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| Purpose: | The TCPSocket object provides an interface to TCP/IP. |
Description
The TCPSocket object provides an event-driven mechanism to communicate with other programs (including Dyalog APL) via TCP sockets. Dyalog recommends that Conga is used in preference to TCPSockets in new applications.
The SocketType property is a character vector that specifies the type of the TCP/IP socket. This is either 'Stream' (the default), or 'UDP'. SocketType must be defined when the object is created and cannot be set or changed using ⎕WS.
The Style property is a character vector that specifies the type of data transmitted or received by the socket; it may be 'Char', 'Raw', or 'APL'. The value 'APL' is valid only if the SocketType is 'Stream'.
The Encoding property is a character vector that specifies how character data are encoded or translated. The possible values are 'None', 'UTF-8', 'Classic' or 'Unicode', depending upon the value of the Style property.
LocalAddr and LocalPort properties identify your end of the connection; RemoteAddr and RemotePort identify the other end of the connection. The values of the two sets of properties are clearly symmetrical; your LocalAddr is your partner's RemoteAddr, and there are strict rules concerning which of them you and your partner may set. See the individual descriptions of these properties for details.
The SocketNumber property is the Window handle of the socket attached to the TCPSocket object and is generally a read-only property. The only time that SocketNumber may be specified is when a server replicates (clones) a listening socket to which a client has just connected.