#include <nng/nng.h>
typedef struct nng_pipe_s nng_pipe;| This documentation is for the TIP (development tree) of NNG and may represent unreleased changes or functionality that is experimental, and is subject to change before release. The latest released version is v1.8.0. See the documentation for v1.8.0 for the most up-to-date information. |
nng_pipe(5)
NAME
nng_pipe - communications pipe
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
An nng_pipe is a handle to a pipe object, which can be thought of as a single
connection.
(In most cases this is actually the case — the pipe is an abstraction for a
single TCP or IPC connection.)
Pipes are associated with either the listener or dialer that created them,
and therefore are also automatically associated with a single socket.
The nng_pipe structure is always passed by value (both
for input parameters and return values), and should be treated opaquely.
Passing structures this way gives the compiler a chance to perform
accurate type checks in functions passing values of this type.
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| Most applications should never concern themselves with individual pipes. However it is possible to access a pipe when more information about the source of a message is needed, or when more control is required over message delivery. |
Pipe objects are created by dialers (nng_dialer objects)
and listeners (nng_listener objects).
Pipe objects may be destroyed by the
nng_pipe_close() function.
They are also closed when the dialer or listener that created them is closed,
or when the remote peer closes the underlying connection.
Initialization
A pipe may be initialized using the macro NNG_PIPE_INITIALIZER
before it is opened, to prevent confusion with valid open pipes.
For example:
nng_pipe p = NNG_PIPE_INITIALIZER;