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.
  • domain: The socket's domain
  • type: The socket's type
  • protocol: The socket's protocol.

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

• accept(): Accepts a new connection from the listening socket.
• bind(host, port): Binds socket to given host and port.
  • host: Host/filename to bind to.
  • port: Port to bind to (for Unix sockets, ignored).
• close(): Closes socket and prevents further operations on it.
• connect(host, port): Connects to given host and port.
  • host: Host/filename to connect to.
  • port: Port to connect to (for Unix sockets, ignored).
• listen(queue): Listen for connections on given socket.
  • queue: The size of the listen queue.
• read(size): Read bytes from socket and place in a string.
  • size: Number of bytes to read.
• readline(): Reads a line of text into a string.
• write(str): Writes bytes to socket.
  • str: Text to write.