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The call blocks until one of the following conditions 46 is true: 47 </p> 48<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 49<li class="listitem"> 50 The ping frame is written. 51 </li> 52<li class="listitem"> 53 An error occurs. 54 </li> 55</ul></div> 56<p> 57 The algorithm, known as a <span class="emphasis"><em>composed operation</em></span>, is 58 implemented in terms of calls to the next layer's <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">write_some</span></code> 59 function. 60 </p> 61<h7><a name="beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream.ping.overload2.h2"></a> 62 <span class="phrase"><a name="beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream.ping.overload2.parameters"></a></span><a class="link" href="overload2.html#beast.ref.boost__beast__websocket__stream.ping.overload2.parameters">Parameters</a> 63 </h7><div class="informaltable"><table class="table"> 64<colgroup> 65<col> 66<col> 67</colgroup> 68<thead><tr> 69<th> 70 <p> 71 Name 72 </p> 73 </th> 74<th> 75 <p> 76 Description 77 </p> 78 </th> 79</tr></thead> 80<tbody> 81<tr> 82<td> 83 <p> 84 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">payload</span></code> 85 </p> 86 </td> 87<td> 88 <p> 89 The payload of the ping message, which may be empty. 90 </p> 91 </td> 92</tr> 93<tr> 94<td> 95 <p> 96 <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ec</span></code> 97 </p> 98 </td> 99<td> 100 <p> 101 Set to indicate what error occurred, if any. 102 </p> 103 </td> 104</tr> 105</tbody> 106</table></div> 107</div> 108<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 109<td align="left"></td> 110<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2016-2019 Vinnie 111 Falco<p> 112 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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