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void CommunicatingSocket::connect	(	const string &	foreignAddress,
		unsigned short	foreignPort
	)			throw (SocketException)

Establish a socket connection with the given foreign address and port.

Parameters:

	foreignAddress	foreign address (IP address or name)
	foreignPort	foreign port

Exceptions:

SocketException

thrown if unable to establish connection

Definition at line 184 of file PracticalSocket.cpp.

References fillAddr().

Referenced by UDPSocket::disconnect().

00185                                                        {
00186   // Get the address of the requested host
00187   sockaddr_in destAddr;
00188   fillAddr(foreignAddress, foreignPort, destAddr);
00189 
00190   // Try to connect to the given port
00191   if (::connect(sockDesc, (sockaddr *) &destAddr, sizeof(destAddr)) < 0) {
00192     throw SocketException("Connect failed (connect())", true);
00193   }
00194 }

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