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[gaim-migrate @ 8962]
Methinks prpl's should be able to specify a range of ports. Also,
I don't think Gaim should ever try to bind to ports below 1024...
Maybe that should be allowed though, I don't know?
committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author | Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net> |
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date | Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:23:17 +0000 |
parents | f50c059b6384 |
children | 609a62b8e748 |
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/** * @file network.h Network API * @ingroup core * * gaim * * Gaim is the legal property of its developers, whose names are too numerous * to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this * source distribution. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ #ifndef _GAIM_NETWORK_H_ #define _GAIM_NETWORK_H_ #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif /**************************************************************************/ /** @name Network API */ /**************************************************************************/ /*@{*/ /** * Sets the IP address of the local system in preferences. * * @param ip The local IP address. */ void gaim_network_set_local_ip(const char *ip); /** * Returns the IP address of the local system set in preferences. * * This returns the value set via gaim_network_set_local_ip(). * You probably want to use gaim_network_get_ip_for_account() instead. * * @return The local IP address set in preferences. */ const char *gaim_network_get_local_ip(void); /** * Returns the IP address of the local system. * * You probably want to use gaim_network_get_ip_for_account() instead. * * @note The returned string is a pointer to a static buffer. If this * function is called twice, it may be important to make a copy * of the returned string. * * @param fd The fd to use to help figure out the IP, or else -1. * @return The local IP address. */ const char *gaim_network_get_local_system_ip(int fd); /** * Returns the IP address that should be used for the specified account. * * First, if @a account is not @c NULL, the IP associated with @a account * is tried, via a call to gaim_account_get_local_ip(). * * If that IP is not set, the IP set in preferences is tried. * * If that IP is not set, the system's local IP is tried, via a call to * gaim_network_get_local_ip(). * * @note The returned string is a pointer to a static buffer. If this * function is called twice, it may be important to make a copy * of the returned string. * * @param account The account to use. This may be @c NULL, and if so * the first step listed above is skipped. * @param fd The fd to use to help figure out the IP, or -1. * @return The local IP address to be used. */ const char *gaim_network_get_ip_for_account(const GaimAccount *account, int fd); /** * Opens a listening port. * * This opens a listening port. The caller will want to set up a watcher * of type GAIM_INPUT_READ on the returned fd. It will probably call * accept in the callback, and then possibly remove the watcher and close * the listening socket, and add a new watcher on the new socket accept * returned. * * @param start The port number to bind to, or 0 to let the core decide. * By default, the core will let the kernel pick one at random, * but users are allowed to specify a range. * @param end The highest possible port in the range of ports to listen on, * or 0 to let the core decide. * @return The file descriptor of the listening socket. */ int gaim_network_listen(short start, short end); /** * Gets a port number from a file descriptor. * * @param fd The file descriptor. This should be a tcp socket. The current * implementation probably dies on anything but IPv4. Perhaps this * possible bug will inspire new and valuable contributors to Gaim. * @return The port number, in host byte order. */ short gaim_network_get_port_from_fd(int fd); /** * Initializes the network subsystem. */ void gaim_network_init(void); /*@}*/ #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif /* _GAIM_NETWORK_H_ */