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Read data into a streambuf until it contains a specified delimiter.

template<
    typename SyncReadStream,
    typename Allocator>
std::size_t read_until(
    SyncReadStream & s,
    boost::asio::basic_streambuf< Allocator > & b,
    char delim);

This function is used to read data into the specified streambuf until the streambuf's get area contains the specified delimiter. The call will block until one of the following conditions is true:

This operation is implemented in terms of zero or more calls to the stream's read_some function. If the streambuf's get area already contains the delimiter, the function returns immediately.

Parameters

Return Value

The number of bytes in the streambuf's get area up to and including the delimiter.

Exceptions

Remarks

After a successful read_until operation, the streambuf may contain additional data beyond the delimiter. An application will typically leave that data in the streambuf for a subsequent read_until operation to examine.

Example

To read data into a streambuf until a newline is encountered:

boost::asio::streambuf b;
boost::asio::read_until(s, b, '\n');
std::istream is(&b);
std::string line;
std::getline(is, line);

After the read_until operation completes successfully, the buffer b contains the delimiter:

{ 'a', 'b', ..., 'c', '\n', 'd', 'e', ... }

The call to std::getline then extracts the data up to and including the delimiter, so that the string line contains:

{ 'a', 'b', ..., 'c', '\n' }

The remaining data is left in the buffer b as follows:

{ 'd', 'e', ... }

This data may be the start of a new line, to be extracted by a subsequent read_until operation.