twisted.internet.interfaces.IListeningPort

interface documentation

class IListeningPort(Interface): (source)

Known implementations: twisted.internet.iocpreactor.tcp.Port, twisted.internet.iocpreactor.udp.Port, twisted.internet.tcp.Port, twisted.internet.udp.Port, twisted.pair.tuntap.TuntapPort, twisted.internet.testing._FakePort

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A listening port.
Method get​Host Get the host that this port is listening for.
Method start​Listening Start listening on this port.
Method stop​Listening Stop listening on this port.
def getHost(): (source)
Get the host that this port is listening for.
Returns
IAddressAn IAddress provider.
def startListening(): (source)
Start listening on this port.
Raises
CannotListenErrorIf it cannot listen on this port (e.g., it is a TCP port and it cannot bind to the required port number).
def stopListening(): (source)

Stop listening on this port.

If it does not complete immediately, will return Deferred that fires upon completion.