threaded_udp_sender.h

#pragma once
 
#include <boost/asio.hpp>
#include <boost/bind.hpp>
#include <string>
 
#include "software/networking/udp/udp_sender.h"
 
class ThreadedUdpSender
{
   public:
    ThreadedUdpSender(const std::string& ip_address, unsigned short port,
                      const std::string& interface, bool multicast);
 
    ~ThreadedUdpSender();
 
    std::string getInterface() const;
 
    std::string getIpAddress() const;
 
    void sendString(const std::string& message, bool async = false);
 
   private:
    // The io_service that will be used to service all network requests
    boost::asio::io_service io_service;
 
    // The UdpSender that will be used to send data over the network
    UdpSender udp_sender;
 
    // The thread running the io_service in the background. This thread will run for the
    // entire lifetime of the class
    std::thread io_service_thread;
};