Re: [Boost-users] how to run listener socket in a separate thread

From: Jonathan Biggar (jon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-29 20:01:15

lakers fan wrote:
> Hello,
>        I have a udp listener socket, I want that to run in a separate 
> thread. Just listen for incoming messages and pass the message to 
> message handler. I checked the tutorial, it shows
>  
>     boost::asio::io_service io_service;
>     udp_server server(io_service);
>     io_service.run();
> 
> I see the run() method running in a loop. Then how do I stop the service 
> from some other thread?.
>  
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Arrange for a way for another thread can call top() on the first 
thread's io_service object.

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Jon Biggar
Floorboard Software
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