bool Socket::connect(std::string url, int port)
{
int err;
if(isalpha(url[0]))
url = SocketSystem().getIpFromName(url);
SOCKADDR_IN tcpAddr;
tcpAddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
tcpAddr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(url.c_str());
tcpAddr.sin_port = htons(port);
err = ::connect(s_, (sockaddr*)&tcpAddr, sizeof(tcpAddr));
if(err == SOCKET_ERROR)
return false;
return true;
}
bool Socket::connect(std::string url, int port, bool throwError, size_t MaxTries)
{
try {
if(isalpha(url[0]))
url = SocketSystem().getIpFromName(url);
}
catch(...)
{
if(throwError)
throw std::exception(ss_.GetLastMsg(true).c_str());
return false;
}
SOCKADDR_IN tcpAddr;
tcpAddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
tcpAddr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(url.c_str());
tcpAddr.sin_port = htons(port);
if(s_ == INVALID_SOCKET)
{
s_ = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
}
size_t tryCount = 0;
std::string countStr;
while(true)
{
++tryCount;
TRACE("attempt to connect #" + IntToString(tryCount));
int err = ::connect(s_, (sockaddr*)&tcpAddr, sizeof(tcpAddr));
//std::string rip = System().getRemoteIP(this);
int rport = System().getRemotePort(this);
// error return from connect does not appear to be reliable
if(err != SOCKET_ERROR && rport != -1)
break;
if(tryCount >= MaxTries)
{
if(throwError)
throw std::exception(ss_.GetLastMsg(true).c_str());
return false;
}
::Sleep(100);
}
TRACE("I believe we are connected to " + url);
return true;
}