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how to compile and install poco cpp library on windows

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wget https://pocoproject.org/releases/poco-1.8.1/poco-1.8.1.zip
wget https://pocoproject.org/releases/poco-1.8.1/poco-1.8.1.tar.gz

build

build options

buildwin.cmd

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rem Usage:
rem ------
rem buildwin VS_VERSION [ACTION] [LINKMODE] [CONFIGURATION] [PLATFORM] [SAMPLES] [TESTS] [TOOL]
rem VS_VERSION:    90|100|110|120|140|150
rem ACTION:        build|rebuild|clean
rem LINKMODE:      static_mt|static_md|shared|all
rem CONFIGURATION: release|debug|both
rem PLATFORM:      Win32|x64|WinCE|WEC2013
rem SAMPLES:       samples|nosamples
rem TESTS:         tests|notests
rem TOOL:          devenv|vcexpress|wdexpress|msbuild

we choose to build with visual studio 2015

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buildwin 140 build shared release x64 samples

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cmake-gui ..

cmake-gui and open sln to build with release x64and install to C:/Program Files/Poco so that find_package(Poco REQURIED) take effect.

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$ ls Poco

bin  include  lib

$ ll Poco/lib

total 3.5M
drwxr-xr-x 1 zunli zunli     0 Jan 25 07:39 cmake
-rw-r--r-- 1 zunli zunli  1.5M Jan 25 06:59 PocoFoundation.lib
-rw-r--r-- 1 zunli zunli  111K Jan 25 06:59 PocoJSON.lib
-rw-r--r-- 1 zunli zunli 1007K Jan 25 07:00 PocoNet.lib
-rw-r--r-- 1 zunli zunli  320K Jan 25 07:00 PocoUtil.lib
-rw-r--r-- 1 zunli zunli  595K Jan 25 07:00 PocoXML.lib

Poco Example

CMakeLists.txt

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cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)

project (event_demo)
enable_language(C)
enable_language(CXX)

# Always include the source and build directories in the include path.
set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)

# Set the output folder where your program will be created
set(CMAKE_BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
set(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
set(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})

find_package(Poco REQUIRED COMPONENTS Foundation Util Net XML JSON)

# no Poco_INCLUDE_DIRS, we have to set by hand 
if(MSVC) # WIN32
	SET(Poco_INCLUDE_DIRS "C:/Program Files/Poco/include")
else()
	SET(Poco_INCLUDE_DIRS "/usr/local/include/Poco")
endif(MSVC)

MESSAGE( [Main] " Poco_INCLUDE_DIRS = ${Poco_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
MESSAGE( [Main] " Poco_LIBRARIES = ${Poco_LIBRARIES}")

# The following folder will be included
include_directories(
    ${MY_SRC_INCLUDE}  
	${Poco_INCLUDE_DIRS} 
    )   

link_directories(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}) 

add_executable(event_demo event_demo.cpp)
target_link_libraries(event_demo ${Poco_LIBRARIES})

Notice 1: find_package(Poco REQUIRED COMPONENTS Foundation Util Net XML JSON) and use ${Poco_INCLUDE_DIRS}, ${Poco_LIBRARIES}.

Notice 2: we have to set SET(Poco_INCLUDE_DIRS "C:/Program Files/Poco/include") by hand.

event

event_demo.cpp

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#include "Poco/BasicEvent.h"
#include "Poco/Delegate.h"
#include <iostream>

using Poco::BasicEvent;
using Poco::Delegate;

class Source
{
public:
    BasicEvent<int> theEvent;

    void fireEvent(int n)
    {
        theEvent(this, n);
    }
};

class Target
{
public:
    void onEvent(const void* pSender, int& arg)
    {
        std::cout << "onEvent: " << arg << std::endl;
    }
};

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    Source source;
    Target target;

    source.theEvent += Delegate<Target, int>(
        &target, &Target::onEvent);

    source.fireEvent(42);

    source.theEvent -= Delegate<Target, int>(
        &target, &Target::onEvent);

    return 0;
}

active method

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#include "Poco/ActiveMethod.h"
#include "Poco/ActiveResult.h"
#include <utility>
#include <iostream>

using Poco::ActiveMethod;
using Poco::ActiveResult;

class ActiveAdder
{
public:
	ActiveAdder() : add(this, &ActiveAdder::addImpl)
	{
	}

	ActiveMethod<int, std::pair<int, int>, ActiveAdder> add;

private:
	int addImpl(const std::pair<int, int>& args)
	{
		return args.first + args.second;
	}
};

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
	ActiveAdder adder;

	ActiveResult<int> sum = adder.add(std::make_pair(1, 2));
	// do other things
	sum.wait();
	std::cout << sum.data() << std::endl;

	return 0;
}

http server

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#include "Poco/Net/HTTPServer.h"
#include "Poco/Net/HTTPRequestHandler.h"
#include "Poco/Net/HTTPRequestHandlerFactory.h"
#include "Poco/Net/HTTPServerParams.h"
#include "Poco/Net/HTTPServerRequest.h"
#include "Poco/Net/HTTPServerResponse.h"
#include "Poco/Net/HTTPServerParams.h"
#include "Poco/Net/ServerSocket.h"
#include "Poco/Timestamp.h"
#include "Poco/DateTimeFormatter.h"
#include "Poco/DateTimeFormat.h"
#include "Poco/Exception.h"
#include "Poco/ThreadPool.h"
#include "Poco/Util/ServerApplication.h"
#include "Poco/Util/Option.h"
#include "Poco/Util/OptionSet.h"
#include "Poco/Util/HelpFormatter.h"
#include <iostream>

using Poco::Net::ServerSocket;
using Poco::Net::HTTPRequestHandler;
using Poco::Net::HTTPRequestHandlerFactory;
using Poco::Net::HTTPServer;
using Poco::Net::HTTPServerRequest;
using Poco::Net::HTTPServerResponse;
using Poco::Net::HTTPServerParams;
using Poco::Timestamp;
using Poco::DateTimeFormatter;
using Poco::DateTimeFormat;
using Poco::ThreadPool;
using Poco::Util::ServerApplication;
using Poco::Util::Application;
using Poco::Util::Option;
using Poco::Util::OptionSet;
using Poco::Util::OptionCallback;
using Poco::Util::HelpFormatter;

class TimeRequestHandler : public HTTPRequestHandler
{
public:
	TimeRequestHandler(const std::string& format) : _format(format)
	{
	}

	void handleRequest(HTTPServerRequest& request,
		HTTPServerResponse& response)
	{
		Application& app = Application::instance();
		app.logger().information("[LOG] Request from "
			+ request.clientAddress().toString());

		Timestamp now;
		std::string dt(DateTimeFormatter::format(now, _format));

		response.setChunkedTransferEncoding(true);
		response.setContentType("text/html");

		std::ostream& ostr = response.send();
		ostr << "<html><head><title>HTTPTimeServer powered by "
			"POCO C++ Libraries</title>";
		ostr << "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"1\"></head>";
		ostr << "<body><p style=\"text-align: center; "
			"font-size: 48px;\">";
		ostr << dt;
		ostr << "</p></body></html>";
	}

private:
	std::string _format;
};

class TimeRequestHandlerFactory : public HTTPRequestHandlerFactory
{
public:
	TimeRequestHandlerFactory(const std::string& format) :
		_format(format)
	{
	}

	HTTPRequestHandler* createRequestHandler(
		const HTTPServerRequest& request)
	{
		if (request.getURI() == "/")
			return new TimeRequestHandler(_format);
		else
			return 0;
	}

private:
	std::string _format;
};

class HTTPTimeServer : public Poco::Util::ServerApplication
{
public:
	HTTPTimeServer() : _helpRequested(false)
	{
	}

	~HTTPTimeServer()
	{
	}

protected:
	void initialize(Application& self)
	{
		Application& app = Application::instance();
		app.logger().information("[HTTPTimeServer] initialize port=9980 ");

		loadConfiguration();
		ServerApplication::initialize(self);
	}

	void uninitialize()
	{
		Application& app = Application::instance();
		app.logger().information("[HTTPTimeServer] uninitialize ");

		ServerApplication::uninitialize();
	}

	void defineOptions(OptionSet& options)
	{
		ServerApplication::defineOptions(options);

		options.addOption(
			Option("help", "h", "display argument help information")
			.required(false)
			.repeatable(false)
			.callback(OptionCallback<HTTPTimeServer>(
				this, &HTTPTimeServer::handleHelp)));
	}

	void handleHelp(const std::string& name,
		const std::string& value)
	{
		HelpFormatter helpFormatter(options());
		helpFormatter.setCommand(commandName());
		helpFormatter.setUsage("OPTIONS");
		helpFormatter.setHeader(
			"A web server that serves the current date and time.");
		helpFormatter.format(std::cout);
		stopOptionsProcessing();
		_helpRequested = true;
	}

	int main(const std::vector<std::string>& args)
	{
		Application& app = Application::instance();
		app.logger().information("[HTTPTimeServer] main ");

		if (!_helpRequested)
		{
			unsigned short port = (unsigned short)
				config().getInt("HTTPTimeServer.port", 9980);
			std::string format(
				config().getString("HTTPTimeServer.format",
					DateTimeFormat::SORTABLE_FORMAT));

			ServerSocket svs(port);
			HTTPServer srv(new TimeRequestHandlerFactory(format),
				svs, new HTTPServerParams);
			srv.start();
			waitForTerminationRequest();
			srv.stop();
		}
		return Application::EXIT_OK;
	}

private:
	bool _helpRequested;
};

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
	HTTPTimeServer app;
	return app.run(argc, argv);
	//visit http://localhost:9980
}

tcp server/client

tcpserver

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//
// TimeServer.cpp
//
// This sample demonstrates the TCPServer and ServerSocket classes.
//
// Copyright (c) 2005-2006, Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH.
// and Contributors.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier:	BSL-1.0
//


#include "Poco/Net/TCPServer.h"
#include "Poco/Net/TCPServerConnection.h"
#include "Poco/Net/TCPServerConnectionFactory.h"
#include "Poco/Net/TCPServerParams.h"
#include "Poco/Net/StreamSocket.h"
#include "Poco/Net/ServerSocket.h"
#include "Poco/Timestamp.h"
#include "Poco/DateTimeFormatter.h"
#include "Poco/DateTimeFormat.h"
#include "Poco/Exception.h"
#include "Poco/Util/ServerApplication.h"
#include "Poco/Util/Option.h"
#include "Poco/Util/OptionSet.h"
#include "Poco/Util/HelpFormatter.h"
#include <iostream>


using Poco::Net::ServerSocket;
using Poco::Net::StreamSocket;
using Poco::Net::TCPServerConnection;
using Poco::Net::TCPServerConnectionFactory;
using Poco::Net::TCPServer;
using Poco::Timestamp;
using Poco::DateTimeFormatter;
using Poco::DateTimeFormat;
using Poco::Util::ServerApplication;
using Poco::Util::Application;
using Poco::Util::Option;
using Poco::Util::OptionSet;
using Poco::Util::HelpFormatter;


class TimeServerConnection : public TCPServerConnection
	/// This class handles all client connections.
	///
	/// A string with the current date and time is sent back to the client.
{
public:
	TimeServerConnection(const StreamSocket& s, const std::string& format) :
		TCPServerConnection(s),
		_format(format)
	{
	}

	void run()
	{
		Application& app = Application::instance();
		app.logger().information("Request from " + this->socket().peerAddress().toString());
		try
		{
			Timestamp now;
			//std::string dt(DateTimeFormatter::format(now, _format));
			//dt.append("\r\n");
			std::string dt("hello world");
			std::string info("sending:  [" + dt + "] with length="+std::to_string(dt.length()) );
			app.logger().information(info);
			socket().sendBytes(dt.data(), (int)dt.length());
		}
		catch (Poco::Exception& exc)
		{
			app.logger().log(exc);
		}
	}

private:
	std::string _format;
};


class TimeServerConnectionFactory : public TCPServerConnectionFactory
	/// A factory for TimeServerConnection.
{
public:
	TimeServerConnectionFactory(const std::string& format) :
		_format(format)
	{
	}

	TCPServerConnection* createConnection(const StreamSocket& socket)
	{
		return new TimeServerConnection(socket, _format);
	}

private:
	std::string _format;
};


class TimeServer : public Poco::Util::ServerApplication
	/// The main application class.
	///
	/// This class handles command-line arguments and
	/// configuration files.
	/// Start the TimeServer executable with the help
	/// option (/help on Windows, --help on Unix) for
	/// the available command line options.
	///
	/// To use the sample configuration file (TimeServer.properties),
	/// copy the file to the directory where the TimeServer executable
	/// resides. If you start the debug version of the TimeServer
	/// (TimeServerd[.exe]), you must also create a copy of the configuration
	/// file named TimeServerd.properties. In the configuration file, you
	/// can specify the port on which the server is listening (default
	/// 9911) and the format of the date/time string sent back to the client.
	///
	/// To test the TimeServer you can use any telnet client (telnet localhost 9911).
{
public:
	TimeServer() : _helpRequested(false)
	{
	}

	~TimeServer()
	{
	}

protected:
	void initialize(Application& self)
	{
		loadConfiguration(); // load default configuration files, if present
		ServerApplication::initialize(self);
	}

	void uninitialize()
	{
		ServerApplication::uninitialize();
	}

	void defineOptions(OptionSet& options)
	{
		ServerApplication::defineOptions(options);

		options.addOption(
			Option("help", "h", "display help information on command line arguments")
			.required(false)
			.repeatable(false));
	}

	void handleOption(const std::string& name, const std::string& value)
	{
		ServerApplication::handleOption(name, value);

		if (name == "help")
			_helpRequested = true;
	}

	void displayHelp()
	{
		HelpFormatter helpFormatter(options());
		helpFormatter.setCommand(commandName());
		helpFormatter.setUsage("OPTIONS");
		helpFormatter.setHeader("A server application that serves the current date and time.");
		helpFormatter.format(std::cout);
	}

	int main(const std::vector<std::string>& args)
	{
		if (_helpRequested)
		{
			displayHelp();
		}
		else
		{
			// get parameters from configuration file
			unsigned short port = (unsigned short)config().getInt("TimeServer.port", 9911);
			std::string format(config().getString("TimeServer.format", DateTimeFormat::ISO8601_FORMAT));

			// set-up a server socket
			ServerSocket svs(port);
			// set-up a TCPServer instance
			TCPServer srv(new TimeServerConnectionFactory(format), svs);
			// start the TCPServer
			srv.start();
			// wait for CTRL-C or kill
			waitForTerminationRequest();
			// Stop the TCPServer
			srv.stop();
		}
		return Application::EXIT_OK;
	}

private:
	bool _helpRequested;
};


int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
	TimeServer app; // 9911
	return app.run(argc, argv);
}

start tcpserver.

tcpclient

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//
// TimeClient.cpp
//

#include "Poco/Net/SocketAddress.h"
#include "Poco/Net/StreamSocket.h"
#include <iostream>

using Poco::Net::SocketAddress;
using Poco::Net::StreamSocket;

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
	SocketAddress sa("127.0.0.1",9911);
	StreamSocket ss(sa);
	int n;
	char buffer[256];
	
	//n = 11 , s[0,1,2,....10] = hello world s[11]='\0'
	n = ss.receiveBytes(buffer, sizeof(buffer)-1);
	buffer[n] = '\0';

	std::cout << buffer << std::endl;
	std::cout << n << std::endl;
}

start tcpclient to receive data from tcpserver.

telnet as tcpclient

install telnet on windows by contron panel.

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Reference

History

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