GNetworkAddress

GNetworkAddress — A GSocketConnectable for resolving hostnames

Functions

Properties

gchar * hostname Read / Write / Construct Only
guint port Read / Write / Construct Only
gchar * scheme Read / Write / Construct Only

Types and Values

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── GNetworkAddress

Implemented Interfaces

GNetworkAddress implements GSocketConnectable.

Includes

#include <gio/gio.h>

Description

GNetworkAddress provides an easy way to resolve a hostname and then attempt to connect to that host, handling the possibility of multiple IP addresses and multiple address families.

See GSocketConnectable for and example of using the connectable interface.

Functions

g_network_address_new ()

GSocketConnectable *
g_network_address_new (const gchar *hostname,
                       guint16 port);

Creates a new GSocketConnectable for connecting to the given hostname and port .

Note that depending on the configuration of the machine, a hostname of localhost may refer to the IPv4 loopback address only, or to both IPv4 and IPv6; use g_network_address_new_loopback() to create a GNetworkAddress that is guaranteed to resolve to both addresses.

Parameters

hostname

the hostname

 

port

the port

 

Returns

the new GNetworkAddress.

[transfer full][type GNetworkAddress]

Since: 2.22


g_network_address_new_loopback ()

GSocketConnectable *
g_network_address_new_loopback (guint16 port);

Creates a new GSocketConnectable for connecting to the local host over a loopback connection to the given port . This is intended for use in connecting to local services which may be running on IPv4 or IPv6.

The connectable will return IPv4 and IPv6 loopback addresses, regardless of how the host resolves localhost. By contrast, g_network_address_new() will often only return an IPv4 address when resolving localhost, and an IPv6 address for localhost6.

g_network_address_get_hostname() will always return localhost for GNetworkAddresses created with this constructor.

Parameters

port

the port

 

Returns

the new GNetworkAddress.

[transfer full][type GNetworkAddress]

Since: 2.44


g_network_address_parse ()

GSocketConnectable *
g_network_address_parse (const gchar *host_and_port,
                         guint16 default_port,
                         GError **error);

Creates a new GSocketConnectable for connecting to the given hostname and port . May fail and return NULL in case parsing host_and_port fails.

host_and_port may be in any of a number of recognised formats; an IPv6 address, an IPv4 address, or a domain name (in which case a DNS lookup is performed). Quoting with [] is supported for all address types. A port override may be specified in the usual way with a colon.

If no port is specified in host_and_port then default_port will be used as the port number to connect to.

In general, host_and_port is expected to be provided by the user (allowing them to give the hostname, and a port overide if necessary) and default_port is expected to be provided by the application.

(The port component of host_and_port can also be specified as a service name rather than as a numeric port, but this functionality is deprecated, because it depends on the contents of /etc/services, which is generally quite sparse on platforms other than Linux.)

Parameters

host_and_port

the hostname and optionally a port

 

default_port

the default port if not in host_and_port

 

error

a pointer to a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

the new GNetworkAddress, or NULL on error.

[transfer full][type GNetworkAddress]

Since: 2.22


g_network_address_parse_uri ()

GSocketConnectable *
g_network_address_parse_uri (const gchar *uri,
                             guint16 default_port,
                             GError **error);

Creates a new GSocketConnectable for connecting to the given uri . May fail and return NULL in case parsing uri fails.

Using this rather than g_network_address_new() or g_network_address_parse() allows GSocketClient to determine when to use application-specific proxy protocols.

Parameters

uri

the hostname and optionally a port

 

default_port

The default port if none is found in the URI

 

error

a pointer to a GError, or NULL

 

Returns

the new GNetworkAddress, or NULL on error.

[transfer full][type GNetworkAddress]

Since: 2.26


g_network_address_get_hostname ()

const gchar *
g_network_address_get_hostname (GNetworkAddress *addr);

Gets addr 's hostname. This might be either UTF-8 or ASCII-encoded, depending on what addr was created with.

Parameters

addr

a GNetworkAddress

 

Returns

addr 's hostname

Since: 2.22


g_network_address_get_port ()

guint16
g_network_address_get_port (GNetworkAddress *addr);

Gets addr 's port number

Parameters

addr

a GNetworkAddress

 

Returns

addr 's port (which may be 0)

Since: 2.22


g_network_address_get_scheme ()

const gchar *
g_network_address_get_scheme (GNetworkAddress *addr);

Gets addr 's scheme

Parameters

addr

a GNetworkAddress

 

Returns

addr 's scheme (NULL if not built from URI)

Since: 2.26

Types and Values

GNetworkAddress

typedef struct _GNetworkAddress GNetworkAddress;

A GSocketConnectable for resolving a hostname and connecting to that host.

Property Details

The “hostname” property

  “hostname”                 gchar *

Hostname to resolve.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

Default value: NULL


The “port” property

  “port”                     guint

Network port.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

Allowed values: <= 65535

Default value: 0


The “scheme” property

  “scheme”                   gchar *

URI Scheme.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct Only

Default value: NULL