GSocketConnection

GSocketConnection — A socket connection

Synopsis

#include <gio/gio.h>

                    GSocketConnection;
gboolean            g_socket_connection_connect         (GSocketConnection *connection,
                                                         GSocketAddress *address,
                                                         GCancellable *cancellable,
                                                         GError **error);
void                g_socket_connection_connect_async   (GSocketConnection *connection,
                                                         GSocketAddress *address,
                                                         GCancellable *cancellable,
                                                         GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data);
gboolean            g_socket_connection_connect_finish  (GSocketConnection *connection,
                                                         GAsyncResult *result,
                                                         GError **error);

gboolean            g_socket_connection_is_connected    (GSocketConnection *connection);
GSocketAddress *    g_socket_connection_get_local_address
                                                        (GSocketConnection *connection,
                                                         GError **error);
GSocketAddress *    g_socket_connection_get_remote_address
                                                        (GSocketConnection *connection,
                                                         GError **error);
GSocket *           g_socket_connection_get_socket      (GSocketConnection *connection);

GSocketConnection * g_socket_connection_factory_create_connection
                                                        (GSocket *socket);
GType               g_socket_connection_factory_lookup_type
                                                        (GSocketFamily family,
                                                         GSocketType type,
                                                         gint protocol_id);
void                g_socket_connection_factory_register_type
                                                        (GType g_type,
                                                         GSocketFamily family,
                                                         GSocketType type,
                                                         gint protocol);

Object Hierarchy

  GObject
   +----GIOStream
         +----GSocketConnection
               +----GTcpConnection
               +----GUnixConnection

Properties

  "socket"                   GSocket*              : Read / Write / Construct Only

Description

GSocketConnection is a GIOStream for a connected socket. They can be created either by GSocketClient when connecting to a host, or by GSocketListener when accepting a new client.

The type of the GSocketConnection object returned from these calls depends on the type of the underlying socket that is in use. For instance, for a TCP/IP connection it will be a GTcpConnection.

Choosing what type of object to construct is done with the socket connection factory, and it is possible for 3rd parties to register custom socket connection types for specific combination of socket family/type/protocol using g_socket_connection_factory_register_type().

Details

GSocketConnection

typedef struct _GSocketConnection GSocketConnection;

A socket connection GIOStream object for connection-oriented sockets.

Since 2.22


g_socket_connection_connect ()

gboolean            g_socket_connection_connect         (GSocketConnection *connection,
                                                         GSocketAddress *address,
                                                         GCancellable *cancellable,
                                                         GError **error);

Connect connection to the specified remote address.

connection :

a GSocketConnection

address :

a GSocketAddress specifying the remote address.

cancellable :

a GCancellable or NULL. [allow-none]

error :

GError for error reporting, or NULL to ignore.

Returns :

TRUE if the connection succeeded, FALSE on error

Since 2.32


g_socket_connection_connect_async ()

void                g_socket_connection_connect_async   (GSocketConnection *connection,
                                                         GSocketAddress *address,
                                                         GCancellable *cancellable,
                                                         GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
                                                         gpointer user_data);

Asynchronously connect connection to the specified remote address.

This clears the "blocking" flag on connection's underlying socket if it is currently set.

Use g_socket_connection_connect_finish() to retrieve the result.

connection :

a GSocketConnection

address :

a GSocketAddress specifying the remote address.

cancellable :

a GCancellable or NULL. [allow-none]

callback :

a GAsyncReadyCallback. [scope async]

user_data :

user data for the callback. [closure]

Since 2.32


g_socket_connection_connect_finish ()

gboolean            g_socket_connection_connect_finish  (GSocketConnection *connection,
                                                         GAsyncResult *result,
                                                         GError **error);

Gets the result of a g_socket_connection_connect_async() call.

connection :

a GSocketConnection

result :

the GAsyncResult

error :

GError for error reporting, or NULL to ignore.

Returns :

TRUE if the connection succeeded, FALSE on error

Since 2.32


g_socket_connection_is_connected ()

gboolean            g_socket_connection_is_connected    (GSocketConnection *connection);

Checks if connection is connected. This is equivalent to calling g_socket_is_connected() on connection's underlying GSocket.

connection :

a GSocketConnection

Returns :

whether connection is connected

Since 2.32


g_socket_connection_get_local_address ()

GSocketAddress *    g_socket_connection_get_local_address
                                                        (GSocketConnection *connection,
                                                         GError **error);

Try to get the local address of a socket connection.

connection :

a GSocketConnection

error :

GError for error reporting, or NULL to ignore.

Returns :

a GSocketAddress or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref(). [transfer full]

Since 2.22


g_socket_connection_get_remote_address ()

GSocketAddress *    g_socket_connection_get_remote_address
                                                        (GSocketConnection *connection,
                                                         GError **error);

Try to get the remote address of a socket connection.

connection :

a GSocketConnection

error :

GError for error reporting, or NULL to ignore.

Returns :

a GSocketAddress or NULL on error. Free the returned object with g_object_unref(). [transfer full]

Since 2.22


g_socket_connection_get_socket ()

GSocket *           g_socket_connection_get_socket      (GSocketConnection *connection);

Gets the underlying GSocket object of the connection. This can be useful if you want to do something unusual on it not supported by the GSocketConnection APIs.

connection :

a GSocketConnection

Returns :

a GSocketAddress or NULL on error. [transfer none]

Since 2.22


g_socket_connection_factory_create_connection ()

GSocketConnection * g_socket_connection_factory_create_connection
                                                        (GSocket *socket);

Creates a GSocketConnection subclass of the right type for socket.

socket :

a GSocket

Returns :

a GSocketConnection. [transfer full]

Since 2.22


g_socket_connection_factory_lookup_type ()

GType               g_socket_connection_factory_lookup_type
                                                        (GSocketFamily family,
                                                         GSocketType type,
                                                         gint protocol_id);

Looks up the GType to be used when creating socket connections on sockets with the specified family, type and protocol_id.

If no type is registered, the GSocketConnection base type is returned.

family :

a GSocketFamily

type :

a GSocketType

protocol_id :

a protocol id

Returns :

a GType

Since 2.22


g_socket_connection_factory_register_type ()

void                g_socket_connection_factory_register_type
                                                        (GType g_type,
                                                         GSocketFamily family,
                                                         GSocketType type,
                                                         gint protocol);

Looks up the GType to be used when creating socket connections on sockets with the specified family, type and protocol.

If no type is registered, the GSocketConnection base type is returned.

g_type :

a GType, inheriting from G_TYPE_SOCKET_CONNECTION

family :

a GSocketFamily

type :

a GSocketType

protocol :

a protocol id

Since 2.22

Property Details

The "socket" property

  "socket"                   GSocket*              : Read / Write / Construct Only

The underlying GSocket.

See Also

GIOStream, GSocketClient, GSocketListener