convenience function for outputting the number of connections

svn path=/trunk/externals/iem/iemnet/; revision=13328

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/iemnet.c b/iemnet.c
index aadc90e..d35b8fe 100644
--- a/iemnet.c
+++ b/iemnet.c
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ void iemnet__addrout(t_outlet*status_outlet, t_outlet*address_outlet,
   if(address_outlet)outlet_list    (address_outlet, gensym("list"   ), 5, addr);
 }
 
+void iemnet__numconnout(t_outlet*status_outlet, t_outlet*numconn_outlet, int numconnections) {
+  t_atom atom[1];
+  SETFLOAT(atom, numconnections);
+
+  if(status_outlet )outlet_anything(status_outlet , gensym("connections"), 1, atom);
+  if(address_outlet)outlet_float   (address_outlet, numconnections);
+}
+
 
 void iemnet__streamout(t_outlet*outlet, int argc, t_atom*argv) {
   if(NULL==outlet)return;
diff --git a/iemnet.h b/iemnet.h
index e26fe46..7a97460 100644
--- a/iemnet.h
+++ b/iemnet.h
@@ -224,6 +224,18 @@ int iemnet__receiver_getsize(t_iemnet_receiver*);
 void iemnet__addrout(t_outlet*status_outlet, t_outlet*address_outlet, long address, unsigned short port);
 
 /**
+ * output the number of connections
+ * the given number of connections is first output through the status_outlet as a "connections" message
+ * and then as a single number through the numconn_outlet
+ *
+ * \param status_outlet outlet for general status messages
+ * \param address_outlet outlet for numconnections only
+ * \param numconnections the number of connections
+ */
+void iemnet__numconnout(t_outlet*status_outlet, t_outlet*numconn_outlet, int numconnections);
+
+
+/**
  * output a list as a stream (serialize)
  *
  * the given list of atoms will be sent to the output one-by-one