basic_socket_acceptor::accept (4 of 16 overloads)

Accept a new connection and obtain the endpoint of the peer.

template<
    typename Executor1>
void accept(
    basic_socket< protocol_type, Executor1 > & peer,
    endpoint_type & peer_endpoint,
    asio::error_code & ec);

This function is used to accept a new connection from a peer into the given socket, and additionally provide the endpoint of the remote peer. The function call will block until a new connection has been accepted successfully or an error occurs.

Parameters

peer: The socket into which the new connection will be accepted.
peer_endpoint: An endpoint object which will receive the endpoint of the remote peer.
ec: Set to indicate what error occurred, if any.

Example

asio::ip::tcp::acceptor acceptor(my_context);
...
asio::ip::tcp::socket socket(my_context);
asio::ip::tcp::endpoint endpoint;
asio::error_code ec;
acceptor.accept(socket, endpoint, ec);
if (ec)
{
  // An error occurred.
}