NAME

       ost::TTYStream - TTY streams are used to represent serial connections that are fully
       'streamable' objects using C++ stream classes and friends.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <serial.h>

       Inherits streambuf, ost::Serial, and iostream.

       Inherited by ost::TTYSession, and ost::ttystream.

   Public Member Functions
       TTYStream (const char *filename, timeout_t to=0)
           Create and open a tty serial port.
       virtual ~TTYStream ()
           End the tty stream and cleanup.
       void setTimeout (timeout_t to)
           Set the timeout control.
       void interactive (bool flag)
           Set tty mode to buffered or 'interactive'.
       int sync (void)
           Flushes the stream input and out buffers, writes pending output.
       bool isPending (Pending pend, timeout_t timeout=TIMEOUT_INF)
           Get the status of pending operations.

   Protected Member Functions
       TTYStream ()
           This constructor is used to derive 'ttystream', a more C++ style version of the
           TTYStream class.
       void allocate (void)
           Used to allocate the buffer space needed for iostream operations.
       void endStream (void)
           Used to terminate the buffer space and clean up the tty connection.
       int underflow (void)
           This streambuf method is used to load the input buffer through the established tty
           serial port.
       int uflow (void)
           This streambuf method is used for doing unbuffered reads through the establish tty
           serial port when in interactive mode.
       int overflow (int ch)
           This streambuf method is used to write the output buffer through the established tty
           port.

   Protected Attributes
       char * gbuf
       char * pbuf
       timeout_t timeout

   Friends
       TTYStream & crlf (TTYStream &)
       TTYStream & lfcr (TTYStream &)

   Additional Inherited Members

Detailed Description

       TTY streams are used to represent serial connections that are fully 'streamable' objects
       using C++ stream classes and friends.

       The first application relevant serial I/O class is the TTYStream class. TTYStream offers a
       linearly buffered 'streaming' I/O session with the serial device. Furthermore, traditional
       C++ 'stream' operators (<< and >>) may be used with the serial device. A more 'true' to
       ANSI C++ library format 'ttystream' is also available, and this supports an 'open' method
       in which one can pass initial serial device parameters immediately following the device
       name in a single string, as in '/dev/tty3a:9600,7,e,1', as an example.

       The TTYSession aggragates a TTYStream and a Common C++ Thread which is assumed to be the
       execution context that will be used to perform actual I/O operations. This class is very
       anagolous to TCPSession.

       Author:
           David Sugar dyfet@ostel.com streamable tty serial I/O class.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

   ost::TTYStream::TTYStream () [protected]
       This constructor is used to derive 'ttystream', a more C++ style version of the TTYStream
       class.

   ost::TTYStream::TTYStream (const char * filename, timeout_t to = 0)
       Create and open a tty serial port.

       Parameters:
           filename char name of device to open.
           to default timeout.

   virtual ost::TTYStream::~TTYStream () [virtual]
       End the tty stream and cleanup.

Member Function Documentation

   void ost::TTYStream::allocate (void) [protected]
       Used to allocate the buffer space needed for iostream operations. This is based on
       MAX_INPUT.

   void ost::TTYStream::endStream (void) [protected]
       Used to terminate the buffer space and clean up the tty connection. This function is
       called by the destructor.

   void ost::TTYStream::interactive (bool flag)
       Set tty mode to buffered or 'interactive'. When interactive, all streamed I/O is directly
       sent to the serial port immediately.

       Parameters:
           flag bool set to true to make interactive.

   bool ost::TTYStream::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. If read buffer contains data
       then input is ready and if write buffer contains data it is first flushed then checked.

       Returns:
           true if ready, false if timeout.

       Parameters:
           pend ready check to perform.
           timeout in milliseconds.

       Reimplemented from ost::Serial.

   int ost::TTYStream::overflow (int ch) [protected]
       This streambuf method is used to write the output buffer through the established tty port.

       Parameters:
           ch char to push through.

       Returns:
           char pushed through.

   void ost::TTYStream::setTimeout (timeout_t to) [inline]
       Set the timeout control.

       Parameters:
           to timeout to use.

   int ost::TTYStream::sync (void)
       Flushes the stream input and out buffers, writes pending output.

       Returns:
           0 on success.

   int ost::TTYStream::uflow (void) [protected]
       This streambuf method is used for doing unbuffered reads through the establish tty serial
       port when in interactive mode. Also this method will handle proper use of buffers if not
       in interative mode.

       Returns:
           char from tty serial port, EOF also possible.

   int ost::TTYStream::underflow (void) [protected]
       This streambuf method is used to load the input buffer through the established tty serial
       port.

       Returns:
           char from get buffer, EOF also possible.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

   TTYStream& crlf (TTYStream &) [friend]
   TTYStream& lfcr (TTYStream &) [friend]

Member Data Documentation

   char* ost::TTYStream::gbuf [protected]
   char * ost::TTYStream::pbuf [protected]
   timeout_t ost::TTYStream::timeout [protected]

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