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This documentation is for version v1.0.0 of nng, but the latest released version is v1.7.3. see the documentation for v1.7.3 for the most up-to-date information.
nng_listen(3)

SYNOPSIS

#include <nng/nng.h>

int nng_listen(nng_socket s, const char *url, nng_listener *lp, int flags);

DESCRIPTION

The nng_listen() function creates a newly initialized nng_listener object, associated with socket s, and configured to listen at the address specified by url, and starts it. If the value of lp is not NULL, then the newly created listener is stored at the address indicated by lp.

Listeners are used to accept connections initiated by remote dialers. An incoming connection generally results in and nng_pipe object being created and attached to the socket s. Unlike dialers, listeners generally can create many pipes, which may be open concurrently.

While it is convenient to think of listeners as “servers”, the relationship between the listener or dialer is orthogonal to any server or client status that might be associated with a given protocol. For example, a req socket might have associated dialers, but might also have associated listeners. It may even have some of each at the same time!

Normally, the act of “binding” to the address indicated by url is done synchronously, including any necessary name resolution. As a result, a failure, such as if the address is already in use, will be returned immediately. However, if the special value NNG_FLAG_NONBLOCK is supplied in flags, then this is done asynchronously; furthermore any failure to bind will be periodically reattempted in the background.

While NNG_FLAG_NONBLOCK can help an application be more resilient, it also generally makes diagnosing failures somewhat more difficult.

Because the listener is started immediately, it is generally not possible to apply extra configuration; if that is needed applications should consider using nng_listener_create() and nng_listener_start() instead.

The created listener will continue to accept new connections, associating their pipes with the socket, until either it or the socket s is closed.

RETURN VALUES

This function returns 0 on success, and non-zero otherwise.

ERRORS

NNG_EADDRINUSE

The address specified by url is already in use.

NNG_EADDRINVAL

An invalid url was specified.

NNG_ECLOSED

The socket s is not open.

NNG_EINVAL

An invalid set of flags was specified.

NNG_ENOMEM

Insufficient memory is available.

NNG Reference Manual vv1.0.0 © 2019 Staysail Systems, Inc, © 2018 Capitar IT Group BV
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