *addrs;
    char port_str[16] = {};

    hints.ai_family = AF_INET; // Since your original code was using sockaddr_in and
                               // PF_INET, I'm using AF_INET here to match.  Use
                               // AF_UNSPEC instead if you want to allow getaddrinfo()
                               // to find both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for the hostname.
                               // Just make sure the rest of your code is equally family-
                               // agnostic when dealing with the IP addresses associated
                               // with this connection. For instance, make sure any uses
                               // of sockaddr_in are changed to sockaddr_storage,
                               // and pay attention to its ss_family field, etc...
    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
    hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;

    sprintf(port_str, "%d", port);

    err = getaddrinfo(hostname, port_str, &hints, &addrs);
    if (err != 0)
    {
        fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", hostname, gai_strerror(err));
    }

    for(struct addrinfo *addr = addrs; addr != NULL; addr = addr->ai_next)
    {
        sd = socket(addr->ai_family, addr->ai_socktype, addr->ai_protocol);
        if (sd == -1)
        {
            err = errno;
            break; // if using AF_UNSPEC above instead of AF_INET/6 specifically,
                   // replace this 'break' with 'continue' instead, as the 'ai_family'
                   // may be different on the next iteration...
        }

        if (connect(sd, addr->ai_addr, addr->ai_addrlen) == 0)
            break;

        err = errno;

        close(sd);
        sd = -1;
    }

    freeaddrinfo(addrs);

    if (sd == -1)
    {
        fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", hostname, strerror(err));
    }

    return sd;
}

int SocketConnect(const char *cpIpAddress, int iPort) {

    unsigned char ucBuffer[sizeof(struct in6_addr)];

    if(inet_pton(AF_INET, cpIpAddress, ucBuffer) <= 0) {
        printf("IP address %s cannot be converted.\n", cpIpAddress);
        return -1;
    }

    struct sockaddr_in server_addr;
    memset(&server_addr, 0, sizeof(server_addr));
    server_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
    server_addr.sin_port = htons(iPort);
    server_addr.sin_addr = *((struct in_addr *) ucBuffer);

    int iSocket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
    if(iSocket < 0) {
        printf("Cannot create socket. Error %i errno %i.\n", iSocket, errno);
        return iSocket;
    }

    // 3 secs receive timeout setup
    struct timeval tv;
    tv.tv_sec = 3;
    tv.tv_usec = 0;
    setsockopt(iSocket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, (struct timeval *) &tv, sizeof(struct timeval));
    // send time out should never occur on normal OS configurations but just in case set the timeout to 5 seconds
    tv.tv_sec = 5;
    tv.tv_usec = 0;
    setsockopt(iSocket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, (struct timeval *) &tv, sizeof(struct timeval));

    int enable = 1;
    setsockopt(iSocket, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, (char *) &enable, sizeof(enable));


    // wait 3 seconds for connection to get ready
    int iRetries = 3;
    if(connect(iSocket, (struct sockaddr *) &server_addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr)) < 0) {
        printf("Cannot connect to server. errno %i.\n", errno);
        close(iSocket);
        return -1;
    }

    return iSocket;
}

int SocketConnect_noblock(const char *cpIpAddress, int iPort) {

    unsigned char ucBuffer[sizeof(struct in6_addr)];

    if(inet_pton(AF_INET, cpIpAddress, ucBuffer) <= 0) {
        printf("IP address %s cannot be converted.\n", cpIpAddress);
        return -1;
    }

    struct sockaddr_in server_addr;
    memset(&server_addr, 0, sizeof(server_addr));
    server_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
    server_addr.sin_port = htons(iPort);
    server_addr.sin_addr = *((struct in_addr *) ucBuffer);

    int iSocket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
    if(iSocket < 0) {
        printf("Cannot create socket. Error %i errno %i.\n", iSocket, errno);
        return iSocket;
    }

    // 3 secs receive timeout setup
    struct timeval tv;
    tv.tv_sec = 3;
    tv.tv_usec = 0;
    setsockopt(iSocket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, (struct timeval *) &tv, sizeof(struct timeval));
    // send time out should never occur on normal OS configurations but just in case set the timeout to 5 seconds
    tv.tv_sec = 5;
    tv.tv_usec = 0;
    setsockopt(iSocket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, (struct timeval *) &tv, sizeof(struct timeval));

    int enable = 1;
    setsockopt(iSocket, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, (char *) &enable, sizeof(enable));

    long save_fd = fcntl( iSocket, F_GETFL );
    save_fd |= O_NONBLOCK;
    fcntl( iSocket, F_SETFL, save_fd );

    // wait 3 seconds for connection to get ready
    int iRetries = 3;
    if(connect(iSocket, (struct sockaddr *) &server_addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr)) < 0) {
        printf("Cannot connect to server. errno %i.\n", errno);
        sleep(1);
        if(connect(iSocket, (struct sockaddr *) &server_addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr)) < 0) {
            printf("Cannot connect to server. errno %i.\n", errno);
            if (errno != 36) {
            close(iSocket);
                return -1;}
            }
    }

    return iSocket;
}

void SocketClose(int iSocket)
{
    // sanity check
    if(iSocket >= 0) {
        shutdown(iSocket, SHUT_RD);
        close(iSocket);
    }
}

int SocketSendData(int iSocket, const unsigned char * ucBuffer, int iLength)
{
    // sanity check
    if(iSocket <= 0) {
        return iSocket;
    }

    int iSentBytes = 0;
    while(iLength)
    {
        long result = send(iSocket, ucBuffer, iLength, 0);
        if(result <= 0) {
            return -1;
        }
        iSentBytes += result;
        ucBuffer += result;
        iLength -= result;
    }
    return iSentBytes;
}

int SocketRecvData(int iSocket, unsigned char * ucBuffer, int iLength)
{
    // sanity check
    if(iSocket <= 0) {
        return iSocket;
    }

    return recv(iSocket, ucBuffer, iLength, 0);
}