TAPI for name/address resolution remote calls

Overview

// global functions

struct hostent* rpc_gethostbyname(rcf_rpc_server* handle, const char* name);
struct hostent* rpc_gethostbyaddr(rcf_rpc_server* handle, const char* addr, int len, rpc_socket_addr_family type);

Detailed Documentation

Global Functions

struct hostent* rpc_gethostbyname(rcf_rpc_server* handle, const char* name)

Get network host entry by given name.

Parameters:

handle

RPC Server

name

given name may be

string hostname
ipv4 address in standart dot notation
ipv6 address

Returns:

Host entry on success otherwise NULL

struct hostent* rpc_gethostbyaddr(rcf_rpc_server* handle, const char* addr, int len, rpc_socket_addr_family type)

Get network host entry by given address.

Parameters:

handle	RPC Server
addr	given address
len	length of given address
type	address type (IF_INET or IF_INET6)

Returns:

Host entry on success otherwise NULL