Module "socket"

This module provides TCP/IP sockets. A socket provides a duplex binary stream. The read and write stream can be obtained by the ordinary ISO core standard open/[3,4] predicates. The open options also apply to sockets so that a binary stream can be easily viewed as a text stream in various encodings.

Example:
?- client_new('pot.ty', C), open(C, write, S), 
   write_term(S, 'Hello World!'), nl(S), close(C).

A server socket can be created with the predicates server_new/2. The predicate server_accept/2 delivers a session socket. A client socket can be created with the predicates client_new/3. Server, session and client sockets can be closed with the ISO core standard close/[1,2] predicates.

The following socket predicates are provided:
server_new(H, P, S):
The predicate succeeds in S with a new server socket for the host H and the port P. A zero port number lets the operating system choose a port number.
server_port(S, P):
The predicate succeeds in P with the local port of the server socket S.
server_address(S, H):
The predicate succeeds in P with the inet address of the server socket S.
server_accept(S, H):
The predicate succeeds in H with a new session socket from server socket S.
client_new(H, P, C):
The predicate succeeds in C with a new client socket for host H and port P.
endpoint_new(H, P, S):
The predicate succeeds in S with a new datagram socket for the host H and the port P. A zero port number lets the operating system choose a port number.
endpoint_port(S, P):
The predicate succeeds in P with the local port of the datagram socket S.
endpoint_address(S, H):
The predicate succeeds in H with the inet address of the datagram socket S.
endpoint_receive(S, B):
The predicate succeeds in B with the data received from the datagram socket S.
endpoint_send(S, B, D, P):
The predicate succeeds in sending the data B to the destination host D and destination port P on the datagram socket S.

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