NAME¶
IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets
SYNOPSIS¶
use IO::Socket::INET;
DESCRIPTION¶
"IO::Socket::INET" provides an object interface to creating and using
sockets in the AF_INET domain. It is built upon the IO::Socket interface and
inherits all the methods defined by IO::Socket.
CONSTRUCTOR¶
- new ( [ARGS] )
- Creates an "IO::Socket::INET" object, which is a reference to a
newly created symbol (see the "Symbol" package). "new"
optionally takes arguments, these arguments are in key-value pairs.
In addition to the key-value pairs accepted by IO::Socket,
"IO::Socket::INET" provides.
PeerAddr Remote host address <hostname>[:<port>]
PeerHost Synonym for PeerAddr
PeerPort Remote port or service <service>[(<no>)] | <no>
LocalAddr Local host bind address hostname[:port]
LocalHost Synonym for LocalAddr
LocalPort Local host bind port <service>[(<no>)] | <no>
Proto Protocol name (or number) "tcp" | "udp" | ...
Type Socket type SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_DGRAM | ...
Listen Queue size for listen
ReuseAddr Set SO_REUSEADDR before binding
Reuse Set SO_REUSEADDR before binding (deprecated,
prefer ReuseAddr)
ReusePort Set SO_REUSEPORT before binding
Broadcast Set SO_BROADCAST before binding
Timeout Timeout value for various operations
MultiHomed Try all addresses for multi-homed hosts
Blocking Determine if connection will be blocking mode
If "Listen" is defined then a listen socket is created, else if
the socket type, which is derived from the protocol, is SOCK_STREAM then
connect() is called. If the "Listen" argument is given,
but false, the queue size will be set to 5.
Although it is not illegal, the use of "MultiHomed" on a socket
which is in non-blocking mode is of little use. This is because the first
connect will never fail with a timeout as the connect call will not block.
The "PeerAddr" can be a hostname or the IP-address on the
"xx.xx.xx.xx" form. The "PeerPort" can be a number or
a symbolic service name. The service name might be followed by a number in
parenthesis which is used if the service is not known by the system. The
"PeerPort" specification can also be embedded in the
"PeerAddr" by preceding it with a ":".
If "Proto" is not given and you specify a symbolic
"PeerPort" port, then the constructor will try to derive
"Proto" from the service name. As a last resort
"Proto" "tcp" is assumed. The "Type"
parameter will be deduced from "Proto" if not specified.
If the constructor is only passed a single argument, it is assumed to be a
"PeerAddr" specification.
If "Blocking" is set to 0, the connection will be in nonblocking
mode. If not specified it defaults to 1 (blocking mode).
Examples:
$sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => 'www.perl.org',
PeerPort => 'http(80)',
Proto => 'tcp');
$sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => 'localhost:smtp(25)');
$sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(Listen => 5,
LocalAddr => 'localhost',
LocalPort => 9000,
Proto => 'tcp');
$sock = IO::Socket::INET->new('127.0.0.1:25');
$sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(
PeerPort => 9999,
PeerAddr => inet_ntoa(INADDR_BROADCAST),
Proto => udp,
LocalAddr => 'localhost',
Broadcast => 1 )
or die "Can't bind : $@\n";
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As of VERSION 1.18 all IO::Socket objects have autoflush turned on by
default. This was not the case with earlier releases.
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METHODS¶
- sockaddr ()
- Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket
- sockport ()
- Return the port number that the socket is using on the local host
- sockhost ()
- Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket in a text
form xx.xx.xx.xx
- peeraddr ()
- Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket on the
peer host
- peerport ()
- Return the port number for the socket on the peer host.
- peerhost ()
- Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket on the
peer host in a text form xx.xx.xx.xx
SEE ALSO¶
Socket, IO::Socket
AUTHOR¶
Graham Barr. Currently maintained by the Perl Porters. Please report all bugs to
<perlbug@perl.org>.
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright (c) 1996-8 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.