connection.h File Reference

Header for the connection-handling module. More...

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Functions
int	initConnectionHandler (void)
	Initializes the connection-handling module. More...
void	handleConnection (int clientSock, int listenSock)
	Handles an incoming connection. More...

Detailed Description

Header for the connection-handling module.

Function Documentation

handleConnection()

void handleConnection	(	int	clientSock,
		int	listenSock
	)

Handles an incoming connection.

This function should be called from the main module whenever a new connection has been accepted.

Parameters

clientSock	Socket representing the accepted connection from the client. Upon completing the request or as soon as it is no longer needed, this socket is closed.
listenSock	Socket the server is listening on. If the implementation launches a child process to handle the connection, this socket must be closed in that child process.

initConnectionHandler()

int initConnectionHandler

(

void

)

Initializes the connection-handling module.

Note

This function must be invoked after cmdlineInit().

It is the responsibility of this function to initialize the request-handling module by calling initRequestHandler().

Returns

0 on success, -1 if the command-line arguments are invalid. If a non-recoverable error occurs during initialization (e.g. a failed memory allocation), the function does not return, but instead prints a meaningful error message and terminates the process.