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Class IListeningPort

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           IListeningPort


A listening port.
Method Summary
  getHost(self)
Get the host that this port is listening for.
  startListening(self)
Start listening on this port.
  stopListening(self)
Stop listening on this port.

Method Details

getHost(self)

Get the host that this port is listening for.
Returns:
a tuple of (proto_type, ...), where proto_type will be a string such as 'INET', 'SSL', 'UNIX'. The rest of the tuple will be identifying information about the port.

startListening(self)

Start listening on this port.
Raises:
CannotListenError - as defined in twisted.internet.error, if it cannot listen on this port (e.g., it is a TCP port and it cannot bind to the required port number)

stopListening(self)

Stop listening on this port.

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