windows::overlapped

windows::overlapped_ptr

Wraps a handler to create an OVERLAPPED object for use with overlapped I/O.

class overlapped_ptr :
  noncopyable

Member Functions

Name	Description
complete	Post completion notification for overlapped operation. Releases ownership.
get	Get the contained OVERLAPPED object.
overlapped_ptr	Construct an empty overlapped_ptr. — Construct an overlapped_ptr to contain the specified handler.
release	Release ownership of the OVERLAPPED object.
reset	Reset to empty. — Reset to contain the specified handler, freeing any current OVERLAPPED object.
~overlapped_ptr	Destructor automatically frees the OVERLAPPED object unless released.

A special-purpose smart pointer used to wrap an application handler so that it can be passed as the LPOVERLAPPED argument to overlapped I/O functions.

Thread Safety

Distinct objects: Safe.

Shared objects: Unsafe.

Requirements

Header: asio/windows/overlapped_ptr.hpp

Convenience header: asio.hpp