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Zapnologica

Reputation: 22556

Network Library for C

I am looking for a NIO type of library for C. I want to implement a multi threaded UDP network server that will have a lot of clients connecting to it.

Instead of attempting to code my own program to handle packets and 'connections'. I thought I would have a look if there is not already an existing library that has been tested and build for scalability and high performance.

I have found a few for Java but none for C. such as Apache Mina.

I am hoping that some one out there knows of a good one that may assist me. Thaks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2759

Answers (3)

Matías Chomicki
Matías Chomicki

Reputation: 107

If you are using Linux I strongly recommend you to use the POSIX API. It gives you resources for multithreading and networking acrosss any Linux box.

GNU C library

Upvotes: 1

mpontillo
mpontillo

Reputation: 13947

It sounds like you want something to abstract select(), poll(), or whatever the most efficient mechanism is for your platform.

Have you looked at libevent and libev? There is a nice writeup here.

Upvotes: 4

Dariusz
Dariusz

Reputation: 22241

First of all, C has no classes. Secondly, C provides you with everything you need to implement a scalable and high performance solution. It's more low level than java's NIO, but there are good tutorials out there in google.

And if you want a library - try boosts' asio. It is C++, but perhaps you can use it.

Upvotes: 1

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