Class CPipe

• Defined in File CPipe.h

Class Documentation

class CPipe

A pipe, portable across different OS. Pipes can be used as intraprocess (inter-threads) or interprocess communication mechanism. Read more on pipes here: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Pipes-and-FIFOs.html

std::unique_ptr<CPipeReadEndPoint>  read_pipe;
std::unique_ptr<CPipeWriteEndPoint> write_pipe;

CPipe::createPipe(read_pipe,write_pipe);

See also the example: MRPT/mrpt_examples_cpp/threadsPipe/

Public Functions

CPipe() = delete

Create via createPipe() instead

~CPipe() = delete

Public Static Functions

template<typename ReadPtr, typename WritePtr>
static void createPipe(ReadPtr &outReadPipe, WritePtr &outWritePipe)

Creates a new pipe and returns the read & write end-points as newly allocated objects.

Throws:

std::exception – On any error during the pipe creation Creates a new pipe and returns the read & write end-points as newly allocated objects.

static void initializePipe(CPipeReadEndPoint &outReadPipe, CPipeWriteEndPoint &outWritePipe)