[#Sock-Send]
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send(2) wrapper&period; Equivalent to `send(m&lowbar;socket, data, len, flags)&semi;`&period; Code that uses this wrapper can be unit tested if this method is overridden by a mock Sock implementation&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;util&sol;sock&period;h&gt;`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
&lsqb;&lsqb;nodiscard&rsqb;&rsqb;
virtual
ssize&lowbar;t
Send(
    void const* data,
    size&lowbar;t len,
    int flags) const;
----

== Return Value

Number of bytes sent, or &hyphen;1 on error (with errno set)&period;

[NOTE]
====
The return value https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/attributes/nodiscard[should not be discarded^].
====
== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *data*
| Pointer to the bytes to send&period;
| *len*
| Number of bytes to send&period;
| *flags*
| Flags passed through to `send(2)`&period;
|===


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