Other Library Functions

Library: omioprot - I/O data packetizing Include: omioprot.xin

Return type: Opaque Returns:        Returns an I/O protocol object that implements the end-delimited protocol.

Declaration

  define external IOProtocol function IOProtocolEndDelimited
     value stream End-of-Data-Pattern

This function is used to implement the end-delimited protocol. In this protocol, the end of data is indicated by end-marking the data with the specified end-of-data pattern. The end-of-data pattern must not occur in the data. The length of the end-of-data pattern must be at least 1 byte and no more than 64 bytes.

Examples in common use:

• "%13#%10#" ("\r\n")
• "%26#" ("Control-Z")