adasockets/doc/sockets-naming.desc

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/*=* Global settings.
*
* package: Sockets.Naming
* intro:
* The @code{Sockets.Naming} package contains types and helper functions
* needed to manipulate Internet host names and addresses.
=*/
/*=type String_Access
*
* what: Access on string
* def: access String
* doc:
* Helper type
=*/
/*=type String_Array
*
* what: Array of strings
* def: array (Positive range <>) of String_Access
* doc:
* Helper type
=*/
/*=type Address_Component
*
* what: IPv4 address component (subtype)
* def: Natural range 0 .. 255
* doc:
* Helper type
=*/
/*=type Address
*
* what: IPv4 address (subtype)
* def: record@*@w{ }H1, H2, H3, H4 : Address_Component;@*end record
* doc:
* This type represents an IPv4 address with @code{H1} being the first
* octet and @code{H4} the last one. For example, 137.194.161.2 is
* represented by @code{H1=137, H2=194, H3=161, H4=2}.
=*/
/*=type Address_Array
*
* what: array of IPv4 addresses
* def: array (Positive range <>) of Address
* doc:
* Helper type
=*/
/*=type Host_Entry
*
* discr: N_Aliases, N_Addresses : Natural
* def: new Ada.Finalization.Controlled with record@*@w{ } Name : String_Access;@*@w{ } Aliases : String_Array (1 .. N_Aliases);@*@w{ } Addresses : Address_Array (1 .. N_Addresses);@* end record
* doc:
* The @code{Host_Entry} type holds a set of names and IP addresses
* associated with a host. Each host can have several IP address
* as well as several aliases.
=*/
/*=subprogram Image
*
* what: Make a string from an address
* kind: function
* arg: Add, in, Address,, IP address
* ret: String, String representation of the IP address
* concept: Representing IP addresses
* see: Value (function)
=*/
/*=subprogram Value
*
* what: Transform a string into an address
* kind: function
* arg: Add, in, String,, Textual representation of an IP address
* ret: Address, Corresponding Address
* concept: Representing IP addresses
* see: Image (function)
=*/
/*=subprogram Is_IP_Address
*
* what: Check if given string is a valid IP address
* kind: function
* arg: Something, in, String,, String to check
* ret: Boolean, @samp{True} if @var{Something} is an IP address
=*/
/*=subprogram Info_Of_Name_Or_IP
*
* what: Get addresses and names of a host
* kind: function
* arg: Something, in, String,, Host name or IP address
* ret: Host_Entry, Corresponding host entry
* exc: Naming_Error, No information available for this name or address
* doc:
* This function extracts all the names and addresses from the
* naming service.
=*/
/*=subprogram Address_Of
*
* what: Get the IP address of a host
* kind: function
* arg: Something, in, String,, Host name or IP address
* ret: Address, IPv4 address
* exc: Naming_Error, No information available for this name or address
* see: Name_Of (function)
=*/
/*=subprogram Host_Name
*
* what: Get the name of the current host
* kind: function
* ret: String, Name of the current host
* doc:
* This function returns the name of the current host. Depending on
* the local configuration, it may or may not be a fully qualified
* domain name (FQDN).
=*/
/*=subprogram Name_Of
*
* what: Official name of the host
* kind: function
* arg: Something, in, String,, Host name or IP address
* ret: String, Name of the host
* exc: Naming_Error, No information available for this name or address
* see: Address_Of (function)
=*/
/*=subprogram Any_Address
*
* what: Special address representing any address on the local host
* kind: function
* ret: Address, Equivalent to @code{INADDR_ANY} in the C programming language
=*/
/*=subprogram Get_Peer_Addr
*
* what: Retrieve IP address of remote host
* kind: function
* arg: Socket, in, Socket_FD,, Connected socket object
* ret: Address, Peer address
* see: Get_Peer_Port (function)
* see: Get_Sock_Addr (function)
=*/
/*=subprogram Get_Peer_Port
*
* what: Retrieve port used by remote host
* kind: function
* arg: Socket, in, Socket_FD,, Connected socket object
* ret: Positive, Port used on the remote host
* see: Get_Sock_Port (function)
* see: Get_Peer_Addr (function)
=*/
/*=subprogram Get_Sock_Addr
*
* what: Retrieve IP address of local host
* kind: function
* arg: Socket, in, Socket_FD,, Connected socket object
* ret: Address, Address of local interface used
* see: Get_Sock_Port (function)
* see: Get_Peer_Addr (function)
=*/
/*=subprogram Get_Sock_Port
*
* what: Retrieve port used by local host
* kind: function
* arg: Socket, in, Socket_FD,, Connected socket object
* ret: Positive, Port used on the local host
* see: Get_Peer_Port (function)
* see: Get_Sock_Addr (function)
=*/