The Serial class is used as the base for all serial I/O services under APE. More...

#include <serial.h>

Inheritance diagram for Serial:

Collaboration diagram for Serial:

Public Types
enum	Error { errSuccess = 0, errOpenNoTty, errOpenFailed, errSpeedInvalid, errFlowInvalid, errParityInvalid, errCharsizeInvalid, errStopbitsInvalid, errOptionInvalid, errResourceFailure, errOutput, errInput, errTimeout, errExtended }

enum	Flow { flowNone, flowSoft, flowHard, flowBoth }

enum	Parity { parityNone, parityOdd, parityEven }

enum	Pending { pendingInput, pendingOutput, pendingError }

typedef enum Error	Error

typedef enum Flow	Flow

typedef enum Parity	Parity

typedef enum Pending	Pending

Public Member Functions
virtual	~Serial ()
	The serial base class may be "thrown" as a result on an error, and the "catcher" may then choose to destory the object. More...

Serial &	operator= (const Serial &from)
	Serial ports may also be duplecated by the assignment operator. More...

Error	setSpeed (unsigned long speed)
	Set serial port speed for both input and output. More...

Error	setCharBits (int bits)
	Set character size. More...

Error	setParity (Parity parity)
	Set parity mode. More...

Error	setStopBits (int bits)
	Set number of stop bits. More...

Error	setFlowControl (Flow flow)
	Set flow control. More...

void	toggleDTR (timeout_t millisec)
	Set the DTR mode off momentarily. More...

void	sendBreak (void)
	Send the "break" signal. More...

Error	getErrorNumber (void)
	Often used by a "catch" to fetch the last error of a thrown serial. More...

char *	getErrorString (void)
	Often used by a "catch" to fetch the user set error string of a thrown serial. More...

int	getBufferSize (void)
	Get the "buffer" size for buffered operations. More...

virtual bool	isPending (Pending pend, timeout_t timeout=TIMEOUT_INF)
	Get the status of pending operations. More...

Protected Member Functions
void	open (const char *fname)
	Opens the serial device. More...

void	close (void)
	Closes the serial device. More...

virtual int	aRead (char *Data, const int Length)
	Reads from serial device. More...

virtual int	aWrite (const char *Data, const int Length)
	Writes to serial device. More...

Error	error (Error error, char *errstr=NULL)
	This service is used to throw all serial errors which usually occur during the serial constructor. More...

void	error (char *err)
	This service is used to thow application defined serial errors where the application specific error code is a string. More...

void	setError (bool enable)
	This method is used to turn the error handler on or off for "throwing" execptions by manipulating the thrown flag. More...

int	setPacketInput (int size, unsigned char btimer=0)
	Set packet read mode and "size" of packet read buffer. More...

int	setLineInput (char newline=13, char nl1=0)
	Set "line buffering" read mode and specifies the newline character to be used in seperating line records. More...

void	restore (void)
	Restore serial device to the original settings at time of open. More...

void	flushInput (void)
	Used to flush the input waiting queue. More...

void	flushOutput (void)
	Used to flush any pending output data. More...

void	waitOutput (void)
	Used to wait until all output has been sent. More...

void	endSerial (void)
	Used as the default destructor for ending serial I/O services. More...

void	initConfig (void)
	Used to initialize a newly opened serial file handle. More...

	Serial ()
	This allows later ttystream class to open and close a serial device. More...

	Serial (const char *name)
	A serial object may be constructed from a named file on the file system. More...

Protected Attributes
HANDLE	dev

int	bufsize

Private Member Functions
void	initSerial (void)
	Used to properly initialize serial object. More...

Private Attributes
Error	errid

char *	errstr

struct {
bool thrown: 1

bool linebuf: 1

}	flags

void *	original

void *	current

Detailed Description

The Serial class is used as the base for all serial I/O services under APE.

A serial is a system serial port that is used either for line or packet based data input. Serial ports may also be "streamable" in a derived form.

Common C++ serial I/O classes are used to manage serial devices and implement serial device protocols. From the point of view of Common C++, serial devices are supported by the underlying Posix specified "termios" call interface.

The serial I/O base class is used to hold a descriptor to a serial device and to provide an exception handling interface for all serial I/O classes. The base class is also used to specify serial I/O properties such as communication speed, flow control, data size, and parity. The "Serial" base class is not itself directly used in application development, however.

Common C++ Serial I/O is itself divided into two conceptual modes; frame oriented and line oriented I/O. Both frame and line oriented I/O makes use of the ability of the underlying tty driver to buffer data and return "ready" status from when select either a specified number of bytes or newline record has been reached by manipulating termios c_cc fields appropriately. This provides some advantage in that a given thread servicing a serial port can block and wait rather than have to continually poll or read each and every byte as soon as it appears at the serial port.

Author: David Sugar dyfet.nosp@m.@ost.nosp@m.el.co.nosp@m.m base class for all serial I/O services.

Definition at line 98 of file serial.h.

Member Typedef Documentation

typedef enum Error Serial::Error

Definition at line 117 of file serial.h.

typedef enum Flow Serial::Flow

Definition at line 125 of file serial.h.

typedef enum Parity Serial::Parity

Definition at line 132 of file serial.h.

typedef enum Pending Serial::Pending

Definition at line 139 of file serial.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum Serial::Error

Enumerator
errSuccess
errOpenNoTty
errOpenFailed
errSpeedInvalid
errFlowInvalid
errParityInvalid
errCharsizeInvalid
errStopbitsInvalid
errOptionInvalid
errResourceFailure
errOutput
errInput
errTimeout
errExtended

Definition at line 101 of file serial.h.

enum Serial::Flow

Enumerator
flowNone
flowSoft
flowHard
flowBoth

Definition at line 119 of file serial.h.

enum Serial::Parity

Enumerator
parityNone
parityOdd
parityEven

Definition at line 127 of file serial.h.

enum Serial::Pending

Enumerator
pendingInput
pendingOutput
pendingError

Definition at line 134 of file serial.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Serial::Serial ( )

inlineprotected

This allows later ttystream class to open and close a serial device.

Definition at line 282 of file serial.h.

Serial::Serial ( const char * name )

protected

A serial object may be constructed from a named file on the file system.

This named device must be "isatty()".

Parameters

name of file.

virtual Serial::~Serial ( )

virtual

The serial base class may be "thrown" as a result on an error, and the "catcher" may then choose to destory the object.

By assuring the socket base class is a virtual destructor, we can assure the full object is properly terminated.

Member Function Documentation

virtual int Serial::aRead	(	char *	Data,
		const int	Length
	)

protectedvirtual

Reads from serial device.

Parameters

Data	Point to character buffer to receive data. Buffers MUST be at least Length + 1 bytes in size.
Length	Number of bytes to read.

virtual int Serial::aWrite	(	const char *	Data,
		const int	Length
	)

protectedvirtual

Writes to serial device.

Parameters

Data	Point to character buffer containing data to write. Buffers MUST
Length	Number of bytes to write.

void Serial::close ( void )

protected

Closes the serial device.

void Serial::endSerial ( void )

protected

Used as the default destructor for ending serial I/O services.

It will restore the port to it's original state.

Error Serial::error	(	Error	error,
		char *	errstr = `NULL`
	)

protected

This service is used to throw all serial errors which usually occur during the serial constructor.

Parameters

error	defined serial error id.
errstr	string or message to optionally pass.

void Serial::error ( char * err )

inlineprotected

This service is used to thow application defined serial errors where the application specific error code is a string.

Parameters

err	string or message to pass.

Definition at line 209 of file serial.h.

void Serial::flushInput ( void )

protected

Used to flush the input waiting queue.

void Serial::flushOutput ( void )

protected

Used to flush any pending output data.

int Serial::getBufferSize ( void )

inline

Get the "buffer" size for buffered operations.

This can be used when setting packet or line read modes to determine how many bytes to wait for in a given read call.

Returns: number of bytes used for buffering.

Definition at line 387 of file serial.h.

Error Serial::getErrorNumber ( void )

inline

Often used by a "catch" to fetch the last error of a thrown serial.

Returns: error numbr of last Error.

Definition at line 368 of file serial.h.

char* Serial::getErrorString ( void )

inline

Often used by a "catch" to fetch the user set error string of a thrown serial.

Returns: string for error message.

Definition at line 377 of file serial.h.

void Serial::initConfig ( void )

protected

Used to initialize a newly opened serial file handle.

You should set serial properties and DTR manually before first use.

void Serial::initSerial ( void )

private

Used to properly initialize serial object.

virtual bool Serial::isPending	(	Pending	pend,
		timeout_t	timeout = `TIMEOUT_INF`
	)

virtual

Get the status of pending operations.

This can be used to examine if input or output is waiting, or if an error has occured on the serial device.

Returns: true if ready, false if timeout.

Parameters

pend	ready check to perform.
timeout	in milliseconds.

Reimplemented in TTYStream.

void Serial::open ( const char * fname )

protected

Opens the serial device.

Parameters

fname Pathname of device to open

Serial& Serial::operator= ( const Serial & from )

Serial ports may also be duplecated by the assignment operator.

void Serial::restore ( void )

protected

Restore serial device to the original settings at time of open.

void Serial::sendBreak ( void )

Send the "break" signal.

Error Serial::setCharBits ( int bits )

Set character size.

Returns: 0 on success.

Parameters

bits	character size to use (usually 7 or 8).

void Serial::setError ( bool enable )

inlineprotected

This method is used to turn the error handler on or off for "throwing" execptions by manipulating the thrown flag.

Parameters

enable true to enable handler.

Definition at line 219 of file serial.h.

Error Serial::setFlowControl ( Flow flow )

Set flow control.

Returns: 0 on success.

Parameters

flow	control mode.

int Serial::setLineInput	(	char	newline = `13`,
		char	nl1 = `0`
	)

protected

Set "line buffering" read mode and specifies the newline character to be used in seperating line records.

isPending can then be used to wait for an entire line of input.

Parameters

newline	newline character.
nl1	EOL2 control character.

Returns: size of conical input buffer.

int Serial::setPacketInput	(	int	size,
		unsigned char	btimer = `0`
	)

protected

Set packet read mode and "size" of packet read buffer.

This sets VMIN to x. VTIM is normally set to "0" so that "isPending()" can wait for an entire packet rather than just the first byte.

Returns: actual buffer size set.

Parameters

size	of packet read request.
btimer	optional inter-byte data packet timeout.

Error Serial::setParity ( Parity parity )

Set parity mode.

Returns: 0 on success.

Parameters

parity mode.

Error Serial::setSpeed ( unsigned long speed )

Set serial port speed for both input and output.

Returns: 0 on success.

Parameters

speed to select. 0 signifies modem "hang up".

Error Serial::setStopBits ( int bits )

Set number of stop bits.

Returns: 0 on success.

Parameters

bits	stop bits.

void Serial::toggleDTR ( timeout_t millisec )

Set the DTR mode off momentarily.

Parameters

millisec number of milliseconds.

void Serial::waitOutput ( void )

protected

Used to wait until all output has been sent.

Field Documentation

int Serial::bufsize

protected

Definition at line 162 of file serial.h.

void* Serial::current

private

Definition at line 151 of file serial.h.

HANDLE Serial::dev

protected

Definition at line 160 of file serial.h.

Error Serial::errid

private

Definition at line 142 of file serial.h.

char* Serial::errstr

private

Definition at line 143 of file serial.h.

struct { ... } Serial::flags

bool Serial::linebuf

Definition at line 147 of file serial.h.

void* Serial::original

private

Definition at line 150 of file serial.h.

bool Serial::thrown

Definition at line 146 of file serial.h.

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

serial.h

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Detailed Description

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