Kamaelia.Internet.TCPClient.TCPClient

class TCPClient(Axon.Component.component)

TCPClient(host,port[,delay]) -> component with a TCP connection to a server.

Establishes a TCP connection to the specified server.

Keyword arguments: - host -- address of the server to connect to (string) - port -- port number to connect on - delay -- delay (seconds) after activation before connecting (default=0)

Inboxes

• control : NOT USED
• inbox : data to send to the socket
• _socketFeedback : notifications from the ConnectedSocketAdapter

Outboxes

• outbox : data received from the socket
• signal : socket errors
• _selectorSignal : communicating with a selectorComponent

Methods defined here

__init__(self, host, port, delay)

x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

main(self)

Main loop.

runClient(self, sock)

safeConnect(self, sock)

Connect to socket and handle possible errors that may occur.

Returns True if successful, or False on failure. Unhandled errors are raised as exceptions.

setupCSA(self, sock)

setupCSA(sock) -> new ConnectedSocketAdapter component

Creates a ConnectedSocketAdapter component for the socket, and wires up to it. Also sends the CSA to the "selector" service.

waitCSAClose(self)

Returns True if a socketShutdown message is received on "_socketFeedback" inbox.

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