CAsyncSocket::GetSockOpt

BOOL GetSockOpt( int nOptionName, void* lpOptionValue, int* lpOptionLen, int nLevel = SOL_SOCKET );

Return Value

Nonzero if the function is successful; otherwise 0, and a specific error code can be retrieved by calling GetLastError. If an option was never set with SetSockOpt, then GetSockOpt returns the default value for the option. The following errors apply to this member function:

Parameters

nOptionName

The socket option for which the value is to be retrieved.

lpOptionValue

A pointer to the buffer in which the value for the requested option is to be returned. The value associated with the selected option is returned in the buffer lpOptionValue. The integer pointed to by lpOptionLen should originally contain the size of this buffer in bytes; and on return, it will be set to the size of the value returned. For SO_LINGER, this will be the size of a LINGER structure; for all other options it will be the size of a BOOL or an int, depending on the option. See the list of options and their sizes in the Remarks section.

lpOptionLen

A pointer to the size of the lpOptionValue buffer in bytes.

nLevel

The level at which the option is defined; the only supported levels are SOL_SOCKET and IPPROTO_TCP.

Remarks

Call this member function to retrieve a socket option. GetSockOpt retrieves the current value for a socket option associated with a socket of any type, in any state, and stores the result in lpOptionValue. Options affect socket operations, such as the routing of packets, out-of-band data transfer, and so on.

The following options are supported for GetSockOpt. The Type identifies the type of data addressed by lpOptionValue. The TCP_NODELAY option uses level IPPROTO_TCP; all other options use level SOL_SOCKET.

Value Type Meaning
SO_ACCEPTCONN BOOL Socket is listening.
SO_BROADCAST BOOL Socket is configured for the transmission of broadcast messages.
SO_DEBUG BOOL Debugging is enabled.
SO_DONTLINGER BOOL If true, the SO_LINGER option is disabled.
SO_DONTROUTE BOOL Routing is disabled.
SO_ERROR int Retrieve error status and clear.
SO_KEEPALIVE BOOL Keep-alives are being sent.
SO_LINGER struct LINGER Returns the current linger options.
SO_OOBINLINE BOOL Out-of-band data is being received in the normal data stream.
SO_RCVBUF int Buffer size for receives.
SO_REUSEADDR BOOL The socket can be bound to an address which is already in use.
SO_SNDBUF int Buffer size for sends.
SO_TYPE int The type of the socket (for example, SOCK_STREAM).
TCP_NODELAY BOOL Disables the Nagle algorithm for send coalescing.

Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) options not supported for GetSockOpt are:

Value Type Meaning
SO_RCVLOWAT int Receive low water mark.
SO_RCVTIMEO int Receive timeout.
SO_SNDLOWAT int Send low water mark.
SO_SNDTIMEO int Send timeout.
IP_OPTIONS Get options in IP header.
TCP_MAXSEG int Get TCP maximum segment size.

Calling GetSockOpt with an unsupported option will result in an error code of WSAENOPROTOOPT being returned from GetLastError.

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See Also   CAsyncSocket::SetSockOpt