/* This is an example illustrating the use of the sockets and server components from the dlib C++ Library. This is a simple echo server. It listens on port 1234 for incoming connections and just echos back any data it receives. */ #include "dlib/sockets.h" #include "dlib/server.h" #include using namespace dlib; using namespace std; class serv : public server::kernel_1a_c { void on_connect ( connection& con ) { char ch; while (con.read(&ch,1) > 0) { // we are just reading one char at a time and writing it back // to the connection. If there is some problem writing the char // then we quit the loop. if (con.write(&ch,1) != 1) break; } } }; serv our_server; void thread() { cout << "Press enter to end this program" << endl; cin.get(); // this will cause the server to shut down which will in turn cause // our_server.start() to unblock and thus the main() function will terminate. our_server.clear(); } int main() { try { // create a thread that will listen for the user to end this program thread_function t(thread); // set up the server object we have made our_server.set_listening_port(1234); our_server.set_max_connections(1000); // start the server our_server.start(); } catch (exception& e) { cout << e.what() << endl; } catch (...) { cout << "Some error occurred" << endl; } }