#include "xbt/error.h"
+/** \addtogroup GRAS_sock
+ * \brief Socket handling (Communication facility).
+ */
+
+/** \name Socket creation functions
+ * \ingroup GRAS_sock
+ */
+/*@{*/
+/** \brief Opaque type describing a socket */
typedef struct s_gras_socket *gras_socket_t;
+/** \brief Simply create a client socket (to speak to a remote host) */
xbt_error_t gras_socket_client(const char *host,
unsigned short port,
/* OUT */ gras_socket_t *dst);
+/** \brief Simply create a server socket (to ear from remote hosts speaking to you) */
xbt_error_t gras_socket_server(unsigned short port,
/* OUT */ gras_socket_t *dst);
+/** \brief Close socket */
void gras_socket_close(gras_socket_t sd);
-/* get information about socket */
-int gras_socket_my_port (gras_socket_t sock);
-int gras_socket_peer_port(gras_socket_t sock);
-char *gras_socket_peer_name(gras_socket_t sock);
-
-/* extended interface to get all details */
+/** \brief Create a client socket, full interface to all relevant settings */
xbt_error_t gras_socket_client_ext(const char *host,
unsigned short port,
unsigned long int bufSize,
int raw,
/* OUT */ gras_socket_t *dst);
+/** \brief Create a server socket, full interface to all relevant settings */
xbt_error_t gras_socket_server_ext(unsigned short port,
unsigned long int bufSize,
int raw,
/* OUT */ gras_socket_t *dst);
+/*@}*/
+/** \name Retrieving data about sockets and peers
+ * \ingroup GRAS_sock
+ *
+ * Who are you talking to?
+ */
+/*@{*/
+
+/** Get the port number on which this socket is connected on my side */
+int gras_socket_my_port (gras_socket_t sock);
+/** Get the port number on which this socket is connected on remote side */
+int gras_socket_peer_port(gras_socket_t sock);
+/** Get the host name of the remote side */
+char *gras_socket_peer_name(gras_socket_t sock);
+/*@}*/
+
+/** \name Using raw sockets
+ * \ingroup GRAS_sock
+ *
+ * You may want to use sockets not to exchange valuable data (in messages),
+ * but to conduct some experiments such as bandwidth measurement. If so, try those raw sockets.
+ *
+ * You can only use those functions on sockets openned with the "raw" boolean set to true.
+ *
+ * \bug Raw sockets are not fully functionnal yet.
+ */
+/*@{*/
-/* using raw sockets */
xbt_error_t gras_socket_raw_send(gras_socket_t peer,
unsigned int timeout,
unsigned long int expSize,
unsigned long int expSize,
unsigned long int msgSize);
+/*@}*/
+
+/** \name Using files as sockets
+ * \ingroup GRAS_sock
+ *
+ * For debugging purpose, it is possible to deal with files as if they were sockets.
+ * It can even be useful to store stuff in a portable manner, but writing messages to a file
+ * may be strange...
+ *
+ * \bug Don't use '-' on windows. this file represents stdin or stdout, but I failed to deal with it on windows.
+ */
+/*@{*/
/* debuging functions */
xbt_error_t gras_socket_client_from_file(const char*path,
/* OUT */ gras_socket_t *dst);
xbt_error_t gras_socket_server_from_file(const char*path,
/* OUT */ gras_socket_t *dst);
+/*@}*/
#endif /* GRAS_TRANSPORT_H */
