Constructor Detail

• Local

  public Local()

Method Detail

• create

  public static long create(String path,
            long cont)
                     throws Exception

  Create a socket.

  Parameters:

  path - The address of the new socket.

  cont - The parent pool to use

  Returns:

  The new socket that has been set up.

  Throws:

  Exception - If socket creation failed

• bind

  public static int bind(long sock,
         long sa)

  Bind the socket to its associated port

  Parameters:

  sock - The socket to bind

  sa - The socket address to bind to This may be where we will find out if there is any other process using the selected port.

  Returns:

  the operation status

• listen

  public static int listen(long sock,
           int backlog)

  Listen to a bound socket for connections.

  Parameters:

  sock - The socket to listen on

  backlog - The number of outstanding connections allowed in the sockets listen queue. If this value is less than zero, for NT pipes the number of instances is unlimited.

  Returns:

  the operation status

• accept

  public static long accept(long sock)
                     throws Exception

  Accept a new connection request

  Parameters:

  sock - The socket we are listening on.

  Returns:

  A copy of the socket that is connected to the socket that made the connection request. This is the socket which should be used for all future communication.

  Throws:

  Exception - If accept failed

• connect

  public static int connect(long sock,
            long sa)

  Issue a connection request to a socket either on the same machine or a different one.

  Parameters:

  sock - The socket we wish to use for our side of the connection

  sa - The address of the machine we wish to connect to. Unused for NT Pipes.

  Returns:

  the operation status