C++ Boost: initializing endpoint after contructor

Question

I try to make a class to use UDP. I want to have the endpoint initialized after the constructor, so I modify it as follows:

class UdpSender
{
private:
    boost         


        

Answer 1

No. According to the Asio reference, the endpoint object should be configured via its constructors.

However, you could hold the endpoint by [smart-]pointer, and create it after UdpSender construction.

// defining:
private:
    boost::shared_ptr<boost::asio::ip::udp::endpoint> endpoint;

// creating in Initialize()
endpoint = boost::make_shared<boost::asio::ip::udp::endpoint>(boost::asio::ip::address::from_string(multicast_address), multicast_port);