class _AbstractServer(_VolatileDataService): (source)
Known subclasses: twisted.application.internet.MulticastServer, twisted.application.internet.SSLServer, twisted.application.internet.TCPServer, twisted.application.internet.UDPServer, twisted.application.internet.UNIXDatagramServer, twisted.application.internet.UNIXServer
| Method | __init__ | Undocumented | 
| Method | privilegedStartService | Do preparation work for starting the service. | 
| Method | startService | Start the service. | 
| Method | stopService | Stop the service. | 
| Class Variable | volatile | list of attribute to remove from pickling. | 
| Instance Variable | args | Undocumented | 
| Instance Variable | kwargs | Undocumented | 
| Instance Variable | method | the type of method to call on the reactor, one of TCP, UDP, SSL or UNIX. | 
| Instance Variable | reactor | the current running reactor. | 
| Method | _getPort | Wrapper around the appropriate listen method of the reactor. | 
| Instance Variable | _port | instance of port set when the service is started. | 
            Inherited from _VolatileDataService:
          
| Method | __getstate__ | Undocumented | 
            Inherited from Service (via _VolatileDataService):
          
| Method | disownServiceParent | Use this API to remove an IServicefrom anIServiceCollection. | 
| Method | setName | Set the name of the service. | 
| Method | setServiceParent | Set the parent of the service. This method is responsible for setting the parent attribute on this service (the child service). | 
| Instance Variable | name | A str which is the name of the service or None. | 
| Instance Variable | parent | An IServiceCollection which is the parent or None. | 
| Instance Variable | running | A boolean which indicates whether the service is running. | 
Do preparation work for starting the service.
Here things which should be done before changing directory, root or shedding privileges are done.
twisted.application.internet.MulticastServer, twisted.application.internet.SSLServer, twisted.application.internet.TCPServer, twisted.application.internet.UDPServer, twisted.application.internet.UNIXDatagramServer, twisted.application.internet.UNIXServer| Returns | |
| an object providing twisted.internet.interfaces.IListeningPort. | the port object returned by the listen method. |