=head1 NAME

IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    use IO::Socket::INET;

=head1 DESCRIPTION

C<IO::Socket::INET> provides an object interface to creating and using sockets
in the AF_INET domain. It is built upon the L<IO::Socket> interface and
inherits all the methods defined by L<IO::Socket>.

=head1 CONSTRUCTOR

=over 4

=item new ( [ARGS] )

Creates an C<IO::Socket::INET> object, which is a reference to a
newly created symbol (see the C<Symbol> package). C<new>
optionally takes arguments, these arguments are in key-value pairs.

In addition to the key-value pairs accepted by L<IO::Socket>,
C<IO::Socket::INET> provides.

    PeerAddr	Remote host address          <hostname>[:<port>]
    PeerHost	Synonym for PeerAddr
    PeerPort	Remote port or service       <service>[(<no>)] | <no>
    LocalAddr	Local host bind	address      hostname[:port]
    LocalHost	Synonym for LocalAddr
    LocalPort	Local host bind	port         <service>[(<no>)] | <no>
    Proto	Protocol name (or number)    "tcp" | "udp" | ...
    Type	Socket type                  SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_DGRAM | ...
    Listen	Queue size for listen
    ReuseAddr	Set SO_REUSEADDR before binding
    Reuse	Set SO_REUSEADDR before binding (deprecated, prefer ReuseAddr)
    ReusePort	Set SO_REUSEPORT before binding
    Broadcast	Set SO_BROADCAST before binding
    Timeout	Timeout	value for various operations
    MultiHomed  Try all addresses for multi-homed hosts
    Blocking    Determine if connection will be blocking mode

If C<Listen> is defined then a listen socket is created, else if the
socket type, which is derived from the protocol, is SOCK_STREAM then
connect() is called.

Although it is not illegal, the use of C<MultiHomed> on a socket
which is in non-blocking mode is of little use. This is because the
first connect will never fail with a timeout as the connect call
will not block.

The C<PeerAddr> can be a hostname or the IP-address on the
"xx.xx.xx.xx" form.  The C<PeerPort> can be a number or a symbolic
service name.  The service name might be followed by a number in
parenthesis which is used if the service is not known by the system.
The C<PeerPort> specification can also be embedded in the C<PeerAddr>
by preceding it with a ":".

If C<Proto> is not given and you specify a symbolic C<PeerPort> port,
then the constructor will try to derive C<Proto> from the service
name.  As a last resort C<Proto> "tcp" is assumed.  The C<Type>
parameter will be deduced from C<Proto> if not specified.

If the constructor is only passed a single argument, it is assumed to
be a C<PeerAddr> specification.

If C<Blocking> is set to 0, the connection will be in nonblocking mode.
If not specified it defaults to 1 (blocking mode).

Examples:

   $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => 'www.perl.org',
                                 PeerPort => 'http(80)',
                                 Proto    => 'tcp');

   $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => 'localhost:smtp(25)');

   $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(Listen    => 5,
                                 LocalAddr => 'localhost',
                                 LocalPort => 9000,
                                 Proto     => 'tcp');

   $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new('127.0.0.1:25');

   $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerPort  => 9999,
                                 PeerAddr  => inet_ntoa(INADDR_BROADCAST),
                                 Proto     => udp,    
                                 LocalAddr => 'localhost',
                                 Broadcast => 1 ) 
                             or die "Can't bind : $@\n";

 NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE

As of VERSION 1.18 all IO::Socket objects have autoflush turned on
by default. This was not the case with earlier releases.

 NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE

=back

=head2 METHODS

=over 4

=item sockaddr ()

Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket

=item sockport ()

Return the port number that the socket is using on the local host

=item sockhost ()

Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket in a
text form xx.xx.xx.xx

=item peeraddr ()

Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket on
the peer host

=item peerport ()

Return the port number for the socket on the peer host.

=item peerhost ()

Return the address part of the sockaddr structure for the socket on the
peer host in a text form xx.xx.xx.xx

=back

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<Socket>, L<IO::Socket>

=head1 AUTHOR

Graham Barr. Currently maintained by the Perl Porters.  Please report all
bugs to <perl5-porters@perl.org>.

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1996-8 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

=cut
