latest version v1.9 - last update 24 Nov 2005

lti::url Class Reference

Class for retrieving documents identified by an URL. More...

#include <ltiURL.h>

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Public Types
enum	serviceType
enum	dataType
Public Member Functions
	url (const std::string &n)
	~url ()
bool	isOk ()
virtual bool	setParameters (const parameters &theParam)
const parameters &	getParameters () const
bool	get (std::string &data)
bool	get (vector< ubyte > &data)
bool	get (ioObject &data, dataType fmt)
bool	getPNGImage (image &data)
bool	getJPGImage (image &data)
bool	getBMPImage (image &data)
bool	put (const std::string &data)
bool	put (const vector< ubyte > &data)
bool	put (const ioObject &data, dataType fmt)
bool	putPNGImage (const image &data)
std::istream &	getInputStream ()
std::ostream &	getOutputStream ()
const std::string &	getPath () const
const char *	getStatusString () const
Protected Member Functions
void	setStatusString (const char *msg, const char *msg2=0)
Classes
class	parameters
	parameters for the url-object More...
class	serviceHandler
	This is an abstract base class for handling a kind of data service. More...
class	urlFields
	This class is used to split a URL into its separate fields. More...

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Detailed Description

Class for retrieving documents identified by an URL.

You simply give it an URL and call the appropriate get method (PUT's are not yet supported. For instance:

 lti::url doc("http://tintas/axiom/axicon.png");
 if (doc.isOk()) {
   doc.getPNGImage(tmp);

   viewer view;
   view.show(tmp);
   getchar();
 } else {
   std::cerr << doc.getStatusString() << std::endl;
 }

Unfortunately, I have no idea how to implement http client code for Windows. Therefore, this class currently only exists for libs compiled for Linux.

Ws2_32.lib is linked (you may need to specify its library in Project..Settings..Link..Object/Library Modules.)

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Member Enumeration Documentation

enum lti::url::dataType

The kind of data type that is expected for reading and writing ioObjects.

enum lti::url::serviceType

The type of service that is associated with the URL.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

lti::url::url (  const std::string &  n  )

Constructor. Creates a new connection to the URL given as argument. If the connection could be created, the function isOk returns true. Otherwise, it returns false. If the connection failed, the cause can be inquired by calling getStatusString.

lti::url::~url (   )

Destructor. Closes the network connection and deletes all allocated data structures.

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Member Function Documentation

bool lti::url::get (  ioObject &  data, dataType  fmt )

not implemented yet

bool lti::url::get (  vector< ubyte > &  data  )

Retrieves the URL as binary Data written in data. Returns: true iff the document could be retrieved successfully.

bool lti::url::get (  std::string &  data  )

Retrieves the URL as text document. This only works if the document is of MIME type "text/...". Returns: true iff the document could be retrieved successfully.

bool lti::url::getBMPImage (  image &  data  )

Retrieves the URL as binary Data written in data. Returns: true iff the document could be retrieved successfully.

std::istream& lti::url::getInputStream (   )

Returns the input stream that is used for reading the document. (linux only)

bool lti::url::getJPGImage (  image &  data  )

Retrieves the URL as binary Data written in data. Returns: true iff the document could be retrieved successfully.

std::ostream& lti::url::getOutputStream (   )

Returns the output stream that is used for writing the document. (linux only)

const parameters& lti::url::getParameters (   )  const

returns the current parameters

const std::string& lti::url::getPath (   )  const

Returns the path component of this URL.

bool lti::url::getPNGImage (  image &  data  )

Retrieves the URL as binary Data written in data. Returns: true iff the document could be retrieved successfully.

const char* lti::url::getStatusString (   )  const

return the last message set with setStatusString(). This will never return 0. If no status-string has been set yet an empty string (pointer to a string with only the char(0)) will be returned.

bool lti::url::isOk (   )

Returns true if so far all operations have been successful.

bool lti::url::put (  const ioObject &  data, dataType  fmt )

Not implemented yet.

bool lti::url::put (  const vector< ubyte > &  data  )

Not implemented yet.

bool lti::url::put (  const std::string &  data  )

Not implemented yet.

bool lti::url::putPNGImage (  const image &  data  )

Not implemented yet.

virtual bool lti::url::setParameters (  const parameters &  theParam  )  [virtual]

set url's parameters. This member makes a copy of theParam: the url will keep its own copy of the parameters! Returns: true if successful, false otherwise

void lti::url::setStatusString (  const char *  msg, const char *  msg2 = 0 )  [protected]

set a status string. Parameters: msg  the const string to be reported next time by getStatusString(). The given string will be copied. This message will be usually set within the apply methods to indicate an error cause. msg2  another message string, which is simply appended to the first one.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• ltiURL.h

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