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| author | Garrett D'Amore <garrett@damore.org> | 2018-03-14 15:19:26 -0700 |
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| committer | Garrett D'Amore <garrett@damore.org> | 2018-03-14 15:19:26 -0700 |
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diff --git a/docs/man/nng_socket.adoc b/docs/man/nng_socket.adoc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..31df4a8f --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/man/nng_socket.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ += nng_socket(5) +// +// Copyright 2018 Staysail Systems, Inc. <info@staysail.tech> +// Copyright 2018 Capitar IT Group BV <info@capitar.com> +// +// This document is supplied under the terms of the MIT License, a +// copy of which should be located in the distribution where this +// file was obtained (LICENSE.txt). A copy of the license may also be +// found online at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT. +// + +== NAME + +nng_socket - socket handle + +== SYNOPSIS + +[source, c] +----------- +#include <nng/nng.h> + +typedef uint32_t nng_socket; +----------- + +== DESCRIPTION + +An ((`nng_socket`))(((socket))) is a handle to an underlying "`socket`" object. +All communication between the application and remote Scalability Protocol +peers is done through sockets. +A given socket can have multiple dialers (<<nng_dialer#,`nng_dialer`>>) +and/or (<<nng_listener#,`nng_listener`>>), and multiple +pipes (<<nng_pipe#,`nng_pipe`>>), and +may be connected to multiple transports at the same time. +However, a given socket will have exactly one "`protocol`" associated with it, +and is responsible for any state machines or other protocol-specific logic. + +NOTE: Although `nng_socket` is an integer data type, these objects are not +ordinary file descriptors, and can only be used with the functions that +explicitly indicate that it safe and appropropate to do so. + +Each `nng_socket` is created by a protocol-specific constructor, such as +<<nng_rep0_open#,`nng_rep0_open()`>>. +When the socket is no longer needed, it can be closed with +<<nng_close#,`nng_close()`>>. + +== SEE ALSO + +[.text-left] +<<libnng#,libnng(3)>>, +<<nng_close#,nng_close(3)>>, +<<nng_dialer#,nng_dialer(5)>>, +<<nng_listener#,nng_listener(5)>>, +<<nng_options#,nng_options(5)>>, +<<nng#,nng(7)>> |
