You mean avoiding the filters altogether ?? Yes I could do that, I was wondering if FSF could help me in the last stated scenario ... On 02/18/2014 06:33 PM, Nat Goodspeed wrote:

On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 4:18 PM, raespi wrote:

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Boost hi .. I'm using the finite state filter component in the iostreams library to create a state machine that can easily help me process incoming data streams from various medical sensors.

1- Constant datastream with no variation in datagrams. Solution: use finite state filters as they come, works ok ! 2- Variable datastreams with constant size in datagrams. Solution: use finite state filters with a transition table that can interpret anything and choosing in the processing function the right way to go, not very clean, but works !! 3- Variable datastreams with variable sizes. Solution: trying to change the finite state filter on the go, currently doesn't work. I noticed that when bytes are inserted into the state machine these don't get processed until a certain buffer size is met internally, resulting in a behaviour where data gets analyzed long after it has been inserted. I saw that the flush() function for the iostream that contains de state machine suffices when called before inserting a new character with a line such as:

io::flushio::filtering_ostream ( this->data );

but the problem is that the only mechanism that can determine when a whole package has been received and one can change state machines to analyze a new state lies within the state machine itself (in the processing functions), I can't issue a flush() from within a state machine since it won't execute until a specific buffer size is met.

Any ideas on how to go around this matter ?? Disclaimer: I haven't used the state machine filter for iostreams, so I can't answer the problem as stated.

However, you might consider using a coroutine to process your incoming data? The coroutine could make dynamic decisions (using normal C++ control structures) about what to do with each new chunk of received data. _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users