Xsocket.c File Reference

Xsocket() - create a socket. More...

#include "Xsocket.h"

Functions
int	Xsocket (int family, int transport_type, int protocol)
	Create an XIA socket. More...

Function Documentation

int Xsocket	(	int	family,
		int	transport_type,
		int	protocol
	)

Creates an XIA socket of the specified type.

Parameters

family	socket family, currently must be AF_XIA
transport_type	Valid values are: SOCK_STREAM for reliable communications (SID) SOCK_DGRAM for a ligher weight connection, but with unguranteed delivery (SID) SOCK_RAW for a raw socket that can have direct edits made to the header SOCK_NONBLOCK may be or'd into the transport_type to create the socket in nonblocking mode
protocol	for posix compatibility, currently ignored

Returns

socket id on success.

-1 on failure with errno set to an error compatible with those from the standard socket call.

Warning

The returned socket is actually a normal UDP socket on localhost that is used to communicate with the click XIA implementation. Using this socket with normal unix socket calls will cause unexpected behaviors. Attempting to pass a socket created with the the standard socket function to the Xsocket API will have similar results.