plFileserver Class Reference

A file server allows to serve files from a host PC to another process that is potentially on another device. More...

#include <Fileserver.h>

Public Types
using	ClientMessageHandler = plDelegate<void(plFileserveClientContext&, plRemoteMessage&, plRemoteInterface&, plDelegate<void(const char*)>)>

Public Member Functions
void	StartServer ()
	Starts listening for client connections. Uses the configured port.
void	StopServer ()
	Disconnects all clients.
bool	UpdateServer ()
	Has to be executed regularly to serve clients and keep the connection alive.
bool	IsServerRunning () const
	Whether the server was started.
void	SetPort (plUInt16 uiPort)
	Overrides the current port setting. May only be called when the server is currently not running.
plUInt16	GetPort () const
	Returns the currently set port. If the command line option "-fs_port X" was used, this will return that value, otherwise the default is.
void	BroadcastReloadResourcesCommand ()
	Broadcasts to all clients that they should reload their resources.
void	SetCustomMessageHandler (plUInt32 uiSystemID, ClientMessageHandler handler)

Static Public Member Functions
static plResult	SendConnectionInfo (const char *szClientAddress, plUInt16 uiMyPort, const plArrayPtr< plStringBuilder > &myIPs, plTime timeout=plTime::MakeFromSeconds(10))

Public Attributes
plEvent< const plFileserverEvent & >	m_Events
	The server broadcasts events about its activity.

Detailed Description

A file server allows to serve files from a host PC to another process that is potentially on another device.

This is mostly useful for mobile devices, that do not have access to the data on the development machine. Typically every change to a file would require packaging the app and deploying it to the device again. Fileserve allows to only deploy a very lean application and instead get all asset data directly from a host PC. This also allows to modify data on the PC and reload the data in the running application without delay.

A single file server can serve multiple clients. However, to mount "special directories" (see plFileSystem) the server needs to know what local path to map them to (it uses the configuration on plFileSystem). That means it cannot serve two clients that require different settings for the same special directory.

The port on which the server connects to clients can be configured through the command line option "-fs_port X"

Member Function Documentation

GetPort()

plUInt16 plFileserver::GetPort ( ) const

inline

Returns the currently set port. If the command line option "-fs_port X" was used, this will return that value, otherwise the default is.

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

• Code/EnginePlugins/FileservePlugin/Fileserver/Fileserver.h
• Code/EnginePlugins/FileservePlugin/Fileserver/Fileserver.cpp