A TCP socket class : allow you to both connect to a given server and exchange messages or start your own server and wait for connections.
Constructor
Methods
accept():Tuple2<Socket, Address>
Accept a new connected client. This will return a connected socket on which you can read/write some data.
bind(address:Address):Void
Bind the socket to the given host/port so it can afterwards listen for connections there.
close():Void
Closes the socket : make sure to properly close all your sockets or you will crash when you run out of file descriptors.
connect(addr:Address):Void
Connect to the given server host/port. Throw an exception in case we couldn't successfully connect.
listen(connections:Int):Void
Allow the socket to listen for incoming questions. The parameter tells how many pending connections we can have until they get refused. Use accept()
to accept incoming connections.
setblocking(b:Bool):Void
Change the blocking mode of the socket. A blocking socket is the default behavior. A non-blocking socket will abort blocking operations immediately by throwing a haxe.io.Error.Blocked value.
setsockopt(family:Int, option:Int, value:Bool):Void
settimeout(timeout:Float):Void
Gives a timeout after which blocking socket operations (such as reading and writing) will abort and throw an exception.