socket.cc File Reference

some misc functions to handle sockets More...

#include <jabberdlib.h>

Functions
int	make_netsocket2 (Glib::ustring servname, Glib::ustring nodename, int type)
int	make_netsocket (u_short port, char const *host, int type)
struct in_addr *	make_addr (char const *host)

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Detailed Description

some misc functions to handle sockets

Hint: after creating a socket with these function, you probably want to register this socket in mio using mio_new().

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Function Documentation

struct in_addr* make_addr

(

char const *

host

)

[read]

convert an IPv4 address or hostname to a in_addr structure

Parameters:

host

the IPv4 address or hostname to convert, on NULL, the hostname is used

Returns:

the in_addr struct that holds the result (pointer to a static structure, overwritten on next call!)

References MAXHOSTNAMELEN.

Referenced by make_netsocket().

int make_netsocket	(	u_short	port,
		char const *	host,
		int	type
	)

Simple wrapper to make socket creation easy.

Parameters:

	port	port number of the socket
	host	hostname where to connect to or listen on
	type	type of socket (NETSOCKET_SERVER, NETSOCKET_CLIENT; or NETSOCKET_UDP)

Returns:

file handle of the new socket (-1 or error)

References make_addr(), NETSOCKET_CLIENT, NETSOCKET_SERVER, and NETSOCKET_UDP.

Referenced by make_netsocket2(), and mio_listen().

int make_netsocket2	(	Glib::ustring	servname,
		Glib::ustring	nodename,
		int	type
	)

Simple wrapper to create sockets

Todo:

Currently servname has to be already numeric. It should be possible to provide service names that are resolved in /etc/services

Parameters:

	servname	the service name (currently this has to be a numeric port number)
	nodename	the hostname where to connect to or listen on
	type	type of socket (NETSOCKET_SERVER, NETSOCKET_CLIENT, or NETSOCKET_UDP)

Returns:

file handle of the new socket (-1 or error)

References make_netsocket().