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NSPortNameServer class reference

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Richard Frith-Macdonald (richard@brainstorm.co.uk)

Version: 37003

Date: 2013-08-22 09:44:54 -0600 (Thu, 22 Aug 2013)

Copyright: (C) 1998,1999,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.


Contents -

  1. Software documentation for the NSMessagePortNameServer class
  2. Software documentation for the NSPortNameServer class
  3. Software documentation for the NSSocketPortNameServer class

Software documentation for the NSMessagePortNameServer class

NSMessagePortNameServer : NSPortNameServer

Declared in:
Foundation/NSPortNameServer.h
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Subclass of NSPortNameServer taking/returning instances of NSMessagePort . Port removal functionality is not supported; if you want to cancel a service, you have to destroy the port (invalidate the NSMessagePort given to [NSPortNameServer -registerPort:forName:] ).
Method summary

sharedInstance 

+ (id) sharedInstance;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Obtain single instance for this host.

portForName: 

- (NSPort*) portForName: (NSString*)name;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Returns the NSMessagePort instance registered for the specified name if it exists on the local host.

portForName: onHost: 

- (NSPort*) portForName: (NSString*)name onHost: (NSString*)host;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Returns the port registered for the specified name (if it exists).
The host must be an empty string or nil, since NSMessagePort instances on other hosts are inaccessible from the current host.

Software documentation for the NSPortNameServer class

NSPortNameServer : NSObject

Declared in:
Foundation/NSPortNameServer.h
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

The abstract port name server class. This defines an API for working with port name servers... objects used to manage access to ports in the distributed objects system (see NSConnection ).
Method summary

systemDefaultPortNameServer 

+ (id) systemDefaultPortNameServer;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Returns the default port name server for the process.
This is a nameserver for host-local connections private to the current user. If you with to create public connections or connections to other hosts, you must use [NSSocketPortNameServer +sharedInstance] instead.

This default behavior may be altered by setting the NSPortIsMessagePort user default to NO, in which case an NSSocketPortNameServer will be used as the default system name server and you will have to use [NSMessagePortNameServer +sharedInstance] for host-local, private connections.


portForName: 

- (NSPort*) portForName: (NSString*)name;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Looks up the port with the specified name on the local host and returns it or nil if no port is found with that name.
Different nameservers have different namespaces appropriate to the type of port they deal with, so failing to find a named port with one nameserver does not guarantee that a port does with that name does not exist.
This is a convenience method calling -portForName:onHost: with a nil host argument.

portForName: onHost: 

- (NSPort*) portForName: (NSString*)name onHost: (NSString*)host;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Subclasses must override this method.
Looks up the port with the specified name on host and returns it or nil if no port is found with that name.
Different nameservers have different namespaces appropriate to the type of port they deal with, so failing to find a named port with one nameserver does not guarantee that a port does with that name does not exist.

registerPort: forName: 

- (BOOL) registerPort: (NSPort*)port forName: (NSString*)name;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Subclasses must override this method.
Registers port with the supplied name, so that other processes can look it up to contact it. A port may be registered with more than one name by making multiple calls to this method.
Returns YES on success, NO otherwise.
The common cause for failure is that another port is already registered with the name. Raises NSInvalidArgumentException if given bad arguments.

removePortForName: 

- (BOOL) removePortForName: (NSString*)name;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Subclasses must override this method.
Removes any port registration for the supplied name (whether registered in the current process or another).
The common cause for failure is that no port is registered with the name.
Raises NSInvalidArgumentException if given bad arguments.

Software documentation for the NSSocketPortNameServer class

NSSocketPortNameServer : NSPortNameServer

Declared in:
Foundation/NSPortNameServer.h
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

This is the nameserver handling ports used for distributed objects communications (see NSConnection ) between hosts.
Use the [NSSocketPortNameServer +sharedInstance] method to get a nameserver, rather than allocating and initialising one.

Instance Variables

Method summary

sharedInstance 

+ (id) sharedInstance;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Returns the shared name server object for NSSocketPort objects.

portForName: onHost: 

- (NSPort*) portForName: (NSString*)name onHost: (NSString*)host;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Concrete implementation of [NSPortNameServer -portForName:onHost:]
Looks up and returns a port with the specified name and host.
If host is nil or an empty string, this performs a lookup for a port on the current host.
If host is an asterisk ('*') then the lookup returns the first port found with the specified name on any machine on the local network.
Returns nil if no matching port could be found.

registerPort: forName: 

- (BOOL) registerPort: (NSPort*)port forName: (NSString*)name;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Concrete implementation of [NSPortNameServer -registerPort:forName:]
Registers the port with the specified name such that it is available on all the IP addresses of the host on which the process is running.
Returns YES on success, NO on failure (eg the name is already in use or there is a problem registering for some reason).

removePortForName: 

- (BOOL) removePortForName: (NSString*)name;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Concrete implementation of [NSPortNameServer -removePortForName:]
Unregisters the specified name from any associated port on the local host.
Returns YES on success, NO on failure.



Instance Variables for NSSocketPortNameServer Class

_nameMap

@protected NSMapTable* _nameMap;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.

_portMap

@protected NSMapTable* _portMap;
Availability: MacOS-X 10.0.0

Warning the underscore at the start of the name of this instance variable indicates that, even though it is not technically private, it is intended for internal use within the package, and you should not use the variable in other code.





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