Re: CSocket::OnReceive() getting called only once.

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=?Utf-8?B?bmV4b2xpdGU=?= <nexolite@discussions.microsoft.com>

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Date:

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:20:05 -0800

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Actually OnReceive() itself is not getting called properly or as I say is
getting called only once.
I have made this client code:

class Client:public CDialog
{
public:
    Client();
    Client(int n):CDialog(n){}
    void OnRecieve();
    void OnOK();
    DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};
BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(Client,CDialog)
    ON_COMMAND(IDOK,OnOK)
END_MESSAGE_MAP()
class ClientSock:public CSocket
{
    private:
        CDialog *pwnd;
    public:
        void SetParent(CDialog *mpwnd)
        {
            pwnd=mpwnd;
        }
        void OnReceive(int nErrorCode)
        {
            CSocket::OnReceive(nErrorCode);
            AfxMessageBox("from receive()");
            if(nErrorCode==0)
                ((Client*)pwnd)->OnRecieve();
        }
}sock;

    void Client::OnOK()
    {
        sock.Create();
        if(sock.Connect("127.0.0.1",4945)==FALSE)
            MessageBox("error");
    }
    void Client::OnRecieve()
    {
        char data[200];
        int read=sock.Receive(data,sizeof(data));
        data[read]=NULL;
        CString Data=data;
        MessageBox(Data);
    }
class ClientApp:public CWinApp
{
public:
    BOOL InitInstance()
    {
        AfxSocketInit();
        Client d(IDD_TEST);
        m_pMainWnd=&d;
        d.DoModal();
        return TRUE;
    }
}a;

Is there any problem with this code since its OnReceive() is called only once.

"Joseph M. Newcomer" wrote:

It doesn't matter HOW MANY send calls one side does; the other side will receive what it
receives. You might do one send() and take 20 receive()s to get the data, or 20 sends()
which all appear on one receive(). It is a stream-oriented protocol and there is NO
CORRELATION between the number of send()s and the number of receive()s.

Note also that if you do
    send(1000 bytes);
    send(1000 bytes);
    send(1000 bytes);

while sending 1000-byte packets, you will quite possibly see
    receive(1456 bytes);
    receive(1456 bytes);
    receive(88 bytes);
or
    receive(512 bytes);
    receive(512 bytes);
    receive(1024 bytes);
    receive(952 bytes);

and that's just TWO of the possible scenarios. There is not only no correlation between
the number of sends and number of receives, there is no correlation between the size of
the data in a single send and the size of the data in a single receive. They are
COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT concepts. send() creates a stream of bytes, which are sent out in
bunches of whatever sizes the sending stack chooses to send, which are received by the
receiving stack, and which are reassembled into streams. Depending on the timing, network
traffic, phase of the moon, and number of sunspots, you can get different lengths on a
sequence of successive experiments.

It is a common error to think that size-of-send and number-of-sends correlates in any way
whatsoever with size-of-receive and number-of-receives. The only thing TCP/IP guarantees
is that the receives will receive a sequence of bytes which, ultimately, are in 1:1
correlation with the sequence of bytes sent. But how those are managed in terms of IP
data packets, how send()s are coalesced into outgoing packets, how receive()s get the data
and reassemble it for you, is entirely up to the network stacks, and can vary
minute-by-minute.

Note that if your data format uses a length field, and the length field is a multibyte
value, then it is always possible for a split to happen in the middle of the length field,
and you will have to cope with this. This is typically done by using a slightly modified
finite-state-machine (FSM) model for packet-parsing. I illustrate such an algorithm in my
multithreaded TCP/IP example on my MVP Tips site.
                joe

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:01:00 -0800, nexolite <nexolite@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

I have a server that makes two consecutive calls to send()
so I have verified by using telnet client that both the strings are received
but my MFC client's program OnReceieve gets called only once, I am calling
Receive to read data but OnReceive itself is not getting called more than
once.

"Scott McPhillips [MVP]" wrote:

"nexolite" <nexolite@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CBE571AD-6CC1-44DA-9DBE-8A76CDEE6AF1@microsoft.com...

CSocket::OnReceive() getting called only once .
What can be the reason?

There can be two reasons.

1. If you don't call Receive on OnReceive
2. If no more data arrives.

--
Scott McPhillips [VC++ MVP]

Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP]
email: newcomer@flounder.com
Web: http://www.flounder.com
MVP Tips: http://www.flounder.com/mvp_tips.htm

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