std.socket Package

Function Description

The socket package is used for network communication, and provides functions such as starting a Socket server, connecting to a Socket server, sending data, and receiving data.

Three Socket types of UDP, TCP, and UDS are supported. You can select a type as required.

User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is a connectionless transmission protocol. It does not provide reliability or flow control, but features low delay and low network overhead. UDP is mainly used in applications with high real time requirements, such as live video streaming and online gaming.

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a connection-oriented and reliable transmission protocol. As one of commonly used transmission protocols on Internet, it provides functions such as reliable data transmission, flow control, congestion control, error detection, and flow management.

Unix Domain Socket (UDS) is a mechanism used for communication between processes on one computer. Unlike network sockets, the UDS does not require network protocol stacks or network devices. Therefore, it features faster communication, lower latency and higher throughput.

The class inheritance relationship of Socket provided by the library is as follows:

Hierarchy
 Resource
 ├StreamingSocket
 │   ├TcpSocket
 │   └UnixSocket
 │
 ├DatagramSocket
 │   ├UdpSocket
 │   └UnixDatagramSocket
 │
 └ServerSocket
    ├TcpServerSocket
    └UnixServerSocket

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