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--- !ruby/object:RI::ClassDescription
attributes: []
class_methods: []
comment:
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P
body: IPSocket is the parent of TCPSocket and UDPSocket and implements functionality common to them.
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P
body: "A number of APIs in IPSocket, Socket, and their descendants return an address as an array. The members of that array are:"
- !ruby/object:SM::Flow::LIST
contents:
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI
label: "-"
body: "address family: A string like "AF_INET" or "AF_INET6" if it is one of the commonly used families, the string "unknown:#" (where `#' is the address family number) if it is not one of the common ones. The strings map to the Socket::AF_* constants."
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI
label: "-"
body: "port: The port number."
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI
label: "-"
body: "name: Either the canonical name from looking the address up in the DNS, or the address in presentation format"
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::LI
label: "-"
body: "address: The address in presentation format (a dotted decimal string for IPv4, a hex string for IPv6)."
type: :BULLET
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P
body: The address and port can be used directly to create sockets and to bind or connect them to the address.
constants: []
full_name: IPSocket
includes: []
instance_methods: []
name: IPSocket
superclass: BasicSocket