BlitzMax/Modules/Networking/Sockets

=Functions=

CreateUDPSocket
Function CreateUDPSocket:TSocket

Description: Create a UDP socket

Returns: A new socket

Information: The new socket is not bound to any local or remote address.

CreateTCPSocket
Function CreateTCPSocket:TSocket

Description: Create a TCP socket

Returns: A new socket

Information: The new socket is not bound to any local or remote address.

CloseSocket
Function CloseSocket( socket:TSocket )

Description: Close a socket

Information: All sockets should eventually be closed. Once closed, a socket can no longer be used.

BindSocket
Function BindSocket( socket:TSocket,localPort )

Description: Bind a socket to a local port

Returns: True if successful, otherwise false

Information: If localPort is 0, a new local port will be allocated. If localPort is not 0, BindSocket will fail if there is already an application bound to localPort.

ConnectSocket
Function ConnectSocket( socket:TSocket,remoteIp,remotePort )

Description: Connect a socket to a remote ip and port

Returns: True if successful, otherwise false

Information: For both UDP and TCP sockets, ConnectSocket will fail if the specified ip address could not be reached.

In the case of TCP sockets, ConnectSocket will also fail if there is no application listening at the remote port.

SocketListen
Function SocketListen( socket:TSocket,backlog=0 )

Description: Start listening at a socket

Information: The specified socket must be a TCP socket, and must already be bound to a local port.

SocketAccept
Function SocketAccept:TSocket( socket:TSocket,timeout=0 )

Description: Accept new connections on a listening socket

Returns: A new socket, or Null if no connection was made in the specified timeout

Information: The specified socket must be a TCP socket, and must be listening.

SocketConnected
Function SocketConnected( socket:TSocket )

Description: Get socket connection status

Returns: True if socket is connected

Information: SocketConnected allows you to determine if a TCP connection is still alive or has been remotely closed.

SocketConnected should only be used with TCP sockets that have already connected via ConnectSocket or SocketAccept.

SocketReadAvail
Function SocketReadAvail( socket:TSocket )

Description: Get number of bytes available for reading from a socket

Returns: Number of bytes that may be read without causing the socket to block

SocketLocalIP
Function SocketLocalIP( socket:TSocket )

Description: Get local ip of a socket

SocketLocalPort
Function SocketLocalPort( socket:TSocket )

Description: Get local port of a socket

SocketRemoteIP
Function SocketRemoteIP( socket:TSocket )

Description: Get remote ip of a socket

SocketRemotePort
Function SocketRemotePort( socket:TSocket )

Description: Get remote port of a socket

DottedIP
Function DottedIP$( ip )

Description: Convert an ip address to a dotted string

Returns: Dotted string version of ip address

HostIp
Function HostIp( HostName$,index=0 )

Description: Convert a host name to an ip address

Returns: Host ip address, or 0 if host not found

HostIps
Function HostIps:Int[]( HostName$ )

Description: Get all ip addresses for a host name

Returns: Array of host ips, or Null if host not found

HostName
Function HostName$( HostIp )

Description: Convert a host ip address to a name

Returns: Name of host, or Null if host not found