virtualx-engine/doc/classes/StreamPeerTCP.xml

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<class name="StreamPeerTCP" inherits="StreamPeer" version="4.0">
	<brief_description>
		TCP stream peer.
	</brief_description>
	<description>
		TCP stream peer. This object can be used to connect to TCP servers, or also is returned by a TCP server.
	</description>
	<tutorials>
	</tutorials>
	<methods>
		<method name="connect_to_host">
			<return type="int" enum="Error">
			</return>
			<argument index="0" name="host" type="String">
			</argument>
			<argument index="1" name="port" type="int">
			</argument>
			<description>
				Connects to the specified [code]host:port[/code] pair. A hostname will be resolved if valid. Returns [constant OK] on success or [constant FAILED] on failure.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="disconnect_from_host">
			<return type="void">
			</return>
			<description>
				Disconnects from host.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="get_connected_host" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="String">
			</return>
			<description>
				Returns the IP of this peer.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="get_connected_port" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="int">
			</return>
			<description>
				Returns the port of this peer.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="get_status">
			<return type="int" enum="StreamPeerTCP.Status">
			</return>
			<description>
				Returns the status of the connection, see [enum Status].
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="is_connected_to_host" qualifiers="const">
			<return type="bool">
			</return>
			<description>
				Returns [code]true[/code] if this peer is currently connected to a host, [code]false[/code] otherwise.
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="set_no_delay">
			<return type="void">
			</return>
			<argument index="0" name="enabled" type="bool">
			</argument>
			<description>
				Disables Nagle's algorithm to improve latency for small packets.
				[b]Note:[/b] For applications that send large packets or need to transfer a lot of data, this can decrease the total available bandwidth.
			</description>
		</method>
	</methods>
	<constants>
		<constant name="STATUS_NONE" value="0" enum="Status">
			The initial status of the [StreamPeerTCP]. This is also the status after disconnecting.
		</constant>
		<constant name="STATUS_CONNECTING" value="1" enum="Status">
			A status representing a [StreamPeerTCP] that is connecting to a host.
		</constant>
		<constant name="STATUS_CONNECTED" value="2" enum="Status">
			A status representing a [StreamPeerTCP] that is connected to a host.
		</constant>
		<constant name="STATUS_ERROR" value="3" enum="Status">
			A status representing a [StreamPeerTCP] in error state.
		</constant>
	</constants>
</class>