httpd_socket

MODULE

httpd_socket

MODULE SUMMARY

Communication utility functions to be used by the EWSAPI programmer.

DESCRIPTION

This module provides the EWSAPI module programmer with utility functions for generic sockets communication. The appropriate communication mechanism is transparently used, that is ip_comm or ssl.

EXPORTS

deliver(SocketType,Socket,Binary) -> Result

Types:
SocketType = socket_type()
Socket = socket()
Binary = binary()
Result = socket_closed | void()

deliver/3 sends the Binary over the Socket using the specified SocketType. Socket and SocketType should be the socket and the socket_type form the mod record as defined in httpd.

peername(SocketType,Socket) -> {Port,IPAddress}

Types:
SocketType = socket_type()
Socket = socket()
Port = integer()
IPAddress = string()

peername/3 returns the Port and IPAddress of the remote Socket.

resolve() -> HostName

Types:
HostName = string()

resolve/0 returns the official HostName of the current host.

SEE ALSO

httpd(3)

AUTHORS

Joakim Grebenö - support@erlang.ericsson.se