Completely rewrote Client class, and split the class into header and implementation

client.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include "includes/client.hpp"
+#include "includes/exception_consts.hpp"
+#include "includes/sock.hpp"
+#include "includes/easysock.hpp"
+
+/* Destructor - closes any open sockets */
+Client::~Client() {
+	close(this->other_socket);
+	close(this->sock_fd);
+}
+
+/* Creates a client socket. This method extends the parent method, and should be
+called immediately after the constructor. It also tries to connect to the
+address specified in the constructor, and will throw an exception if that fails.
+The exception thrown is an integer, that corresponds to the errno returned by the failing
+function. This enables a client to 'catch' the thrown exception, and print the corresponding
+error message using strerror().
+*/
+
+void Client::create_socket() {
+	Sock::create_socket();
+        this->sock_fd = create_remote(this->ip_ver, this->protocol, this->address.data(), this->port, dest);
+	if (this->sock_fd < 0) {
+			throw strerror(this->sock_fd * -1);
+	}
+}
+
+/* Sends given data to the peer socket. This method is overriden, because a TCP
+server socket has a 'peer' socket, that it must send to and receive data from. A
+client socket (TCP or UDP) does not have this requirement. Therefore, while both
+sendAll methods perform the same actions, they do so using different sockets. */
+
+void Client::sendAll(std::string to_send) {
+	Sock::sendAll(to_send, this->sock_fd);
+}
+
+/* Receives data from peer socket, and returns it. See above for better
+explanation of why this method is overriden. */
+
+std::string Client::recvAll() {
+	return Sock::recvAll(this->sock_fd);
+}

includes/client.hpp

@@ -2,29 +2,20 @@
 #define _CLIENT_H
 
 #include "includes/sock.hpp"
-#include "includes/exception_consts.hpp"
-/*
-Client class - Inherits from 'Sock' class - Defines a TCP/UDP client. The only method that is overriden is the 'create_socket' method.
-*/
 
-class Client : public Sock {
-
-private:
-	void create_socket() {
-		Sock::create_socket();
-                this->sock_fd = create_remote(this->ip_ver, this->protocol, this->address.data(), this->port, dest);
-		if (sock_fd < 0) {
-			if (sock_fd * -1 == ECONNREFUSED) {
-				throw EXCEPT_CONNREFUSED;
-			}
-		}
+/* Client class - Inherits from 'Sock' class - Defines a TCP/UDP client.  */
 
-	}
+class Client : public Sock {
 
 public:
 	Client() {}
 
 	Client(int ip_ver, char protocol, const char* address, int port) : Sock(ip_ver, protocol, address, port) {}
 
+	void create_socket() override;
+
+	void sendAll(std::string to_send);
+
+	std::string recvAll();
 };
 #endif