Boost.Asio C++ Network Programming Cookbook

Implementing a synchronous iterative TCP server

A synchronous iterative TCP server is a part of a distributed application that satisfies the following criteria:

• Acts as a server in the client-server communication model
• Communicates with client applications over TCP protocol
• Uses I/O and control operations that block the thread of execution until the corresponding operation completes, or an error occurs
• Handles clients in a serial, one-by-one fashion

A typical synchronous iterative TCP server works according to the following algorithm:

1. Allocate an acceptor socket and bind it to a particular TCP port.
2. Run a loop until the server is stopped:
   1. Wait for the connection request from a client.
   2. Accept the client's connection request when one arrives.
   3. Wait for the ...