# ConnectionWriter

from pandac.PandaModules import ConnectionWriter

Class : ConnectionWriter
Description : This class handles threaded delivery of datagrams to various TCP or UDP sockets.
A ConnectionWriter may define an arbitrary number of threads (0 or more) to write its datagrams to sockets. The number of threads is specified at construction time and cannot be changed.

## Inheritance:

ConnectionWriter:

## Methods of ConnectionWriter:

ConnectionWriter (Constructor)
getCurrentQueueSize
getManager
getMaxQueueSize
getNumThreads
getRawMode
getTcpHeaderSize
isImmediate
isValidForUdp
send
setMaxQueueSize
setRawMode
setTcpHeaderSize

ConnectionWriter ConnectionWriter::ConnectionWriter(ConnectionManager *manager, int num_threads); Description: Creates a new ConnectionWriter with the indicated number of threads to handle output. If num_threads is 0, all datagrams will be sent immediately instead of queueing for later transmission by a thread.

getCurrentQueueSize int ConnectionWriter::get_current_queue_size(void) const; Description: Returns the current number of things in the queue.

getManager ConnectionManager *ConnectionWriter::get_manager(void) const; Description: Returns a pointer to the ConnectionManager object that serves this ConnectionWriter.

getMaxQueueSize int ConnectionWriter::get_max_queue_size(void) const; Description: Returns the maximum size the queue is allowed to grow to. See set_max_queue_size().

getNumThreads int ConnectionWriter::get_num_threads(void) const; Description: Returns the number of threads the ConnectionWriter has been created with.

getRawMode bool ConnectionWriter::get_raw_mode(void) const; Description: Returns the current setting of the raw mode flag. See set_raw_mode().

getTcpHeaderSize int ConnectionWriter::get_tcp_header_size(void) const; Description: Returns the current setting of TCP header size. See set_tcp_header_size().

isImmediate bool ConnectionWriter::is_immediate(void) const; Description: Returns true if the writer is an immediate writer, i.e. it has no threads.

isValidForUdp bool ConnectionWriter::is_valid_for_udp(Datagram const &datagram) const; Description: Returns true if the datagram is small enough to be sent over a UDP packet, false otherwise.

send bool ConnectionWriter::send(Datagram const &datagram, PointerTo< Connection > const &connection, bool block = (0)); Description: Enqueues a datagram for transmittal on the indicated socket. Since the host address is not specified with this form, this function should only be used for sending TCP packets. Use the other send() method for sending UDP packets. Returns true if successful, false if there was an error. In the normal, threaded case, this function only returns false if the send queue is filled; it's impossible to detect a transmission error at this point. If block is true, this will not return false if the send queue is filled; instead, it will wait until there is space available. Description: Enqueues a datagram for transmittal on the indicated socket. This form of the function allows the specification of a destination host address, and so is appropriate for UDP packets. Use the other send() method for sending TCP packets.

setMaxQueueSize void ConnectionWriter::set_max_queue_size(int max_size); Description: Limits the number of packets that may be pending on the outbound queue. This only has an effect when using threads; if num_threads is 0, then all packets are sent immediately.

setRawMode void ConnectionWriter::set_raw_mode(bool mode); Description: Sets the ConnectionWriter into raw mode (or turns off raw mode). In raw mode, datagrams are not sent along with their headers; the bytes in the datagram are simply sent down the pipe. Setting the ConnectionWriter to raw mode must be done with care. This can only be done when the matching ConnectionReader is also set to raw mode, or when the ConnectionWriter is communicating to a process that does not expect datagrams.

setTcpHeaderSize void ConnectionWriter::set_tcp_header_size(int tcp_header_size); Description: Sets the header size of TCP packets. At the present, legal values for this are 0, 2, or 4; this specifies the number of bytes to use encode the datagram length at the start of each TCP datagram. Sender and receiver must independently agree on this.