Question about QTcpSocket::write()

[ODБOï]

Hi,

I wander if it is safe to call (in my qml (js) code in a for loop ) an object method that will call QTcpSocket::write()

i have this in my QML :

   function exportResults(){
        var ettList = []
        ettList = entityManager.getEntityArrayByType("boxPrg") // this is FELGO : i just get a list of my components created earlier 

        for(var i in ettList){         
            plc.setProgramPath(i,ettList[i].pname)
            plc.setOriginPoint(i, (ettList[i].x*courseX)/maxWidth, (ettList[i].y*courseY)/maxHeight);
            plc.setRotation(i,ettList[i].rotation);
         }
    }

plc is my object and methods setProgramPath, setOriginPoint, setRotation look like this

void PA_PLC_Interface::setRotation(int index , const QString &val){
 // ... very few (quick) processing here 
    sk->write(cmd.toLatin1(),cmd.length());
}

I wonder about the timing/synchro because i call write() inside a loop. is this safe or not ?

what i'm writing every time (sending over tcp ) is short packets, it looks like this

"<set><var>JM2D.xOrigins[0]</var><val>555</val></set>"

thanks

[aha_1980]

Hi @LeLev,

in principle it is safe, but you have to be aware of two things:

1. the write data is buffered
2. actual transmission is done when the event loop is entered

I'm not sure it is always handled like this on all platforms, but it applies as general rule.

So if you need your data send out immediately, calling write() in a loop might not do what you expect from it.

Regards

[ODБOï]

@aha_1980 Thank you very much. I don't need to send data immediately so i will try implement this approach.

[JonB]

@LeLev
Additional to @aha_1980 's:

So if you need your data send out immediately, calling write() in a loop might not do what you expect from it.

be aware that you can always call https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qabstractsocket.html#flush if you do want to to send it now (without event loop, so far as I understand).