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Function `std.socket.getAddress`

Provides protocol-independent translation from host names to socket addresses. Uses getAddressInfo if the current system supports it, and InternetHost otherwise.


						
				Address[] getAddress
				(
				

				  const(char[]) hostname,
				

				  const(char[]) service = null
				

				) @safe;
				

				

				Address[] getAddress
				(
				

				  const(char[]) hostname,
				

				  ushort port
				

				) @safe;

Returns

Array with one Address instance per socket address.

Throws

SocketOSException on failure.

Example

writeln("Resolving www.digitalmars.com:");
try
{
    auto addresses = getAddress("www.digitalmars.com");
    foreach (address; addresses)
        writefln("  IP: %s", address.toAddrString());
}
catch (SocketException e)
    writefln("  Lookup failed: %s", e.msg);

Authors

Christopher E. Miller, David Nadlinger, Vladimir Panteleev

License

Boost License 1.0.