BoostAsioChat

Simple Chat Application using Boost Asio, based on Cpp.

Structure

Server

typedef deque<message> messageQueue;

class participant {
    public:
        virtual ~participant() {}
        virtual void deliver(const message& messageItem) = 0;
};

typedef shared_ptr<participant> participantPointer;

class room {
    public:
        void join(participantPointer participant);
        void deliver(const message& messageItem);
        void leave(participantPointer participant);
    private:
        messageQueue messageRecents;
        enum { max = 200 };
        set<participantPointer> participants;
};

class session : public participant, public enable_shared_from_this<session> {
    public:
        session(tcp::socket socket, room& room) : socket(move(socket)), room_(room);
        void start();
        void deliver(const message& messageItem);
    private:
        void readHeader();
        void readBody();
        void write();
        tcp::socket socket;
        room& room_;
        message messageItem;
        messageQueue Messages;
};

class server {
    public:
        server(boost::asio::io_context& io_context, const tcp::endpoint& endpoint) : acceptor(io_context, endpoint);
    private:
        void do_accept();
        tcp::acceptor acceptor;
        room room_;
};

int main(int argc, char* argv[]);

Client

typedef deque<message> messageQueue;

class client {
    public:
        client(boost::asio::io_context& context, const tcp::resolver::results_type& endpoints) : context(context), socket(context);
        void write(const message& messageItem);
        void close();
    private:
        void connect(const tcp::resolver::results_type& endpoints);
        void readHeader();
        void readBody();
        void write();
        boost::asio::io_context& context;
        tcp::socket socket;
        message readMessage;
        messageQueue writeMessage;
};

int main(int argc, char* argv[]);

Compile

$ g++ client.cpp -lpthread -o client
$ g++ Server.cpp -lpthread -o server

Using

1. Start the server

$ ./server 4000

2. Login as a user

$ ./client localhost 4000
first user: you can type message here...

3. Login as a new user

$ ./client localhost 4000
second user: you can type message here...

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Similar projects :

• https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_67_0/doc/html/boost_asio/example/cpp03/
• https://github.com/mpunkenhofer/BoostAsioChat
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37228437/boost-asio-chat-example-how-do-i-manually-write-in-the-body-of-the-message-c
• https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_67_0/doc/html/boost_asio/example/cpp03/chat/