Ocamlnet 3 Reference Manual : Netsockaddr

# Module Netsockaddr

    module Netsockaddr: sig .. end

Parsing of socket addresses

    type socksymbol = [ `Inet of Unix.inet_addr * int
           | `Inet_byname of string * int
           | `Unix of string ]

Symbolic socket names:

- ``Inet(ip,port)`: An internet socket with IP `ip` and the given `port`
- ``Inet_byname(n,port)`: An internet socket with the IP resulting from the resolution of the name `n`, and with the given `port`
- ``Unix p`: A Unix Domain socket with the path `p`

Use `Uq_resolver.sockaddr_of_socksymbol` to convert to a `Unix.sockaddr` (and resolve names).

    val socksymbol_of_string : string -> socksymbol

Parses designations of the forms:

- `<IPv4>:port`
- `[<IPv4_or_IPv6]:port`
- `<name>:port`
- `/path`
- `./path`

Raises `Failure` on parse error.

    val string_of_socksymbol : socksymbol -> string

The reverse function