boost :: asio与标准C套接字接口之间的协作

struct request {
  uint8_t msg_type;// == 1
  uint64_t key; // generated randomly to identify each request
}

boost::asio

boost::asio::io_service io_service;
boost::asio::ip::udp::endpoint client_endpoint;
boost::asio::ip::udp::socket socket(io_service,
        boost::asio::ip::udp::endpoint(boost::asio::ip::udp::v4(),
        m_serverPort));
boost::asio::streambuf sb;
boost::asio::streambuf::mutable_buffers_type mutableBuf =
        sb.prepare(sizeof(request));
size_t received_bytes = socket.receive_from(mutableBuf, client_endpoint);
sb.commit(received_bytes);

request r;
std::istream is(&sb);
is >> msg_type;
is >> key;
key = __bswap64(key); // I\'m using network byteorder for numbers sent with this protocol
                      // and there\'s no ntohll function on Snow Leopard (at least I can\'t
                      // find one)
sb.consume(received_bytes);

struct __attribute__ ((packed)) CITE_MSG_T
{
        uint8_t msg_id;
        uint64_t key; // must be the same as in request
        uint16_t index; // part number
        uint16_t parts; // number of all parts
    CITE_PART_T text; // message being sent
};

//where CITE_PART_T is:
struct __attribute__ ((packed)) CITE_PART_T
{ 
        uint16_t data_length;
        char* data;
};