Module splinter::transport[−][src]

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Traits and implementations for low-level message-based network communication.

The splinter::transport module defines traits for low-level networking required to pass messages between two endpoints. The primary traits defined here are Connection, Listener, and Transport.

Messages are passed between the endpoints via a Connection. The sending side calls Connection::send and the receiving side calls Connection::recv. Communication across a transport is bi-directional, and both sides of the Connection are a sender and receiver.

A connection can be created in two ways. The first is by initiating the connection by calling Connection::connect. The second is by listening on a local endpoint for new connections initiated by others; this is accomplished with a Listener and specifically calling Listener::accept.