twisted.internet.interfaces.IReactorMulticast

interface documentation

class IReactorMulticast(Interface): (source)

Known implementations: twisted.internet.iocpreactor.reactor.IOCPReactor, twisted.internet.posixbase.PosixReactorBase

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UDP socket methods that support multicast.

IMPORTANT: This is an experimental new interface. It may change without backwards compatibility. Suggestions are welcome.

Method listenMulticast Connects a given DatagramProtocol to the given numeric UDP port.
def listenMulticast(port: int, protocol: DatagramProtocol, interface: str, maxPacketSize: int, listenMultiple: bool) -> IListeningPort: (source)

Connects a given DatagramProtocol to the given numeric UDP port.

Parameters
port:intUndocumented
protocol:DatagramProtocolUndocumented
interface:strUndocumented
maxPacketSize:intUndocumented
listenMultiple:boolIf set to True, allows multiple sockets to bind to the same address and port number at the same time.
Returns
IListeningPortAn object which provides IListeningPort.
See Also
twisted.internet.interfaces.IMulticastTransport
http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/core/howto/udp.html