com.sun.squawk.platform.posix.natives
Interface NetDB

All Superinterfaces:

Library

All Known Implementing Classes:

NetDBImpl, NetDBImpl, NetDBImpl, NetDBImpl, NetDBImpl

public interface NetDB
extends Library

java wrapper around #include

Nested Class Summary

static class

NetDB.hostent C STRUCTURE HostEnt struct hostent { char *h_name; official name of host char **h_aliases; alias list int h_addrtype; host address type int h_length; length of address char **h_addr_list; list of addresses from name server }; #define h_addr h_addr_list[0] address, for backward compatibility

Field Summary

static int	HOST_NOT_FOUND Authoritative Answer Host not found.
static NetDB	INSTANCE
static int	NO_DATA Valid name, no data record of requested type.
static int	NO_RECOVERY Non recoverable errors, FORMERR, REFUSED, NOTIMP.
static int	TRY_AGAIN Non-Authoritative Host not found, or SERVERFAIL.

Method Summary

NetDB.hostent	gethostbyname(String name) The gethostbyname() function returns a HostEnt structure describing an internet host referenced by name.
int	h_errno() Return error code for last call to gethostbyname() or gethostbyaddr().

Methods inherited from interface com.sun.cldc.jna.Library

initConstInt

Field Detail

INSTANCE

static final NetDB INSTANCE

HOST_NOT_FOUND

static final int HOST_NOT_FOUND

Authoritative Answer Host not found.

See Also:

h_errno(), Constant Field Values

TRY_AGAIN

static final int TRY_AGAIN

Non-Authoritative Host not found, or SERVERFAIL.

See Also:

h_errno(), Constant Field Values

NO_RECOVERY

static final int NO_RECOVERY

Non recoverable errors, FORMERR, REFUSED, NOTIMP.

See Also:

h_errno(), Constant Field Values

NO_DATA

static final int NO_DATA

Valid name, no data record of requested type.

See Also:

h_errno(), Constant Field Values

Method Detail

gethostbyname

NetDB.hostent gethostbyname(String name)

The gethostbyname() function returns a HostEnt structure describing an internet host referenced by name.

Parameters:

name - the host name

Returns:

the address of struct hostent, or null on error

h_errno

int h_errno()

Return error code for last call to gethostbyname() or gethostbyaddr().

Returns:

one of the error codes defined in this class.