3 The COMM package

socket-stream

Class

Summary

The socket stream class.

Superclasses

stream

Initargs

:socket: A socket handle.
:direction: One of:input,:output, or:io.
element-type: An element type.

Accessors

socket-stream-socket

Description

Thesocket-stream class implements a buffered stream connected to a socket. The socket direction, specified by:socket, and the direction, specified by:direction, must be passed for a meaningful stream to be constructed. Common Lisp input functions such asread-char will seeend-of-file if the other end of the socket is closed. The:element-type keyword specifies the expected element type of the stream traffic.

Example

The following makes a bidirectional stream connected to a socket specified byhandle.

(make-instance 'comm:socket-stream :socket handle :direction :io :element-type 'base-char)

See also
: open-tcp-stream
start-up-server