util.Channels methods

Methods for the util.ChannelsDate class.

Table 1. Class methods
Name Description 
util.Channels.accept(
     server base.Channel )
RETURNS base.Channel
 Returns the accepted base.Channel object for a given a server-socket. 
util.Channels.copyN(
     in base.Channel,
     out base.Channel,
     n INTEGER
 )
RETURNS INTEGER
 Copies a given number of bytes from one base.Channel to another. 
util.Channels.select(
     channels DYNAMIC ARRAY OF base.Channel )
RETURNS INTEGER
 Waits for activity on a set of TCP socket listening base.Channel objects. 
util.Channels.selectWithTimeout(
     channels DYNAMIC ARRAY OF base.Channel,
     timeout INTEGER )
RETURNS INTEGER
 Waits for activity on a set of TCP socket listening base.Channel objects and returns after a given period of inactivity. 
util.Channels.readBinaryString(
     in base.Channel,
     n INTEGER
 )
RETURNS STRING
 Reads a given number of bytes from a base.Channel as a character string. 
util.Channels.readNetInt16(
     in base.Channel )
RETURNS SMALLINT
 Reads next two bytes from a base.Channel as a 16 bit integer, in network byte order. 
util.Channels.readNetInt32(
     in base.Channel )
RETURNS INTEGER
 Reads next four bytes from a base.Channel as a 32 bit integer, in network byte order. 
util.Channels.readNetInt8(
     in base.Channel )
RETURNS SMALLINT
 Reads next byte from a base.Channel as a 8 bit integer. 
util.Channels.writeBinaryString(
     out base.Channel,
     s STRING
)
 Writes a character string to a base.Channel, without the trailing zero. 
util.Channels.writeNetInt16(
     out base.Channel,
     v SMALLINT
)
 Writes two bytes of a 16 bit integer to a base.Channel, in network byte order. 
util.Channels.writeNetInt32(
     out base.Channel,
     v INTEGER
)
 Writes four bytes of a 32 bit integer to a base.Channel, in network byte order. 
util.Channels.writeNetInt8(
     out base.Channel,
     v SMALLINT
)
 Writes the byte of an 8 bit integer to a base.Channel.