ClientApi - Helix Core Server connections and commands

The ClientApi class represents a connection with the Helix Core Server.

Member functions in this class are used to establish and terminate the connection with the server, establish the settings and protocols to use while running commands, and run Helix Core Server commands over the connection.

I/O is handled by a ClientUser object, and errors are captured in an Error object. A ClientApi object maintains information about client-side settings (P4PORT, etc.) and protocol information, such as the server version, and whether "tagged" output is enabled.

ClientApi does not include any virtual functions, and typically does not need to be subclassed.

Any Helix Core Server command that is executed must be invoked through ClientApi::Run() after first opening a connection using ClientApi::Init(). A single connection can be used to invoke multiple commands by calling Run() multiple times after a single Init(); this approach provides faster performance than using multiple connections.