14.4.55  Net_Db

The standard library Net_Db api defines access to basic low-level TCP/IP functionality to look up internet networks by name and by address and so forth.

The Net_Db api is implemented by the net_db package.

The Net_Db api source code is in src/lib/std/src/socket/net-db.api.

The above information is manually maintained and may contain errors.

api {
    eqtype Network_Address;
    Address_Family;
    Entry;
    name : Entry -> String;
    aliases : Entry -> List(String );
    address_type : Entry -> Address_Family;
    address : Entry -> Network_Address;
    get_by_name : String -> Null_Or(Entry );
    get_by_address : (Network_Address , Address_Family) -> Null_Or(Entry );
    scan : number_string::Reader((Char, X)) -> number_string::Reader((Network_Address, X));
    from_string : String -> Null_Or(Network_Address );
    to_string : Network_Address -> String;
    Netent;
    get_network_by_name__sysref : String -> Null_Or(Netent );
        set__get_network_by_name__ref :
            ({fun_name:String, io_call:String -> Null_Or(Netent ), lib_name:String} -> String -> Null_Or(Netent ))
            ->
            Void;
        get_network_by_address__syscall :
        (one_word_unt::Unt , mythryl_callable_c_library_interface::System_Constant) -> Null_Or(Netent );
        set__get_network_by_address__ref :
                (   {fun_name:String,
                    io_call:(one_word_unt::Unt , mythryl_callable_c_library_interface::System_Constant) -> Null_Or(Netent ),
                    lib_name:String}
                ->
                (one_word_unt::Unt , mythryl_callable_c_library_interface::System_Constant) -> Null_Or(Netent )
                )
            ->
            Void;};