Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
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Socket object handle

A handle to a socket object. This object allows you to read or write data on a TCP/IP socket and to perform other TCP/IP socket actions.

Syntax

socket-handle [ :attribute | :method ]

socket-handle

A handle variable that references a socket object created by the CREATE SOCKET statement and that allows you to connect to, read from and write to a socket.

attribute

An attribute of the socket handle.

method

A method of the socket handle.

Attributes

BYTES-READ attribute	BYTES-WRITTEN attribute	HANDLE attribute
LOCAL-HOST attribute	LOCAL-PORT attribute	NAME attribute
NEXT-SIBLING attribute	PREV-SIBLING attribute	PRIVATE-DATA attribute
REMOTE-HOST attribute	REMOTE-PORT attribute	SENSITIVE attribute
SSL-SERVER-NAME attribute	TYPE attribute

Methods

CONNECT( ) method	CONNECTED( ) method
DISCONNECT( ) method	GET-BYTES-AVAILABLE( ) method
GET-SOCKET-OPTION( ) method	READ( ) method
SET-READ-RESPONSE-PROCEDURE( ) method	SET-SOCKET-OPTION( ) method
WRITE( ) method

Events

READ-RESPONSE event

Note

The server socket object is used to enable connections from socket clients; it is via the socket object that clients and servers communicate. For more information on using sockets, see OpenEdge Development: Programming Interfaces .