testUDPClient.cpp

Example of a UDP client.

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 * Description:
 * Test for UDP client.
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#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>
#include <visp3/core/vpUDPClient.h>

namespace
{
struct DataType {
  double double_val;
  int int_val;

  DataType() : double_val(0.0), int_val(0) {}
  DataType(const double dbl, const int i) : double_val(dbl), int_val(i) {}
};
}

int main()
{
  try {
    std::string servername = "127.0.0.1";
    unsigned int port = 50037;
    vpUDPClient client(servername, port);

    // Send custom data type
    DataType data_type(1234.56789, 123450);
    char data[sizeof(data_type.double_val) + sizeof(data_type.int_val)];
    memcpy(data, &data_type.double_val, sizeof(data_type.double_val));
    memcpy(data + sizeof(data_type.double_val), &data_type.int_val, sizeof(data_type.int_val));
    std::string msg(data, sizeof(data_type.double_val) + sizeof(data_type.int_val));
    if (client.send(msg) != (int)sizeof(data_type.double_val) + sizeof(data_type.int_val))
      std::cerr << "Error client.send()!" << std::endl;

    if (client.receive(msg)) {
      data_type.double_val = *reinterpret_cast<const double *>(msg.c_str());
      data_type.int_val = *reinterpret_cast<const int *>(msg.c_str() + sizeof(data_type.double_val));

      std::cout << "Receive from the server double_val: " << data_type.double_val << " ; int_val: " << data_type.int_val
                << std::endl;
    }

    // Send user message
    while (true) {
      std::cout << "Enter the message to send:" << std::endl;
      std::string msg = "";
      std::getline(std::cin, msg);
      if (client.send(msg) != (int)msg.size())
        std::cerr << "Error client.send()!" << std::endl;
      if (client.receive(msg))
        std::cout << "Receive from the server: " << msg << std::endl;
    }

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
  } catch (const vpException &e) {
    std::cerr << "Catch an exception: " << e.what() << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }
}