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30 A signal handler must meet the requirements for a <a class="link" href="Handler.html" title="Handlers">handler</a>.
31 A value <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">h</span></code> of a signal handler
32 class should work correctly in the expression <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">h</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ec</span><span class="special">,</span>
33 <span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">)</span></code>,
34 where <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ec</span></code> is an lvalue of
35 type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">error_code</span></code>
36 and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">n</span></code> is an lvalue of type
37 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">int</span></code>.
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44 A free function as a signal handler:
46 <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">signal_handler</span><span class="special">(</span>
47 <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">system</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">error_code</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">ec</span><span class="special">,</span>
48 <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">signal_number</span><span class="special">)</span>
49 <span class="special">{</span>
50 <span class="special">...</span>
51 <span class="special">}</span>
54 A signal handler function object:
56 <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">signal_handler</span>
57 <span class="special">{</span>
58 <span class="special">...</span>
59 <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">()(</span>
60 <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">system</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">error_code</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">ec</span><span class="special">,</span>
61 <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">signal_number</span><span class="special">)</span>
62 <span class="special">{</span>
63 <span class="special">...</span>
64 <span class="special">}</span>
65 <span class="special">...</span>
66 <span class="special">};</span>
69 A non-static class member function adapted to a signal handler using <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">bind</span><span class="special">()</span></code>:
71 <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">my_class</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">signal_handler</span><span class="special">(</span>
72 <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">system</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">error_code</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">ec</span><span class="special">,</span>
73 <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">signal_number</span><span class="special">)</span>
74 <span class="special">{</span>
75 <span class="special">...</span>
76 <span class="special">}</span>
77 <span class="special">...</span>
78 <span class="identifier">my_signal_set</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">async_wait</span><span class="special">(</span>
79 <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">bind</span><span class="special">(&</span><span class="identifier">my_class</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">signal_handler</span><span class="special">,</span>
80 <span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">placeholders</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">error</span><span class="special">,</span>
81 <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">placeholders</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">signal_number</span><span class="special">));</span>
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