Library: TCP/IP client and server support (OMTCP) Import: omtcp.xmd

Return type: opaque Returns: Returns an I/O protocol object that implements the end-delimited protocol.

Declaration

define external tcp.io-protocol function tcp.end-delimited
   value string End-of-Data-Pattern

This function is used to implement the end-delimited protocol. In this protocol, the end of data is indicated by end-marking the data with the specified end-of-data pattern. The end-of-data pattern must not occur in the data. The length of the end-of-data pattern must be at least 1 byte and no more than 64 bytes.

Examples in common use:

• "%13#%10#" ("\r\n")
• "%26#" ("Control-Z")

Other Library Functions tcp.accept-connection tcp.connect tcp.connection tcp.create-service tcp.destroy-service tcp.disconnect tcp.end-delimited tcp.get-string tcp.is-connected tcp.multi-packet tcp.omtcp-version tcp.peer-ip tcp.peer-name tcp.port tcp.put-string tcp.reader tcp.service tcp.set-buffering tcp.single-packet tcp.terminate-reader tcp.wait-for-input tcp.writer

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