# FBB::Sharedpos(3bobcat)

## Shared Memory Offsets
(libbobcat-dev_6.07.01)

## 2005-2025

## NAME

FBB::Sharedpos - Shared Memory offset controller

## SYNOPSIS

#include <bobcat/sharedpos>
Linking option: -lbobcat

## DESCRIPTION

The class SharedPos is a support class for Bobcat's shared memory handling classes. It controls the shared memory read/write ofset and ensures that shared memory operations never exceed the shared memory's maximum offset.

The class SharedPos has several public members, but they are primarily useful for other Shared* classes offered by Bobcat. There is probably little use for a stand-alone SharedPos object.

In the descriptions of the class's member functions offset refers to the read/write offset within a FBB::SharedSegment(3bobcat) object for which SharedPos performs the offset-administration.

## NAMESPACE

FBB
All constructors, members, operators and manipulators, mentioned in this man-page, are defined in the namespace FBB.

## INHERITS FROM

-

## TYPEDEFS AND ENUMS

## CONSTRUCTORS

Default, copy and move constructors as well as the copy and move assignment operators are available. The default constructor does not yet monitor the offset of an FBB::SharedSegment object. The member reset is used to start monitoring offsets.

## OVERLOADED OPERATORS

- void operator++():
  The offset is incremented. If this member is called when the offset is equal to the shared memory's maximum offset an FBB::Exception is thrown.

- void operator+=(size_t len):
  The offset is incremented by len. If offset + len exceeds the shared memory's maximum offset then the offset is set to the maximum offset and an FBB::Exception is thrown.

- std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, SharedPos const &pos):
  Inserts information about the SharedPos object into out.

## MEMBER FUNCTIONS

Note: the behavior of member functions returning values which refer to information of an FBB::SharedSegment is undefined until the member reset has been called.

- bool atMaxOffset() const:
  Returns true if offset equals the maximum offset that can be used for the configured FBB::SharedSegment object.

- size_t blockIdx() const:
  The index of the configured FBB::SharedSegment object's shared segment data block to which offset refers is returned.

- size_t blockOffset() const:
  The offset within the shared segment data block matching the member offset's return value is returned.

- bool eof() const:
  Returns true if offset exceeds the maximum offset of any character ever written to the shared memory to which the SharedPos object interfaces. If eof returns true information may still be written to the shared memory: writing is possible until the maximum shared memory segment offset has been reached.

- std::streamsize eos() const:
  The offset just beyond the maximum offset for the current shared segment data block is returned. E.g., if blockIdx returns 5, and the size of the shared segment data blocks equals 2000, then eos returns 12000 (the first offset of segment 6).

- std::streamsize maxOffset() const:
  The maximum possible offset that can be used for the currently monitored FBB::SharedSegment is returned.

- std::streamsize offset() const:
  The offset within the currently monitored shared memory segment is returned.

- void reset(SharedSegment *sharedData):
  The SharedPos object is reset to monitor the offset of the FBB::SharedSegment object whose address is passed as argument to reset. The address must point to a sharedsegment(3bobcat) object that must exist until the end of the SharedPos object's lifetime or until its next reset call. Immediately after calling reset offset is reset to 0.

- std::streamsize showmanyc() const:
  The number of characters that can be read from the current shared segment data block is returned. This member interrogates the number of readable characters in the shared memory segment. This number may change while this member is being executed. In order to receive a stable return value, calling functions should have obtained a lock on the FBB::SharedSegment data before calling this member. See also the sharedsegment(3bobcat) man-page.

- std::ios::pos_type seek(std::ios::off_type offset, std::ios::seekdir origin = std::ios::beg):
  The monitored offset is changed to this member's offset argument, relative to origin. Seeking beyond eof is OK. However, -1 is returned when seeking beyond maxOffset or seeking before the shared segment's offset 0.

## EXAMPLE

See the sharedstream(3bobcat) man page.

## FILES

bobcat/sharedpos - defines the class interface

## SEE ALSO

bobcat(7), isharedstream(3bobcat), osharedstream(3bobcat), sharedblock(3bobcat), sharedcondition(3bobcat), sharedmemory(3bobcat), sharedmutex(3bobcat), sharedreadme(7bobcat), sharedsegment(3bobcat), sharedstream(3bobcat), sharedbuf(3bobcat)

## BUGS

None Reported.

## BOBCAT PROJECT FILES

- https://fbb-git.gitlab.io/bobcat/: gitlab project page;

Debian Bobcat project files:

- libbobcat6: debian package containing the shared library, changelog and copyright note;
- libbobcat-dev: debian package containing the static library, headers, manual pages, and developer info;

## BOBCAT

Bobcat is an acronym of `Brokken's Own Base Classes And Templates'.

## COPYRIGHT

This is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

## AUTHOR

Frank B. Brokken (f.b.brokken@rug.nl).