Method
GioSocketreceive_from
since: 2.22
Declaration
gssize
g_socket_receive_from (
GSocket* socket,
GSocketAddress** address,
gchar* buffer,
gsize size,
GCancellable* cancellable,
GError** error
)
Description
Receive data (up to size
bytes) from a socket.
If address
is non-NULL
then address
will be set equal to the
source address of the received packet.
address
is owned by the caller.
See g_socket_receive()
for additional information.
Available since: 2.22
Parameters
address
-
Type:
GSocketAddress
A pointer to a
GSocketAddress
pointer, orNULL
.The argument will be set by the function. The argument can be NULL
.The caller of the method takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it. buffer
-
Type: An array of
guint8
a buffer to read data into (which should be at least `size` bytes long).
The argument will be set by the function. The length of the array is specified in the size
argument.The data is owned by the instance. size
-
Type:
gsize
The number of bytes you want to read from the socket.
The argument will be set by the function. cancellable
-
Type:
GCancellable
A %GCancellable or
NULL
.The argument can be NULL
.The data is owned by the caller of the method. error
-
Type:
GError **
The return location for a recoverable error.
The argument can be NULL
.If the return location is not NULL
, then you must initialize it to aNULL
GError*
.The argument will left initialized to NULL
by the method if there are no errors.In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError
; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.