TCPIPV6NetworkStreamReader

TCPIPV6UNIXNetworkStreamReader Class

Instance Variables

timeout

An Integer that contains the number of seconds that the acceptSock method (below) should wait for a connection. The default is 10 seconds.

Instance Methods

acceptSock (void)

Listens for incoming connections on the socket that is bound to a network address and port by a previous call to openOn.

If the program receives an incoming connection, acceptSock creates a new socket to read data from the connection and returns the socket number, an Integer, to the calling program.

If the method times out, it returns 0 to the calling program. The timeout instance variable determines the number of seconds the method should wait for incoming connections. The default is 10 seconds.

If an error occurs, the method returns -1 and raises a SystemErrnoException.

openOn (void)

openOn (Integer port)

openOn (String hostName, Integer port)

Binds a TCPIPV6NetworkStreamReader object to the hostname and port given as the arguments, if any. The return value is the socket handle number of the receiver, an Integer.

If no hostname or port is given, the method binds the socket to the system constant in6addr_any, and the port defined by DEFAULT_TCPIP_PORT, defined by the Ctalk library in the ctalkdefs.h header file.

If an error occurs, these methods raise an Exception and return 0.