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<h1>KLocalSocket Class Reference</h1>
<code>from PyKDE4.kdecore import *</code>
<p>
Inherits: QTcpSocket &#x2192; QAbstractSocket &#x2192; QIODevice &#x2192; QObject<br />


<h2>Detailed Description</h2>

<p>KLocalSocket
KLocalSocket allows one to create and use local (Unix) sockets
</p>
<p>
On some platforms, local sockets are a kind of streaming socket
that can be used to transmit and receive data just like Internet
(TCP) streaming sockets. The difference is that they remain local
to the host running them and cannot be accessed externally. They
are also very fast and (in theory) consume less resources than
standard TCP sockets.
</p>
<p>
KLocalSocket supports two kinds of local socket types (see
KLocalSocket.LocalSocketType):
- Unix sockets (UnixSocket): standard Unix sockets whose names are
file paths and obey filesystem restrictions
- Abstract Unix sockets (AbstractUnixSocket): similar to Unix
sockets, but they don't exist as entries in the filesystem and,
thus, aren't restricted by its permissions
</p>
<p>

<dl class="author" compact><dt><b>Author:</b></dt><dd> Thiago Macieira &lt;thiago@kde.org&gt; </dd></dl>
</p>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td colspan="2"><br><h2>Enumerations</h2></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="el" href="#LocalSocketType">LocalSocketType</a>&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom">{&nbsp;UnixSocket, AbstractUnixSocket, UnknownLocalSocketType&nbsp;}</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#KLocalSocket">__init__</a> (self, QObject parent=0)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#KLocalSocket">__init__</a> (self, <a href="../kdecore/KLocalSocket.html">KLocalSocket</a> a0)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#connectToHostImplementation">connectToHostImplementation</a> (self, QString hostName, int port, QIODevice::OpenMode mode)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#connectToPath">connectToPath</a> (self, QString path, QIODevice::OpenMode mode=QIODevice.ReadWrite)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#connectToPath">connectToPath</a> (self, QString path, <a href="../kdecore/KLocalSocket.html#LocalSocketType">KLocalSocket.LocalSocketType</a> type, QIODevice::OpenMode mode=QIODevice.ReadWrite)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#disconnectFromHostImplementation">disconnectFromHostImplementation</a> (self)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#disconnectFromPath">disconnectFromPath</a> (self)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">QString&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#localPath">localPath</a> (self)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a href="../kdecore/KLocalSocket.html#LocalSocketType">KLocalSocket.LocalSocketType</a>&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#localSocketType">localSocketType</a> (self)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">QString&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#peerPath">peerPath</a> (self)</td></tr>
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<div class="memdoc"><p>Creates a KLocalSocket object with <b>parent</b> as the parent
object.
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Opens a connection to a listening local socket at address @p
path. Use waitForConnection() to find out if the connection
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<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><em>path</em>&nbsp;</td><td> the local socket address to connect to

<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><em>type</em>&nbsp;</td><td> the local socket type to use

<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><em>mode</em>&nbsp;</td><td> the mode to use when opening (see QIODevice.OpenMode)
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Opens a connection to a listening local socket at address @p
path. Use waitForConnection() to find out if the connection
succeeded or not.
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<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><em>path</em>&nbsp;</td><td> the local socket address to connect to

<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><em>type</em>&nbsp;</td><td> the local socket type to use

<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><em>mode</em>&nbsp;</td><td> the mode to use when opening (see QIODevice.OpenMode)
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<div class="memdoc"><p>Disconnects the socket from its server.
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<div class="memdoc"><p>Returns the local address of this socket, when
connected. Returns QString() if not connected.
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Most of the time, the socket has no local address.
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<div class="memdoc"><p>Returns the socket type for this socket, when
connected. Returns UnknownLocalSocketType if not
connected.
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<div class="memdoc"><p>Returns the peer address of this socket. That is, the address
that this socket connected to (see connectToPath). Returns
QString() if not connected.
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<div class="memdoc"><p>Defines the local socket type. See KLocalSocket for more
information
</p><dl compact><dt><b>Enumerator: </b></dt><dd>
<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0"><tr><td valign="top"><em>UnixSocket</em>&nbsp;</td><td><tr><td valign="top"><em>AbstractUnixSocket</em>&nbsp;</td><td><tr><td valign="top"><em>UnknownLocalSocketType</em>&nbsp;=&nbsp;-1</td><td></table>
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