isConnection()

[Tranquil]

Hello Forum.

For every object, there is an is....() command. Is there a reason why not implementing an IsConnection() command for checking if the connectionID is still valid?

[RichAlgeni]

With sockets, there is no guarantee that a socket is still connected unless data is actually sent. This is true even with a local connection. The command could return a false positive. If you have a connection that you really need to know when it goes down, you could write a simple heartbeat procedure.