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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="GSocketAddress.top_of_page"></a>GSocketAddress</span></h2>
<p>GSocketAddress — Abstract base class representing endpoints for
socket communication</p>
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<a name="GSocketAddress.synopsis"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<pre class="synopsis"> <a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html#GSocketAddress-struct" title="GSocketAddress">GSocketAddress</a>;
enum <a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html#GSocketFamily" title="enum GSocketFamily">GSocketFamily</a>;
<a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html" title="GSocketAddress"><span class="returnvalue">GSocketAddress</span></a> * <a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html#g-socket-address-new-from-native" title="g_socket_address_new_from_native ()">g_socket_address_new_from_native</a> (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> native</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> len</code></em>);
<a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html#GSocketFamily" title="enum GSocketFamily"><span class="returnvalue">GSocketFamily</span></a> <a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html#g-socket-address-get-family" title="g_socket_address_get_family ()">g_socket_address_get_family</a> (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html" title="GSocketAddress"><span class="type">GSocketAddress</span></a> *address</code></em>);
<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a> <a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html#g-socket-address-to-native" title="g_socket_address_to_native ()">g_socket_address_to_native</a> (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html" title="GSocketAddress"><span class="type">GSocketAddress</span></a> *address</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> dest</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> destlen</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a> **error</code></em>);
<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gssize"><span class="returnvalue">gssize</span></a> <a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html#g-socket-address-get-native-size" title="g_socket_address_get_native_size ()">g_socket_address_get_native_size</a> (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html" title="GSocketAddress"><span class="type">GSocketAddress</span></a> *address</code></em>);
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<a name="GSocketAddress.object-hierarchy"></a><h2>Object Hierarchy</h2>
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<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gobject/gobject-The-Base-Object-Type.html#GObject">GObject</a>
+----GSocketAddress
+----<a class="link" href="GInetSocketAddress.html" title="GInetSocketAddress">GInetSocketAddress</a>
+----<a class="link" href="GUnixSocketAddress.html" title="GUnixSocketAddress">GUnixSocketAddress</a>
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<a name="GSocketAddress.implemented-interfaces"></a><h2>Implemented Interfaces</h2>
<p>
GSocketAddress implements
<a class="link" href="GSocketConnectable.html" title="GSocketConnectable">GSocketConnectable</a>.</p>
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"<a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html#GSocketAddress--family" title='The "family" property'>family</a>" <a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html#GSocketFamily" title="enum GSocketFamily"><span class="type">GSocketFamily</span></a> : Read
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<a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html" title="GSocketAddress"><span class="type">GSocketAddress</span></a> is the equivalent of <span class="type">struct sockaddr</span>
in the BSD sockets API. This is an abstract class; use
<a class="link" href="GInetSocketAddress.html" title="GInetSocketAddress"><span class="type">GInetSocketAddress</span></a> for internet sockets, or <a class="link" href="GUnixSocketAddress.html" title="GUnixSocketAddress"><span class="type">GUnixSocketAddress</span></a>
for UNIX domain sockets.
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<a name="GSocketAddress.details"></a><h2>Details</h2>
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<a name="GSocketAddress-struct"></a><h3>GSocketAddress</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">typedef struct _GSocketAddress GSocketAddress;</pre>
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A socket endpoint address, corresponding to <span class="type">struct sockaddr</span>
or one of its subtypes.
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<a name="GSocketFamily"></a><h3>enum GSocketFamily</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">typedef enum {
G_SOCKET_FAMILY_INVALID,
#ifdef GLIB_SYSDEF_AF_UNIX
G_SOCKET_FAMILY_UNIX = GLIB_SYSDEF_AF_UNIX,
#endif
G_SOCKET_FAMILY_IPV4 = GLIB_SYSDEF_AF_INET,
G_SOCKET_FAMILY_IPV6 = GLIB_SYSDEF_AF_INET6
} GSocketFamily;
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The protocol family of a <a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html" title="GSocketAddress"><span class="type">GSocketAddress</span></a>. (These values are
identical to the system defines <code class="literal">AF_INET</code>, <code class="literal">AF_INET6</code> and <code class="literal">AF_UNIX</code>,
if available.)
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<td><p><a name="G-SOCKET-FAMILY-INVALID:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">G_SOCKET_FAMILY_INVALID</code></span></p></td>
<td>no address family
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<td><p><a name="G-SOCKET-FAMILY-UNIX:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">G_SOCKET_FAMILY_UNIX</code></span></p></td>
<td>the UNIX domain family
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<td><p><a name="G-SOCKET-FAMILY-IPV4:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">G_SOCKET_FAMILY_IPV4</code></span></p></td>
<td>the IPv4 family
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<td><p><a name="G-SOCKET-FAMILY-IPV6:CAPS"></a><span class="term"><code class="literal">G_SOCKET_FAMILY_IPV6</code></span></p></td>
<td>the IPv6 family
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<p class="since">Since 2.22</p>
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<a name="g-socket-address-new-from-native"></a><h3>g_socket_address_new_from_native ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html" title="GSocketAddress"><span class="returnvalue">GSocketAddress</span></a> * g_socket_address_new_from_native (<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> native</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> len</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Creates a <a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html" title="GSocketAddress"><span class="type">GSocketAddress</span></a> subclass corresponding to the native
<span class="type">struct sockaddr</span> <em class="parameter"><code>native</code></em>.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>native</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a pointer to a <span class="type">struct sockaddr</span>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>len</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the size of the memory location pointed to by <em class="parameter"><code>native</code></em>
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> a new <a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html" title="GSocketAddress"><span class="type">GSocketAddress</span></a> if <em class="parameter"><code>native</code></em> could successfully be converted,
otherwise <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a>.
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<p class="since">Since 2.22</p>
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<a name="g-socket-address-get-family"></a><h3>g_socket_address_get_family ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html#GSocketFamily" title="enum GSocketFamily"><span class="returnvalue">GSocketFamily</span></a> g_socket_address_get_family (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html" title="GSocketAddress"><span class="type">GSocketAddress</span></a> *address</code></em>);</pre>
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Gets the socket family type of <em class="parameter"><code>address</code></em>.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>address</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html" title="GSocketAddress"><span class="type">GSocketAddress</span></a>
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the socket family type of <em class="parameter"><code>address</code></em>.
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<p class="since">Since 2.22</p>
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<a name="g-socket-address-to-native"></a><h3>g_socket_address_to_native ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a> g_socket_address_to_native (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html" title="GSocketAddress"><span class="type">GSocketAddress</span></a> *address</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gpointer"><span class="type">gpointer</span></a> dest</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gsize"><span class="type">gsize</span></a> destlen</code></em>,
<em class="parameter"><code><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a> **error</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Converts a <a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html" title="GSocketAddress"><span class="type">GSocketAddress</span></a> to a native <span class="type">struct
sockaddr</span>, which can be passed to low-level functions like
<code class="function">connect()</code> or <code class="function">bind()</code>.
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If not enough space is availible, a <a class="link" href="gio-GIOError.html#G-IO-ERROR-NO-SPACE:CAPS"><code class="literal">G_IO_ERROR_NO_SPACE</code></a> error is
returned. If the address type is not known on the system
then a <a class="link" href="gio-GIOError.html#G-IO-ERROR-NOT-SUPPORTED:CAPS"><code class="literal">G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED</code></a> error is returned.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>address</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html" title="GSocketAddress"><span class="type">GSocketAddress</span></a>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>dest</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a pointer to a memory location that will contain the native
<span class="type">struct sockaddr</span>.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>destlen</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>the size of <em class="parameter"><code>dest</code></em>. Must be at least as large as
<a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html#g-socket-address-get-native-size" title="g_socket_address_get_native_size ()"><code class="function">g_socket_address_get_native_size()</code></a>.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>error</code></em> :</span></p></td>
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<a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Error-Reporting.html#GError"><span class="type">GError</span></a> for error reporting, or <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL:CAPS"><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> to ignore.
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Standard-Macros.html#TRUE:CAPS"><code class="literal">TRUE</code></a> if <em class="parameter"><code>dest</code></em> was filled in, <a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Standard-Macros.html#FALSE:CAPS"><code class="literal">FALSE</code></a> on error
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<p class="since">Since 2.22</p>
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<a name="g-socket-address-get-native-size"></a><h3>g_socket_address_get_native_size ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html#gssize"><span class="returnvalue">gssize</span></a> g_socket_address_get_native_size (<em class="parameter"><code><a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html" title="GSocketAddress"><span class="type">GSocketAddress</span></a> *address</code></em>);</pre>
<p>
Gets the size of <em class="parameter"><code>address</code></em>'s native <span class="type">struct sockaddr</span>.
You can use this to allocate memory to pass to
<a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html#g-socket-address-to-native" title="g_socket_address_to_native ()"><code class="function">g_socket_address_to_native()</code></a>.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>address</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>a <a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html" title="GSocketAddress"><span class="type">GSocketAddress</span></a>
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the size of the native <span class="type">struct sockaddr</span> that
<em class="parameter"><code>address</code></em> represents
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<p class="since">Since 2.22</p>
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<a name="GSocketAddress.property-details"></a><h2>Property Details</h2>
<div class="refsect2" title='The "family" property'>
<a name="GSocketAddress--family"></a><h3>The <code class="literal">"family"</code> property</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"> "family" <a class="link" href="GSocketAddress.html#GSocketFamily" title="enum GSocketFamily"><span class="type">GSocketFamily</span></a> : Read</pre>
<p>The family of the socket address.</p>
<p>Default value: G_SOCKET_FAMILY_INVALID</p>
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