Class documentation: System.network.socket

Internet client and server support.

Inherits

System.object

Classes contained

Constructors

• make System.network.socket(domain, type, protocol, ): Constructs a new socket.

Destructor

• destruct System.network.socket(): Class destructor.

Operators

Properties

• AF_INET: AF_INET
• AF_INET6: AF_INET6
• AF_UNIX: AF_UNIX
• AF_UNSPEC: AF_UNSPEC
• SOCK_DGRAM: SOCK_DGRAM
• SOCK_SEQPACKET: SOCK_SEQPACKET
• SOCK_STREAM: SOCK_STREAM

Methods

• __destruct__(): Class destructor.
• accept(): Accepts a new connection from the listening socket.
• bind(host, port, ): Binds socket to given host and port.
• close(): Closes socket and prevents further operations on it.
• connect(host, port, ): Connects to given host and port.
• eof(): Checks if the socket has any more data to read. 1 second timeout.
• eof(timeout, ): Checks if the socket has any more data to read. Timeout in parameter.
• listen(queue, ): Listen for connections on given socket.
• read(size, ): Read bytes from socket and place in a string.
• read(size, timeout, ): Read bytes from socket and place in a string. Takes a timeout argument
• readline(): Reads a line of text into a string.
• write(str, ): Writes bytes to socket.