note

	description:
		"A Unix stream socket."
	legal: "See notice at end of class.";

	status: "See notice at end of class.";
	date: "$Date$";
	revision: "$Revision$"

class

	UNIX_STREAM_SOCKET

inherit

	STREAM_SOCKET
		rename
			address as old_socket_address,
			cleanup as old_socket_cleanup,
			name as old_socket_name
		end

	UNIX_SOCKET
		undefine
			support_storable
		select
			address,
			cleanup,
			name
		end

create {UNIX_STREAM_SOCKET}

	create_from_descriptor

create

	make, make_client, make_server

feature -- Initialization

	make
			-- Make a Unix socket stream.
		do
			c_reset_error
			family := af_unix;
			type := sock_stream;			
			make_socket
		end;

	make_client (a_peer: STRING)
			-- Create a Unix stream client socket with peer
			-- address set to `a_peer'.
		require
			valid_path: a_peer /= Void
		do
			make;
			create peer_address.make;
			peer_address.set_path (a_peer.twin)
		end;

	make_server (a_name: STRING)
			-- Create a Unix stream server socket bound to local
			-- address `a_name'.
		require
			valid_path: a_name /= Void and then not a_name.is_empty
		do
			make;
			create address.make;
			address.set_path (a_name.twin);
			bind
		end

note
	copyright:	"Copyright (c) 1984-2006, Eiffel Software and others"
	license:	"Eiffel Forum License v2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/forum.txt)"
	source: "[
			 Eiffel Software
			 356 Storke Road, Goleta, CA 93117 USA
			 Telephone 805-685-1006, Fax 805-685-6869
			 Website http://www.eiffel.com
			 Customer support http://support.eiffel.com
		]"




end -- class UNIX_STREAM_SOCKET