curlmultiassign(3) libcurl Manual curlmultiassign(3)

NAME
       curlmultiassign - set data to associated with an internal socket

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       CURLMcode curlmultiassign(CURLM *multihandle, curlsockett sockfd,
                                   void *sockptr);

DESCRIPTION
       This  function  assigns  an association in the multi handle between the
       given socket and a private pointer of the application. This  is  (only)
       useful for curlmultisocket(3) uses.

       When set, the sockptr pointer will be passed to all future socket call-
       backs for the specific sockfd socket.

       If the given sockfd isn't already in use by libcurl, this function will
       return an error.

       libcurl  only  keeps  one  single  pointer associated with a socket, so
       calling this function several times for the same socket will  make  the
       last set pointer get used.

       The  idea  here being that this association (socket to private pointer)
       is something that just about every application that uses this API  will
       need  and  then  libcurl can just as well do it since it already has an
       internal hash table lookup for this.

RREETTUURRNN VVAALLUUEE
       The standard CURLMcode for multi interface error codes.

TTYYPPIICCAALL UUSSAAGGEE
       In a typical application you allocate a struct or  at  least  use  some
       kind  of semi-dynamic data for each socket that we must wait for action
       on when using the curlmultisocket(3) approach.

       When our socket-callback get called by libcurl and we get to know about
       yet  another  socket  to  wait  for, we can use curlmultiassign(3) to
       point out the particular data so that when we get  updates  about  this
       same  socket  again,  we  don't have to find the struct associated with
       this socket by ourselves.

AVAILABILITY       This function was added in libcurl 7.15.5, although not  deemed  stable
       yet.

SEE ALSO
       ccuurrllmmuullttiisseettoopptt(3), ccuurrllmmuullttiissoocckkeett(3)



libcurl 7.16.0                    9 Jul 2006              curlmultiassign(3)