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// Written in the D programming language

/*
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        socket.d 1.4
        Jan 2011

        Thanks to Benjamin Herr for his assistance.
 */

/**
 * Socket primitives.
 * Example: See $(SAMPLESRC listener.d) and $(SAMPLESRC htmlget.d)
 * License: $(WEB www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt, Boost License 1.0).
 * Authors: Christopher E. Miller, $(WEB klickverbot.at, David Nadlinger),
 *      $(WEB thecybershadow.net, Vladimir Panteleev)
 * Source:  $(PHOBOSSRC std/_socket.d)
 * Macros:
 *      WIKI=Phobos/StdSocket
 */

module std.socket;

import core.stdc.stdint, core.stdc.string, std.string, core.stdc.stdlib, std.conv;

import core.stdc.config;
import core.time : dur, Duration;
import std.algorithm : max;
import std.exception : assumeUnique, enforce, collectException;

import std.internal.cstring;


@safe:

version(Windows)
{
    version(GNU) {}
    else
    {
        pragma (lib, "ws2_32.lib");
        pragma (lib, "wsock32.lib");
    }

    private import core.sys.windows.windows, core.sys.windows.winsock2, std.windows.syserror;
    private alias _ctimeval = core.sys.windows.winsock2.timeval;
    private alias _clinger = core.sys.windows.winsock2.linger;

    enum socket_t : SOCKET { INVALID_SOCKET }
    private const int _SOCKET_ERROR = SOCKET_ERROR;


    private int _lasterr() nothrow @nogc
    {
        return WSAGetLastError();
    }
}
else version(Posix)
{
    version(linux)
    {
        enum : int
        {
            TCP_KEEPIDLE  = 4,
            TCP_KEEPINTVL = 5
        }
    }

    import core.sys.posix.netdb;
    import core.sys.posix.sys.un : sockaddr_un;
    private import core.sys.posix.fcntl;
    private import core.sys.posix.unistd;
    private import core.sys.posix.arpa.inet;
    private import core.sys.posix.netinet.tcp;
    private import core.sys.posix.netinet.in_;
    private import core.sys.posix.sys.time;
    private import core.sys.posix.sys.select;
    private import core.sys.posix.sys.socket;
    private alias _ctimeval = core.sys.posix.sys.time.timeval;
    private alias _clinger = core.sys.posix.sys.socket.linger;

    private import core.stdc.errno;

    enum socket_t : int32_t { init = -1 }
    private const int _SOCKET_ERROR = -1;

    private enum : int
    {
        SD_RECEIVE = SHUT_RD,
        SD_SEND    = SHUT_WR,
        SD_BOTH    = SHUT_RDWR
    }

    private int _lasterr() nothrow @nogc
    {
        return errno;
    }
}
else
{
    static assert(0);     // No socket support yet.
}

version(unittest)
{
    static assert(is(uint32_t == uint));
    static assert(is(uint16_t == ushort));

    private import std.stdio : writefln;

    // Print a message on exception instead of failing the unittest.
    private void softUnittest(void delegate() @safe test, int line = __LINE__) @trusted
    {
        try
            test();
        catch (Throwable e)
        {
            writefln(" --- std.socket(%d) test fails depending on environment ---", line);
            writefln(" (%s)", e);
        }
    }
}

/// Base exception thrown by $(D std.socket).
class SocketException: Exception
{
    ///
    this(string msg, string file = __FILE__, size_t line = __LINE__, Throwable next = null) pure nothrow
    {
        super(msg, file, line, next);
    }

    ///
    this(string msg, Throwable next, string file = __FILE__, size_t line = __LINE__) pure nothrow
    {
        super(msg, next, file, line);
    }
}


// Needs to be public so that SocketOSException can be thrown outside of
// std.socket (since it uses it as a default argument), but it probably doesn't
// need to actually show up in the docs, since there's not really any public
// need for it outside of being a default argument.
string formatSocketError(int err) @trusted
{
    version(Posix)
    {
        char[80] buf;
        const(char)* cs;
        version (CRuntime_Glibc)
        {
            cs = strerror_r(err, buf.ptr, buf.length);
        }
        else version (OSX)
        {
            auto errs = strerror_r(err, buf.ptr, buf.length);
            if (errs == 0)
                cs = buf.ptr;
            else
                return "Socket error " ~ to!string(err);
        }
        else version (FreeBSD)
        {
            auto errs = strerror_r(err, buf.ptr, buf.length);
            if (errs == 0)
                cs = buf.ptr;
            else
                return "Socket error " ~ to!string(err);
        }
        else version (Solaris)
        {
            auto errs = strerror_r(err, buf.ptr, buf.length);
            if (errs == 0)
                cs = buf.ptr;
            else
                return "Socket error " ~ to!string(err);
        }
        else version (CRuntime_Bionic)
        {
            auto errs = strerror_r(err, buf.ptr, buf.length);
            if (errs == 0)
                cs = buf.ptr;
            else
                return "Socket error " ~ to!string(err);
        }
        else
            static assert(0);

        auto len = strlen(cs);

        if(cs[len - 1] == '\n')
            len--;
        if(cs[len - 1] == '\r')
            len--;
        return cs[0 .. len].idup;
    }
    else
    version(Windows)
    {
        return sysErrorString(err);
    }
    else
        return "Socket error " ~ to!string(err);
}

/// Retrieve the error message for the most recently encountered network error.
@property string lastSocketError()
{
    return formatSocketError(_lasterr());
}

/// Socket exceptions representing network errors reported by the operating
/// system.
class SocketOSException: SocketException
{
    int errorCode;     /// Platform-specific error code.

    ///
    this(string msg,
         string file = __FILE__,
         size_t line = __LINE__,
         Throwable next = null,
         int err = _lasterr(),
         string function(int) @trusted errorFormatter = &formatSocketError)
    {
        errorCode = err;

        if (msg.length)
            super(msg ~ ": " ~ errorFormatter(err), file, line, next);
        else
            super(errorFormatter(err), file, line, next);
    }

    ///
    this(string msg,
         Throwable next,
         string file = __FILE__,
         size_t line = __LINE__,
         int err = _lasterr(),
         string function(int) @trusted errorFormatter = &formatSocketError)
    {
        this(msg, file, line, next, err, errorFormatter);
    }

    ///
    this(string msg,
         int err,
         string function(int) @trusted errorFormatter = &formatSocketError,
         string file = __FILE__,
         size_t line = __LINE__,
         Throwable next = null)
    {
        this(msg, file, line, next, err, errorFormatter);
    }
}

/// Socket exceptions representing invalid parameters specified by user code.
class SocketParameterException: SocketException
{
    ///
    this(string msg, string file = __FILE__, size_t line = __LINE__, Throwable next = null) pure nothrow
    {
        super(msg, file, line, next);
    }

    ///
    this(string msg, Throwable next, string file = __FILE__, size_t line = __LINE__) pure nothrow
    {
        super(msg, next, file, line);
    }
}

/// Socket exceptions representing attempts to use network capabilities not
/// available on the current system.
class SocketFeatureException: SocketException
{
    ///
    this(string msg, string file = __FILE__, size_t line = __LINE__, Throwable next = null) pure nothrow
    {
        super(msg, file, line, next);
    }

    ///
    this(string msg, Throwable next, string file = __FILE__, size_t line = __LINE__) pure nothrow
    {
        super(msg, next, file, line);
    }
}


/// Return $(D true) if the last socket operation failed because the socket
/// was in non-blocking mode and the operation would have blocked.
bool wouldHaveBlocked() nothrow @nogc
{
    version(Windows)
        return _lasterr() == WSAEWOULDBLOCK;
    else version(Posix)
        return _lasterr() == EAGAIN;
    else
        static assert(0);
}


private immutable
{
    typeof(&getnameinfo) getnameinfoPointer;
    typeof(&getaddrinfo) getaddrinfoPointer;
    typeof(&freeaddrinfo) freeaddrinfoPointer;
}

shared static this() @system
{
    version(Windows)
    {
        WSADATA wd;

        // Winsock will still load if an older version is present.
        // The version is just a request.
        int val;
        val = WSAStartup(0x2020, &wd);
        if(val)         // Request Winsock 2.2 for IPv6.
            throw new SocketOSException("Unable to initialize socket library", val);

        // These functions may not be present on older Windows versions.
        // See the comment in InternetAddress.toHostNameString() for details.
        auto ws2Lib = GetModuleHandleA("ws2_32.dll");
        if (ws2Lib)
        {
            getnameinfoPointer = cast(typeof(getnameinfoPointer))
                                 GetProcAddress(ws2Lib, "getnameinfo");
            getaddrinfoPointer = cast(typeof(getaddrinfoPointer))
                                 GetProcAddress(ws2Lib, "getaddrinfo");
            freeaddrinfoPointer = cast(typeof(freeaddrinfoPointer))
                                 GetProcAddress(ws2Lib, "freeaddrinfo");
        }
    }
    else version(Posix)
    {
        getnameinfoPointer = &getnameinfo;
        getaddrinfoPointer = &getaddrinfo;
        freeaddrinfoPointer = &freeaddrinfo;
    }
}


shared static ~this() @system nothrow @nogc
{
    version(Windows)
    {
        WSACleanup();
    }
}

/**
 * The communication domain used to resolve an address.
 */
enum AddressFamily: int
{
    UNSPEC =     AF_UNSPEC,     /// Unspecified address family
    UNIX =       AF_UNIX,       /// Local communication
    INET =       AF_INET,       /// Internet Protocol version 4
    IPX =        AF_IPX,        /// Novell IPX
    APPLETALK =  AF_APPLETALK,  /// AppleTalk
    INET6 =      AF_INET6,      /// Internet Protocol version 6
}


/**
 * Communication semantics
 */
enum SocketType: int
{
    STREAM =     SOCK_STREAM,           /// Sequenced, reliable, two-way communication-based byte streams
    DGRAM =      SOCK_DGRAM,            /// Connectionless, unreliable datagrams with a fixed maximum length; data may be lost or arrive out of order
    RAW =        SOCK_RAW,              /// Raw protocol access
    RDM =        SOCK_RDM,              /// Reliably-delivered message datagrams
    SEQPACKET =  SOCK_SEQPACKET,        /// Sequenced, reliable, two-way connection-based datagrams with a fixed maximum length
}


/**
 * Protocol
 */
enum ProtocolType: int
{
    IP =    IPPROTO_IP,         /// Internet Protocol version 4
    ICMP =  IPPROTO_ICMP,       /// Internet Control Message Protocol
    IGMP =  IPPROTO_IGMP,       /// Internet Group Management Protocol
    GGP =   IPPROTO_GGP,        /// Gateway to Gateway Protocol
    TCP =   IPPROTO_TCP,        /// Transmission Control Protocol
    PUP =   IPPROTO_PUP,        /// PARC Universal Packet Protocol
    UDP =   IPPROTO_UDP,        /// User Datagram Protocol
    IDP =   IPPROTO_IDP,        /// Xerox NS protocol
    RAW =   IPPROTO_RAW,        /// Raw IP packets
    IPV6 =  IPPROTO_IPV6,       /// Internet Protocol version 6
}


/**
 * $(D Protocol) is a class for retrieving protocol information.
 *
 * Example:
 * ---
 * auto proto = new Protocol;
 * writeln("About protocol TCP:");
 * if (proto.getProtocolByType(ProtocolType.TCP))
 * {
 *     writefln("  Name: %s", proto.name);
 *     foreach(string s; proto.aliases)
 *          writefln("  Alias: %s", s);
 * }
 * else
 *     writeln("  No information found");
 * ---
 */
class Protocol
{
    /// These members are populated when one of the following functions are called successfully:
    ProtocolType type;
    string name;                /// ditto
    string[] aliases;           /// ditto


    void populate(protoent* proto) @system pure nothrow
    {
        type = cast(ProtocolType)proto.p_proto;
        name = to!string(proto.p_name);

        int i;
        for(i = 0;; i++)
        {
            if(!proto.p_aliases[i])
                break;
        }

        if(i)
        {
            aliases = new string[i];
            for(i = 0; i != aliases.length; i++)
            {
                aliases[i] =
                    to!string(proto.p_aliases[i]);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            aliases = null;
        }
    }

    /** Returns: false on failure */
    bool getProtocolByName(in char[] name) @trusted nothrow
    {
        protoent* proto;
        proto = getprotobyname(name.tempCString());
        if(!proto)
            return false;
        populate(proto);
        return true;
    }


    /** Returns: false on failure */
    // Same as getprotobynumber().
    bool getProtocolByType(ProtocolType type) @trusted nothrow
    {
        protoent* proto;
        proto = getprotobynumber(type);
        if(!proto)
            return false;
        populate(proto);
        return true;
    }
}


unittest
{
    // getprotobyname,number are unimplemented in bionic
    softUnittest({
        Protocol proto = new Protocol;
        assert(proto.getProtocolByType(ProtocolType.TCP));
        //writeln("About protocol TCP:");
        //writefln("\tName: %s", proto.name);
        // foreach(string s; proto.aliases)
        // {
        //      writefln("\tAlias: %s", s);
        // }
        assert(proto.name == "tcp");
        assert(proto.aliases.length == 1 && proto.aliases[0] == "TCP");
    });
}


/**
 * $(D Service) is a class for retrieving service information.
 *
 * Example:
 * ---
 * auto serv = new Service;
 * writeln("About service epmap:");
 * if (serv.getServiceByName("epmap", "tcp"))
 * {
 *     writefln("  Service: %s", serv.name);
 *     writefln("  Port: %d", serv.port);
 *     writefln("  Protocol: %s", serv.protocolName);
 *     foreach (string s; serv.aliases)
 *          writefln("  Alias: %s", s);
 * }
 * else
 *     writefln("  No service for epmap.");
 * ---
 */
class Service
{
    /// These members are populated when one of the following functions are called successfully:
    string name;
    string[] aliases;           /// ditto
    ushort port;                /// ditto
    string protocolName;        /// ditto


    void populate(servent* serv) @system pure nothrow
    {
        name = to!string(serv.s_name);
        port = ntohs(cast(ushort)serv.s_port);
        protocolName = to!string(serv.s_proto);

        int i;
        for(i = 0;; i++)
        {
            if(!serv.s_aliases[i])
                break;
        }

        if(i)
        {
            aliases = new string[i];
            for(i = 0; i != aliases.length; i++)
            {
                aliases[i] =
                    to!string(serv.s_aliases[i]);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            aliases = null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * If a protocol name is omitted, any protocol will be matched.
     * Returns: false on failure.
     */
    bool getServiceByName(in char[] name, in char[] protocolName = null) @trusted nothrow
    {
        servent* serv;
        serv = getservbyname(name.tempCString(), protocolName.tempCString());
        if(!serv)
            return false;
        populate(serv);
        return true;
    }


    /// ditto
    bool getServiceByPort(ushort port, in char[] protocolName = null) @trusted nothrow
    {
        servent* serv;
        serv = getservbyport(port, protocolName.tempCString());
        if(!serv)
            return false;
        populate(serv);
        return true;
    }
}


unittest
{
    softUnittest({
        Service serv = new Service;
        if(serv.getServiceByName("epmap", "tcp"))
        {
            // writefln("About service epmap:");
            // writefln("\tService: %s", serv.name);
            // writefln("\tPort: %d", serv.port);
            // writefln("\tProtocol: %s", serv.protocolName);
            // foreach(string s; serv.aliases)
            // {
            //      writefln("\tAlias: %s", s);
            // }
            // For reasons unknown this is loc-srv on Wine and epmap on Windows
            assert(serv.name == "loc-srv" || serv.name == "epmap", serv.name);
            assert(serv.port == 135);
            assert(serv.protocolName == "tcp");
        }
        else
        {
            writefln("No service for epmap.");
        }
    });
}


/**
 * Class for exceptions thrown from an $(D InternetHost).
 */
class HostException: SocketOSException
{
    ///
    this(string msg, string file = __FILE__, size_t line = __LINE__, Throwable next = null, int err = _lasterr())
    {
        super(msg, file, line, next, err);
    }

    ///
    this(string msg, Throwable next, string file = __FILE__, size_t line = __LINE__, int err = _lasterr())
    {
        super(msg, next, file, line, err);
    }

    ///
    this(string msg, int err, string file = __FILE__, size_t line = __LINE__, Throwable next = null)
    {
        super(msg, next, file, line, err);
    }
}

/**
 * $(D InternetHost) is a class for resolving IPv4 addresses.
 *
 * Consider using $(D getAddress), $(D parseAddress) and $(D Address) methods
 * instead of using this class directly.
 *
 * Example:
 * ---
 * auto ih = new InternetHost;
 *
 * // Forward lookup
 * writeln("About www.digitalmars.com:");
 * if (ih.getHostByName("www.digitalmars.com"))
 * {
 *     writefln("  Name: %s", ih.name);
 *     auto ip = InternetAddress.addrToString(ih.addrList[0]);
 *     writefln("  IP address: %s", ip);
 *     foreach (string s; ih.aliases)
 *          writefln("  Alias: %s", s);
 *     writeln("---");
 *
 *     // Reverse lookup
 *     writefln("About IP %s:", ip);
 *     if (ih.getHostByAddr(ih.addrList[0]))
 *     {
 *         writefln("  Name: %s", ih.name);
 *         foreach (string s; ih.aliases)
 *              writefln("  Alias: %s", s);
 *     }
 *     else
 *         writeln("  Reverse lookup failed");
 * }
 * else
 *     writeln("  Can't resolve www.digitalmars.com");
 * ---
 */
class InternetHost
{
    /// These members are populated when one of the following functions are called successfully:
    string name;
    string[] aliases;           /// ditto
    uint[] addrList;            /// ditto


    void validHostent(in hostent* he)
    {
        if(he.h_addrtype != cast(int)AddressFamily.INET || he.h_length != 4)
            throw new HostException("Address family mismatch");
    }


    void populate(hostent* he) @system pure nothrow
    {
        int i;
        char* p;

        name = to!string(he.h_name);

        for(i = 0;; i++)
        {
            p = he.h_aliases[i];
            if(!p)
                break;
        }

        if(i)
        {
            aliases = new string[i];
            for(i = 0; i != aliases.length; i++)
            {
                aliases[i] =
                    to!string(he.h_aliases[i]);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            aliases = null;
        }

        for(i = 0;; i++)
        {
            p = he.h_addr_list[i];
            if(!p)
                break;
        }

        if(i)
        {
            addrList = new uint[i];
            for(i = 0; i != addrList.length; i++)
            {
                addrList[i] = ntohl(*(cast(uint*)he.h_addr_list[i]));
            }
        }
        else
        {
            addrList = null;
        }
    }

    private bool getHostNoSync(string opMixin, T)(T param) @system
    {
        mixin(opMixin);
        if (!he)
            return false;
        validHostent(he);
        populate(he);
        return true;
    }

    version(Windows)
        alias getHost = getHostNoSync;
    else
    {
        // posix systems use global state for return value, so we
        // must synchronize across all threads
        private bool getHost(string opMixin, T)(T param) @system
        {
            synchronized(this.classinfo)
                return getHostNoSync!(opMixin, T)(param);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Resolve host name.
     * Returns: false if unable to resolve.
     */
    bool getHostByName(in char[] name) @trusted
    {
        static if (is(typeof(gethostbyname_r)))
        {
            return getHostNoSync!q{
                hostent he_v;
                hostent* he;
                ubyte[256] buffer_v = void;
                auto buffer = buffer_v[];
                auto param_zTmp = param.tempCString();
                while (true)
                {
                    he = &he_v;
                    int errno;
                    if (gethostbyname_r(param_zTmp, he, buffer.ptr, buffer.length, &he, &errno) == ERANGE)
                        buffer.length = buffer.length * 2;
                    else
                        break;
                }
            }(name);
        }
        else
        {
            return getHost!q{
                auto he = gethostbyname(param.tempCString());
            }(name);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Resolve IPv4 address number.
     *
     * Params:
     *   addr = The IPv4 address to resolve, in host byte order.
     * Returns:
     *   false if unable to resolve.
     */
    bool getHostByAddr(uint addr) @trusted
    {
        return getHost!q{
            auto x = htonl(param);
            auto he = gethostbyaddr(&x, 4, cast(int)AddressFamily.INET);
        }(addr);
    }

    /**
     * Same as previous, but addr is an IPv4 address string in the
     * dotted-decimal form $(I a.b.c.d).
     * Returns: false if unable to resolve.
     */
    bool getHostByAddr(in char[] addr) @trusted
    {
        return getHost!q{
            auto x = inet_addr(param.tempCString());
            enforce(x != INADDR_NONE,
                new SocketParameterException("Invalid IPv4 address"));
            auto he = gethostbyaddr(&x, 4, cast(int)AddressFamily.INET);
        }(addr);
    }
}


unittest
{
    InternetHost ih = new InternetHost;

    ih.getHostByAddr(0x7F_00_00_01);
    assert(ih.addrList[0] == 0x7F_00_00_01);
    ih.getHostByAddr("127.0.0.1");
    assert(ih.addrList[0] == 0x7F_00_00_01);

    softUnittest({
        if (!ih.getHostByName("www.digitalmars.com"))
            return;             // don't fail if not connected to internet
        //writefln("addrList.length = %d", ih.addrList.length);
        assert(ih.addrList.length);
        InternetAddress ia = new InternetAddress(ih.addrList[0], InternetAddress.PORT_ANY);
        assert(ih.name == "www.digitalmars.com" || ih.name == "digitalmars.com",
               ih.name);
        // writefln("IP address = %s", ia.toAddrString());
        // writefln("name = %s", ih.name);
        // foreach(int i, string s; ih.aliases)
        // {
        //      writefln("aliases[%d] = %s", i, s);
        // }
        // writefln("---");

        //assert(ih.getHostByAddr(ih.addrList[0]));
        // writefln("name = %s", ih.name);
        // foreach(int i, string s; ih.aliases)
        // {
        //      writefln("aliases[%d] = %s", i, s);
        // }
    });
}


/// Holds information about a socket _address retrieved by $(D getAddressInfo).
struct AddressInfo
{
    AddressFamily family;   /// Address _family
    SocketType type;        /// Socket _type
    ProtocolType protocol;  /// Protocol
    Address address;        /// Socket _address
    string canonicalName;   /// Canonical name, when $(D AddressInfoFlags.CANONNAME) is used.
}

// A subset of flags supported on all platforms with getaddrinfo.
/// Specifies option flags for $(D getAddressInfo).
enum AddressInfoFlags: int
{
    /// The resulting addresses will be used in a call to $(D Socket.bind).
    PASSIVE = AI_PASSIVE,

    /// The canonical name is returned in $(D canonicalName) member in the first $(D AddressInfo).
    CANONNAME = AI_CANONNAME,

    /// The $(D node) parameter passed to $(D getAddressInfo) must be a numeric string.
    /// This will suppress any potentially lengthy network host address lookups.
    NUMERICHOST = AI_NUMERICHOST,
}


/// On POSIX, getaddrinfo uses its own error codes, and thus has its own
/// formatting function.
private string formatGaiError(int err) @trusted
{
    version(Windows)
    {
        return sysErrorString(err);
    }
    else
    {
        synchronized
            return to!string(gai_strerror(err));
    }
}

/**
 * Provides _protocol-independent translation from host names to socket
 * addresses. If advanced functionality is not required, consider using
 * $(D getAddress) for compatibility with older systems.
 *
 * Returns: Array with one $(D AddressInfo) per socket address.
 *
 * Throws: $(D SocketOSException) on failure, or $(D SocketFeatureException)
 * if this functionality is not available on the current system.
 *
 * Params:
 *  node     = string containing host name or numeric address
 *  options  = optional additional parameters, identified by type:
 *             $(UL $(LI $(D string) - service name or port number)
 *                  $(LI $(D AddressInfoFlags) - option flags)
 *                  $(LI $(D AddressFamily) - address family to filter by)
 *                  $(LI $(D SocketType) - socket type to filter by)
 *                  $(LI $(D ProtocolType) - protocol to filter by))
 *
 * Example:
 * ---
 * // Roundtrip DNS resolution
 * auto results = getAddressInfo("www.digitalmars.com");
 * assert(results[0].address.toHostNameString() ==
 *     "digitalmars.com");
 *
 * // Canonical name
 * results = getAddressInfo("www.digitalmars.com",
 *     AddressInfoFlags.CANONNAME);
 * assert(results[0].canonicalName == "digitalmars.com");
 *
 * // IPv6 resolution
 * results = getAddressInfo("ipv6.google.com");
 * assert(results[0].family == AddressFamily.INET6);
 *
 * // Multihomed resolution
 * results = getAddressInfo("google.com");
 * assert(results.length > 1);
 *
 * // Parsing IPv4
 * results = getAddressInfo("127.0.0.1",
 *     AddressInfoFlags.NUMERICHOST);
 * assert(results.length && results[0].family ==
 *     AddressFamily.INET);
 *
 * // Parsing IPv6
 * results = getAddressInfo("::1",
 *     AddressInfoFlags.NUMERICHOST);
 * assert(results.length && results[0].family ==
 *     AddressFamily.INET6);
 * ---
 */
AddressInfo[] getAddressInfo(T...)(in char[] node, T options) @trusted
{
    const(char)[] service = null;
    addrinfo hints;
    hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;

    foreach (option; options)
    {
        static if (is(typeof(option) : const(char)[]))
            service = option;
        else
        static if (is(typeof(option) == AddressInfoFlags))
            hints.ai_flags |= option;
        else
        static if (is(typeof(option) == AddressFamily))
            hints.ai_family = option;
        else
        static if (is(typeof(option) == SocketType))
            hints.ai_socktype = option;
        else
        static if (is(typeof(option) == ProtocolType))
            hints.ai_protocol = option;
        else
            static assert(0, "Unknown getAddressInfo option type: " ~ typeof(option).stringof);
    }

    return getAddressInfoImpl(node, service, &hints);
}

private AddressInfo[] getAddressInfoImpl(in char[] node, in char[] service, addrinfo* hints) @system
{
        import std.array : appender;

    if (getaddrinfoPointer && freeaddrinfoPointer)
    {
        addrinfo* ai_res;

        int ret = getaddrinfoPointer(
            node.tempCString(),
            service.tempCString(),
            hints, &ai_res);
        enforce(ret == 0, new SocketOSException("getaddrinfo error", ret, &formatGaiError));
        scope(exit) freeaddrinfoPointer(ai_res);

        auto result = appender!(AddressInfo[])();

        // Use const to force UnknownAddressReference to copy the sockaddr.
        for (const(addrinfo)* ai = ai_res; ai; ai = ai.ai_next)
            result ~= AddressInfo(
                cast(AddressFamily) ai.ai_family,
                cast(SocketType   ) ai.ai_socktype,
                cast(ProtocolType ) ai.ai_protocol,
                new UnknownAddressReference(ai.ai_addr, cast(socklen_t) ai.ai_addrlen),
                ai.ai_canonname ? to!string(ai.ai_canonname) : null);

        assert(result.data.length > 0);
        return result.data;
    }

    throw new SocketFeatureException("Address info lookup is not available " ~
        "on this system.");
}


unittest
{
    softUnittest({
        if (getaddrinfoPointer)
        {
            // Roundtrip DNS resolution
            auto results = getAddressInfo("www.digitalmars.com");
            assert(results[0].address.toHostNameString() == "digitalmars.com");

            // Canonical name
            results = getAddressInfo("www.digitalmars.com",
                AddressInfoFlags.CANONNAME);
            assert(results[0].canonicalName == "digitalmars.com");

            // IPv6 resolution
            //results = getAddressInfo("ipv6.google.com");
            //assert(results[0].family == AddressFamily.INET6);

            // Multihomed resolution
            //results = getAddressInfo("google.com");
            //assert(results.length > 1);

            // Parsing IPv4
            results = getAddressInfo("127.0.0.1", AddressInfoFlags.NUMERICHOST);
            assert(results.length && results[0].family == AddressFamily.INET);

            // Parsing IPv6
            results = getAddressInfo("::1", AddressInfoFlags.NUMERICHOST);
            assert(results.length && results[0].family == AddressFamily.INET6);
        }
    });

    if (getaddrinfoPointer)
    {
        auto results = getAddressInfo(null, "1234", AddressInfoFlags.PASSIVE, SocketType.STREAM, ProtocolType.TCP, AddressFamily.INET);
        assert(results.length == 1 && results[0].address.toString() == "0.0.0.0:1234");
    }
}


private ushort serviceToPort(in char[] service)
{
    if (service == "")
        return InternetAddress.PORT_ANY;
    else
    if (isNumeric(service))
        return to!ushort(service);
    else
    {
        auto s = new Service();
        s.getServiceByName(service);
        return s.port;
    }
}

/**
 * Provides _protocol-independent translation from host names to socket
 * addresses. Uses $(D getAddressInfo) if the current system supports it,
 * and $(D InternetHost) otherwise.
 *
 * Returns: Array with one $(D Address) instance per socket address.
 *
 * Throws: $(D SocketOSException) on failure.
 *
 * Example:
 * ---
 * writeln("Resolving www.digitalmars.com:");
 * try
 * {
 *     auto addresses = getAddress("www.digitalmars.com");
 *     foreach (address; addresses)
 *         writefln("  IP: %s", address.toAddrString());
 * }
 * catch (SocketException e)
 *     writefln("  Lookup failed: %s", e.msg);
 * ---
 */
Address[] getAddress(in char[] hostname, in char[] service = null)
{
    if (getaddrinfoPointer && freeaddrinfoPointer)
    {
        // use getAddressInfo
        auto infos = getAddressInfo(hostname, service);
        Address[] results;
        results.length = infos.length;
        foreach (i, ref result; results)
            result = infos[i].address;
        return results;
    }
    else
        return getAddress(hostname, serviceToPort(service));
}

/// ditto
Address[] getAddress(in char[] hostname, ushort port)
{
    if (getaddrinfoPointer && freeaddrinfoPointer)
        return getAddress(hostname, to!string(port));
    else
    {
        // use getHostByName
        auto ih = new InternetHost;
        if (!ih.getHostByName(hostname))
            throw new AddressException(
                        text("Unable to resolve host '", hostname, "'"));

        Address[] results;
        foreach (uint addr; ih.addrList)
            results ~= new InternetAddress(addr, port);
        return results;
    }
}


unittest
{
    softUnittest({
        auto addresses = getAddress("63.105.9.61");
        assert(addresses.length && addresses[0].toAddrString() == "63.105.9.61");

        if (getaddrinfoPointer)
        {
            // test via gethostbyname
            auto getaddrinfoPointerBackup = getaddrinfoPointer;
            cast() getaddrinfoPointer = null;
            scope(exit) cast() getaddrinfoPointer = getaddrinfoPointerBackup;

            addresses = getAddress("63.105.9.61");
            assert(addresses.length && addresses[0].toAddrString() == "63.105.9.61");
        }
    });
}


/**
 * Provides _protocol-independent parsing of network addresses. Does not
 * attempt name resolution. Uses $(D getAddressInfo) with
 * $(D AddressInfoFlags.NUMERICHOST) if the current system supports it, and
 * $(D InternetAddress) otherwise.
 *
 * Returns: An $(D Address) instance representing specified address.
 *
 * Throws: $(D SocketException) on failure.
 *
 * Example:
 * ---
 * writeln("Enter IP address:");
 * string ip = readln().chomp();
 * try
 * {
 *     Address address = parseAddress(ip);
 *     writefln("Looking up reverse of %s:",
 *         address.toAddrString());
 *     try
 *     {
 *         string reverse = address.toHostNameString();
 *         if (reverse)
 *             writefln("  Reverse name: %s", reverse);
 *         else
 *             writeln("  Reverse hostname not found.");
 *     }
 *     catch (SocketException e)
 *         writefln("  Lookup error: %s", e.msg);
 * }
 * catch (SocketException e)
 * {
 *     writefln("  %s is not a valid IP address: %s",
 *         ip, e.msg);
 * }
 * ---
 */
Address parseAddress(in char[] hostaddr, in char[] service = null)
{
    if (getaddrinfoPointer && freeaddrinfoPointer)
        return getAddressInfo(hostaddr, service, AddressInfoFlags.NUMERICHOST)[0].address;
    else
        return parseAddress(hostaddr, serviceToPort(service));
}

/// ditto
Address parseAddress(in char[] hostaddr, ushort port)
{
    if (getaddrinfoPointer && freeaddrinfoPointer)
        return parseAddress(hostaddr, to!string(port));
    else
    {
        auto in4_addr = InternetAddress.parse(hostaddr);
        enforce(in4_addr != InternetAddress.ADDR_NONE,
            new SocketParameterException("Invalid IP address"));
        return new InternetAddress(in4_addr, port);
    }
}


unittest
{
    softUnittest({
        auto address = parseAddress("63.105.9.61");
        assert(address.toAddrString() == "63.105.9.61");

        if (getaddrinfoPointer)
        {
            // test via inet_addr
            auto getaddrinfoPointerBackup = getaddrinfoPointer;
            cast() getaddrinfoPointer = null;
            scope(exit) cast() getaddrinfoPointer = getaddrinfoPointerBackup;

            address = parseAddress("63.105.9.61");
            assert(address.toAddrString() == "63.105.9.61");
        }

        assert(collectException!SocketException(parseAddress("Invalid IP address")));
    });
}


/**
 * Class for exceptions thrown from an $(D Address).
 */
class AddressException: SocketOSException
{
    ///
    this(string msg, string file = __FILE__, size_t line = __LINE__, Throwable next = null, int err = _lasterr())
    {
        super(msg, file, line, next, err);
    }

    ///
    this(string msg, Throwable next, string file = __FILE__, size_t line = __LINE__, int err = _lasterr())
    {
        super(msg, next, file, line, err);
    }

    ///
    this(string msg, int err, string file = __FILE__, size_t line = __LINE__, Throwable next = null)
    {
        super(msg, next, file, line, err);
    }
}


/**
 * $(D Address) is an abstract class for representing a socket addresses.
 *
 * Example:
 * ---
 * writeln("About www.google.com port 80:");
 * try
 * {
 *     Address[] addresses = getAddress("www.google.com", 80);
 *     writefln("  %d addresses found.", addresses.length);
 *     foreach (int i, Address a; addresses)
 *     {
 *         writefln("  Address %d:", i+1);
 *         writefln("    IP address: %s", a.toAddrString());
 *         writefln("    Hostname: %s", a.toHostNameString());
 *         writefln("    Port: %s", a.toPortString());
 *         writefln("    Service name: %s",
 *             a.toServiceNameString());
 *     }
 * }
 * catch (SocketException e)
 *     writefln("  Lookup error: %s", e.msg);
 * ---
 */
abstract class Address
{
    /// Returns pointer to underlying $(D sockaddr) structure.
    abstract @property sockaddr* name() pure nothrow @nogc;
    abstract @property const(sockaddr)* name() const pure nothrow @nogc; /// ditto

    /// Returns actual size of underlying $(D sockaddr) structure.
    abstract @property socklen_t nameLen() const pure nothrow @nogc;

    /// Family of this address.
    @property AddressFamily addressFamily() const pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        return cast(AddressFamily) name.sa_family;
    }

    // Common code for toAddrString and toHostNameString
    private final string toHostString(bool numeric) @trusted const
    {
        // getnameinfo() is the recommended way to perform a reverse (name)
        // lookup on both Posix and Windows. However, it is only available
        // on Windows XP and above, and not included with the WinSock import
        // libraries shipped with DMD. Thus, we check for getnameinfo at
        // runtime in the shared module constructor, and use it if it's
        // available in the base class method. Classes for specific network
        // families (e.g. InternetHost) override this method and use a
        // deprecated, albeit commonly-available method when getnameinfo()
        // is not available.
        // http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa450403.aspx
        if (getnameinfoPointer)
        {
            auto buf = new char[NI_MAXHOST];
            auto ret = getnameinfoPointer(
                        name, nameLen,
                        buf.ptr, cast(uint)buf.length,
                        null, 0,
                        numeric ? NI_NUMERICHOST : NI_NAMEREQD);

            if (!numeric)
            {
                if (ret==EAI_NONAME)
                    return null;
                version(Windows)
                    if (ret==WSANO_DATA)
                        return null;
            }

            enforce(ret == 0, new AddressException("Could not get " ~
                        (numeric ? "host address" : "host name")));
            return assumeUnique(buf[0 .. strlen(buf.ptr)]);
        }

        throw new SocketFeatureException((numeric ? "Host address" : "Host name") ~
            " lookup for this address family is not available on this system.");
    }

    // Common code for toPortString and toServiceNameString
    private final string toServiceString(bool numeric) @trusted const
    {
        // See toHostNameString() for details about getnameinfo().
        if (getnameinfoPointer)
        {
            auto buf = new char[NI_MAXSERV];
            enforce(getnameinfoPointer(
                        name, nameLen,
                        null, 0,
                        buf.ptr, cast(uint)buf.length,
                        numeric ? NI_NUMERICSERV : NI_NAMEREQD
                    ) == 0, new AddressException("Could not get " ~
                        (numeric ? "port number" : "service name")));
            return assumeUnique(buf[0 .. strlen(buf.ptr)]);
        }

        throw new SocketFeatureException((numeric ? "Port number" : "Service name") ~
            " lookup for this address family is not available on this system.");
    }

    /**
     * Attempts to retrieve the host address as a human-readable string.
     *
     * Throws: $(D AddressException) on failure, or $(D SocketFeatureException)
     * if address retrieval for this address family is not available on the
     * current system.
     */
    string toAddrString() const
    {
        return toHostString(true);
    }

    /**
     * Attempts to retrieve the host name as a fully qualified domain name.
     *
     * Returns: The FQDN corresponding to this $(D Address), or $(D null) if
     * the host name did not resolve.
     *
     * Throws: $(D AddressException) on error, or $(D SocketFeatureException)
     * if host name lookup for this address family is not available on the
     * current system.
     */
    string toHostNameString() const
    {
        return toHostString(false);
    }

    /**
     * Attempts to retrieve the numeric port number as a string.
     *
     * Throws: $(D AddressException) on failure, or $(D SocketFeatureException)
     * if port number retrieval for this address family is not available on the
     * current system.
     */
    string toPortString() const
    {
        return toServiceString(true);
    }

    /**
     * Attempts to retrieve the service name as a string.
     *
     * Throws: $(D AddressException) on failure, or $(D SocketFeatureException)
     * if service name lookup for this address family is not available on the
     * current system.
     */
    string toServiceNameString() const
    {
        return toServiceString(false);
    }

    /// Human readable string representing this address.
    override string toString() const
    {
        try
        {
            string host = toAddrString();
            string port = toPortString();
            if (host.indexOf(':') >= 0)
                return "[" ~ host ~ "]:" ~ port;
            else
                return host ~ ":" ~ port;
        }
        catch (SocketException)
            return "Unknown";
    }
}

/**
 * $(D UnknownAddress) encapsulates an unknown socket address.
 */
class UnknownAddress: Address
{
protected:
    sockaddr sa;


public:
    override @property sockaddr* name()
    {
        return &sa;
    }

    override @property const(sockaddr)* name() const
    {
        return &sa;
    }


    override @property socklen_t nameLen() const
    {
        return cast(socklen_t) sa.sizeof;
    }

}


/**
 * $(D UnknownAddressReference) encapsulates a reference to an arbitrary
 * socket address.
 */
class UnknownAddressReference: Address
{
protected:
    sockaddr* sa;
    socklen_t len;

public:
    /// Constructs an $(D Address) with a reference to the specified $(D sockaddr).
    this(sockaddr* sa, socklen_t len) pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        this.sa  = sa;
        this.len = len;
    }

    /// Constructs an $(D Address) with a copy of the specified $(D sockaddr).
    this(const(sockaddr)* sa, socklen_t len) @system pure nothrow
    {
        this.sa = cast(sockaddr*) (cast(ubyte*)sa)[0..len].dup.ptr;
        this.len = len;
    }

    override @property sockaddr* name()
    {
        return sa;
    }

    override @property const(sockaddr)* name() const
    {
        return sa;
    }


    override @property socklen_t nameLen() const
    {
        return cast(socklen_t) len;
    }
}


/**
 * $(D InternetAddress) encapsulates an IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4)
 * socket address.
 *
 * Consider using $(D getAddress), $(D parseAddress) and $(D Address) methods
 * instead of using this class directly.
 */
class InternetAddress: Address
{
protected:
    sockaddr_in sin;


    this() pure nothrow @nogc
    {
    }


public:
    override @property sockaddr* name()
    {
        return cast(sockaddr*)&sin;
    }

    override @property const(sockaddr)* name() const
    {
        return cast(const(sockaddr)*)&sin;
    }


    override @property socklen_t nameLen() const
    {
        return cast(socklen_t) sin.sizeof;
    }


    enum uint ADDR_ANY = INADDR_ANY;         /// Any IPv4 host address.
    enum uint ADDR_NONE = INADDR_NONE;       /// An invalid IPv4 host address.
    enum ushort PORT_ANY = 0;                /// Any IPv4 port number.

    /// Returns the IPv4 _port number (in host byte order).
    @property ushort port() const pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        return ntohs(sin.sin_port);
    }

    /// Returns the IPv4 address number (in host byte order).
    @property uint addr() const pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        return ntohl(sin.sin_addr.s_addr);
    }

    /**
     * Construct a new $(D InternetAddress).
     * Params:
     *   addr = an IPv4 address string in the dotted-decimal form a.b.c.d,
     *          or a host name which will be resolved using an $(D InternetHost)
     *          object.
     *   port = port number, may be $(D PORT_ANY).
     */
    this(in char[] addr, ushort port)
    {
        uint uiaddr = parse(addr);
        if(ADDR_NONE == uiaddr)
        {
            InternetHost ih = new InternetHost;
            if(!ih.getHostByName(addr))
                //throw new AddressException("Invalid internet address");
                throw new AddressException(
                          text("Unable to resolve host '", addr, "'"));
            uiaddr = ih.addrList[0];
        }
        sin.sin_family = AddressFamily.INET;
        sin.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(uiaddr);
        sin.sin_port = htons(port);
    }

    /**
     * Construct a new $(D InternetAddress).
     * Params:
     *   addr = (optional) an IPv4 address in host byte order, may be $(D ADDR_ANY).
     *   port = port number, may be $(D PORT_ANY).
     */
    this(uint addr, ushort port) pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        sin.sin_family = AddressFamily.INET;
        sin.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(addr);
        sin.sin_port = htons(port);
    }

    /// ditto
    this(ushort port) pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        sin.sin_family = AddressFamily.INET;
        sin.sin_addr.s_addr = ADDR_ANY;
        sin.sin_port = htons(port);
    }

    /**
     * Construct a new $(D InternetAddress).
     * Params:
     *   addr = A sockaddr_in as obtained from lower-level API calls such as getifaddrs.
     */
    this(sockaddr_in addr) pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        assert(addr.sin_family == AddressFamily.INET);
        sin = addr;
    }

    /// Human readable string representing the IPv4 address in dotted-decimal form.
    override string toAddrString() @trusted const
    {
        return to!string(inet_ntoa(sin.sin_addr));
    }

    /// Human readable string representing the IPv4 port.
    override string toPortString() const
    {
        return std.conv.to!string(port);
    }

    /**
     * Attempts to retrieve the host name as a fully qualified domain name.
     *
     * Returns: The FQDN corresponding to this $(D InternetAddress), or
     * $(D null) if the host name did not resolve.
     *
     * Throws: $(D AddressException) on error.
     */
    override string toHostNameString() const
    {
        // getnameinfo() is the recommended way to perform a reverse (name)
        // lookup on both Posix and Windows. However, it is only available
        // on Windows XP and above, and not included with the WinSock import
        // libraries shipped with DMD. Thus, we check for getnameinfo at
        // runtime in the shared module constructor, and fall back to the
        // deprecated getHostByAddr() if it could not be found. See also:
        // http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa450403.aspx

        if (getnameinfoPointer)
            return super.toHostNameString();
        else
        {
            auto host = new InternetHost();
            if (!host.getHostByAddr(ntohl(sin.sin_addr.s_addr)))
                return null;
            return host.name;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Compares with another InternetAddress of same type for equality
     * Returns: true if the InternetAddresses share the same address and
     * port number.
     * Examples:
     * --------------
     * InternetAddress addr1,addr2;
     * if (addr1 == addr2) { }
     * --------------
     */
    override bool opEquals(Object o) const
    {
        auto other = cast(InternetAddress)o;
        return other && this.sin.sin_addr.s_addr == other.sin.sin_addr.s_addr &&
            this.sin.sin_port == other.sin.sin_port;
    }

    /**
     * Parse an IPv4 address string in the dotted-decimal form $(I a.b.c.d)
     * and return the number.
     * Returns: If the string is not a legitimate IPv4 address,
     * $(D ADDR_NONE) is returned.
     */
    static uint parse(in char[] addr) @trusted nothrow
    {
        return ntohl(inet_addr(addr.tempCString()));
    }

    /**
     * Convert an IPv4 address number in host byte order to a human readable
     * string representing the IPv4 address in dotted-decimal form.
     */
    static string addrToString(uint addr) @trusted nothrow
    {
        in_addr sin_addr;
        sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(addr);
        return to!string(inet_ntoa(sin_addr));
    }
}


unittest
{
    softUnittest({
        const InternetAddress ia = new InternetAddress("63.105.9.61", 80);
        assert(ia.toString() == "63.105.9.61:80");
    });

    softUnittest({
        // test construction from a sockaddr_in
        sockaddr_in sin;

        sin.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(0x7F_00_00_01);  // 127.0.0.1
        sin.sin_family = AddressFamily.INET;
        sin.sin_port = htons(80);

        const InternetAddress ia = new InternetAddress(sin);
        assert(ia.toString() == "127.0.0.1:80");
    });

    softUnittest({
        // test reverse lookup
        auto ih = new InternetHost;
        if (ih.getHostByName("digitalmars.com"))
        {
            const ia = new InternetAddress(ih.addrList[0], 80);
            assert(ia.toHostNameString() == "digitalmars.com");

            if (getnameinfoPointer)
            {
                // test reverse lookup, via gethostbyaddr
                auto getnameinfoPointerBackup = getnameinfoPointer;
                cast() getnameinfoPointer = null;
                scope(exit) cast() getnameinfoPointer = getnameinfoPointerBackup;

                assert(ia.toHostNameString() == "digitalmars.com");
            }
        }
    });

    version (SlowTests)
    softUnittest({
        // test failing reverse lookup
        const InternetAddress ia = new InternetAddress("127.114.111.120", 80);
        assert(ia.toHostNameString() is null);

        if (getnameinfoPointer)
        {
            // test failing reverse lookup, via gethostbyaddr
            auto getnameinfoPointerBackup = getnameinfoPointer;
            getnameinfoPointer = null;
            scope(exit) getnameinfoPointer = getnameinfoPointerBackup;

            assert(ia.toHostNameString() is null);
        }
    });
}


/**
 * $(D Internet6Address) encapsulates an IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6)
 * socket address.
 *
 * Consider using $(D getAddress), $(D parseAddress) and $(D Address) methods
 * instead of using this class directly.
 */
class Internet6Address: Address
{
protected:
    sockaddr_in6 sin6;


    this() pure nothrow @nogc
    {
    }


public:
    override @property sockaddr* name()
    {
        return cast(sockaddr*)&sin6;
    }

    override @property const(sockaddr)* name() const
    {
        return cast(const(sockaddr)*)&sin6;
    }


    override @property socklen_t nameLen() const
    {
        return cast(socklen_t) sin6.sizeof;
    }


    /// Any IPv6 host address.
    static @property ref const(ubyte)[16] ADDR_ANY() pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        const(ubyte)[16]* addr;
        static if (is(typeof(IN6ADDR_ANY)))
        {
            addr = &IN6ADDR_ANY.s6_addr;
            return *addr;
        }
        else static if (is(typeof(in6addr_any)))
        {
            addr = &in6addr_any.s6_addr;
            return *addr;
        }
        else
            static assert(0);
    }

    /// Any IPv6 port number.
    enum ushort PORT_ANY = 0;

    /// Returns the IPv6 port number.
    @property ushort port() const pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        return ntohs(sin6.sin6_port);
    }

    /// Returns the IPv6 address.
    @property ubyte[16] addr() const pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        return sin6.sin6_addr.s6_addr;
    }

    /**
     * Construct a new $(D Internet6Address).
     * Params:
     *   addr    = an IPv6 host address string in the form described in RFC 2373,
     *             or a host name which will be resolved using $(D getAddressInfo).
     *   service = (optional) service name.
     */
    this(in char[] addr, in char[] service = null) @trusted
    {
        auto results = getAddressInfo(addr, service, AddressFamily.INET6);
        assert(results.length && results[0].family == AddressFamily.INET6);
        sin6 = *cast(sockaddr_in6*)results[0].address.name;
    }

    /**
     * Construct a new $(D Internet6Address).
     * Params:
     *   addr = an IPv6 host address string in the form described in RFC 2373,
     *          or a host name which will be resolved using $(D getAddressInfo).
     *   port = port number, may be $(D PORT_ANY).
     */
    this(in char[] addr, ushort port)
    {
        if (port == PORT_ANY)
            this(addr);
        else
            this(addr, to!string(port));
    }

    /**
     * Construct a new $(D Internet6Address).
     * Params:
     *   addr = (optional) an IPv6 host address in host byte order, or
     *          $(D ADDR_ANY).
     *   port = port number, may be $(D PORT_ANY).
     */
    this(ubyte[16] addr, ushort port) pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        sin6.sin6_family = AddressFamily.INET6;
        sin6.sin6_addr.s6_addr = addr;
        sin6.sin6_port = htons(port);
    }

    /// ditto
    this(ushort port) pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        sin6.sin6_family = AddressFamily.INET6;
        sin6.sin6_addr.s6_addr = ADDR_ANY;
        sin6.sin6_port = htons(port);
    }

     /**
     * Construct a new $(D Internet6Address).
     * Params:
     *   addr = A sockaddr_in6 as obtained from lower-level API calls such as getifaddrs.
     */
    this(sockaddr_in6 addr) pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        assert(addr.sin6_family == AddressFamily.INET6);
        sin6 = addr;
    }

   /**
     * Parse an IPv6 host address string as described in RFC 2373, and return the
     * address.
     * Throws: $(D SocketException) on error.
     */
    static ubyte[16] parse(in char[] addr) @trusted
    {
        // Although we could use inet_pton here, it's only available on Windows
        // versions starting with Vista, so use getAddressInfo with NUMERICHOST
        // instead.
        auto results = getAddressInfo(addr, AddressInfoFlags.NUMERICHOST);
        if (results.length && results[0].family == AddressFamily.INET6)
            return (cast(sockaddr_in6*)results[0].address.name).sin6_addr.s6_addr;
        throw new AddressException("Not an IPv6 address", 0);
    }
}


unittest
{
    softUnittest({
        const Internet6Address ia = new Internet6Address("::1", 80);
        assert(ia.toString() == "[::1]:80");
    });

    softUnittest({
        // test construction from a sockaddr_in6
        sockaddr_in6 sin;

        sin.sin6_addr.s6_addr = [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1];  // [::1]
        sin.sin6_family = AddressFamily.INET6;
        sin.sin6_port = htons(80);

        const Internet6Address ia = new Internet6Address(sin);
        assert(ia.toString() == "[::1]:80");
    });
}


version(StdDdoc)
{
    static if (!is(sockaddr_un))
    {
        // This exists only to allow the constructor taking
        // a sockaddr_un to be compilable for documentation
        // on platforms that don't supply a sockaddr_un.
        struct sockaddr_un
        {
        }
    }

    /**
     * $(D UnixAddress) encapsulates an address for a Unix domain socket
     * ($(D AF_UNIX)). Available only on supported systems.
     */
    class UnixAddress: Address
    {
        private this() pure nothrow @nogc {}

        /// Construct a new $(D UnixAddress) from the specified path.
        this(in char[] path) { }

        /**
         * Construct a new $(D UnixAddress).
         * Params:
         *   addr = A sockaddr_un as obtained from lower-level API calls.
         */
        this(sockaddr_un addr) pure nothrow @nogc { }

        /// Get the underlying _path.
        @property string path() const { return null; }

        /// ditto
        override string toString() const { return null; }

        override @property sockaddr* name() { return null; }
        override @property const(sockaddr)* name() const { return null; }
        override @property socklen_t nameLen() const { return 0; }
    }
}
else
static if (is(sockaddr_un))
{
    class UnixAddress: Address
    {
    protected:
        struct
        {
        align (1):
            sockaddr_un sun;
            char unused = '\0'; // placeholder for a terminating '\0'
        }

        this() pure nothrow @nogc
        {
            sun.sun_family = AddressFamily.UNIX;
            sun.sun_path = '?';
        }

    public:
        override @property sockaddr* name()
        {
            return cast(sockaddr*)&sun;
        }

        override @property const(sockaddr)* name() const
        {
            return cast(const(sockaddr)*)&sun;
        }

        override @property socklen_t nameLen() @trusted const
        {
            return cast(socklen_t) (sockaddr_un.init.sun_path.offsetof +
                strlen(cast(const(char*)) sun.sun_path.ptr) + 1);
        }

        this(in char[] path) @trusted pure
        {
            enforce(path.length <= sun.sun_path.sizeof, new SocketParameterException("Path too long"));
            sun.sun_family = AddressFamily.UNIX;
            sun.sun_path.ptr[0..path.length] = (cast(byte[]) path)[];
            sun.sun_path.ptr[path.length] = 0;
        }

        this(sockaddr_un addr) pure nothrow @nogc
        {
            assert(addr.sun_family == AddressFamily.UNIX);
            sun = addr;
        }

        @property string path() @trusted const pure
        {
            return to!string(cast(const(char)*)sun.sun_path.ptr);
        }

        override string toString() const pure
        {
            return path;
        }
    }

    unittest
    {
        import core.stdc.stdio : remove;
        import std.file: deleteme;

        immutable ubyte[] data = [1, 2, 3, 4];
        Socket[2] pair;

        auto name = std.file.deleteme ~ "-unix-socket";
        auto address = new UnixAddress(name);

        auto listener = new Socket(AddressFamily.UNIX, SocketType.STREAM);
        scope(exit) listener.close();

        listener.bind(address);
        scope(exit) () @trusted { remove(name.tempCString()); } ();
        assert(listener.localAddress.toString == name);

        listener.listen(1);

        pair[0] = new Socket(AddressFamily.UNIX, SocketType.STREAM);
        scope(exit) listener.close();

        pair[0].connect(address);
        scope(exit) pair[0].close();

        pair[1] = listener.accept();
        scope(exit) pair[1].close();

        pair[0].send(data);

        auto buf = new ubyte[data.length];
        pair[1].receive(buf);
        assert(buf == data);
    }
}


/**
 * Class for exceptions thrown by $(D Socket.accept).
 */
class SocketAcceptException: SocketOSException
{
    ///
    this(string msg, string file = __FILE__, size_t line = __LINE__, Throwable next = null, int err = _lasterr())
    {
        super(msg, file, line, next, err);
    }

    ///
    this(string msg, Throwable next, string file = __FILE__, size_t line = __LINE__, int err = _lasterr())
    {
        super(msg, next, file, line, err);
    }

    ///
    this(string msg, int err, string file = __FILE__, size_t line = __LINE__, Throwable next = null)
    {
        super(msg, next, file, line, err);
    }
}

/// How a socket is shutdown:
enum SocketShutdown: int
{
    RECEIVE =  SD_RECEIVE,      /// socket receives are disallowed
    SEND =     SD_SEND,         /// socket sends are disallowed
    BOTH =     SD_BOTH,         /// both RECEIVE and SEND
}


/// Flags may be OR'ed together:
enum SocketFlags: int
{
    NONE =       0,                 /// no flags specified

    OOB =        MSG_OOB,           /// out-of-band stream data
    PEEK =       MSG_PEEK,          /// peek at incoming data without removing it from the queue, only for receiving
    DONTROUTE =  MSG_DONTROUTE,     /// data should not be subject to routing; this flag may be ignored. Only for sending
}


private mixin template FieldProxy(string target, string field)
{
    mixin(`
        @property typeof(`~target~`) `~field~`() const pure nothrow @nogc
        {
            return `~target~`;
        }

        /// ditto
        @property typeof(`~target~`) `~field~`(typeof(`~target~`) value) pure nothrow @nogc
        {
            return `~target~` = value;
        }
    `);
}


/// Duration timeout value.
struct TimeVal
{
    _ctimeval ctimeval;
    alias tv_sec_t = typeof(ctimeval.tv_sec);
    alias tv_usec_t = typeof(ctimeval.tv_usec);

    version (StdDdoc) // no DDoc for string mixins, can't forward individual fields
    {
        tv_sec_t seconds;           /// Number of _seconds.
        tv_usec_t microseconds;     /// Number of additional _microseconds.
    }
    else
    {
        // D interface
        mixin FieldProxy!(`ctimeval.tv_sec`, `seconds`);
        mixin FieldProxy!(`ctimeval.tv_usec`, `microseconds`);
    }
}


/**
 * A collection of sockets for use with $(D Socket.select).
 *
 * $(D SocketSet) wraps the platform $(D fd_set) type. However, unlike
 * $(D fd_set), $(D SocketSet) is not statically limited to $(D FD_SETSIZE)
 * or any other limit, and grows as needed.
 */
class SocketSet
{
private:
    version (Windows)
    {
        // On Windows, fd_set is an array of socket handles,
        // following a word containing the fd_set instance size.
        // We use one dynamic array for everything, and use its first
        // element(s) for the count.

        alias fd_set_count_type = typeof(fd_set.init.fd_count);
        alias fd_set_type = typeof(fd_set.init.fd_array[0]);
        static assert(fd_set_type.sizeof == socket_t.sizeof);

        // Number of fd_set_type elements at the start of our array that are
        // used for the socket count and alignment

        enum FD_SET_OFFSET = fd_set.fd_array.offsetof / fd_set_type.sizeof;
        static assert(FD_SET_OFFSET);
        static assert(fd_set.fd_count.offsetof % fd_set_type.sizeof == 0);

        fd_set_type[] set;

        final void resize(size_t size) pure nothrow
        {
            set.length = FD_SET_OFFSET + size;
        }

        final ref inout(fd_set_count_type) count() @trusted @property inout pure nothrow @nogc
        {
            assert(set.length);
            return *cast(inout(fd_set_count_type)*)set.ptr;
        }

        final size_t capacity() @property const pure nothrow @nogc
        {
            return set.length - FD_SET_OFFSET;
        }

        final inout(socket_t)[] fds() @trusted inout @property pure nothrow @nogc
        {
            return cast(inout(socket_t)[])set[FD_SET_OFFSET..FD_SET_OFFSET+count];
        }
    }
    else
    version (Posix)
    {
        // On Posix, fd_set is a bit array. We assume that the fd_set
        // type (declared in core.sys.posix.sys.select) is a structure
        // containing a single field, a static array.

        static assert(fd_set.tupleof.length==1);

        // This is the type used in the fd_set array.
        // Using the type of the correct size is important for big-endian
        // architectures.

        alias fd_set_type = typeof(fd_set.init.tupleof[0][0]);

        // Number of file descriptors represented by one fd_set_type

        enum FD_NFDBITS = 8 * fd_set_type.sizeof;

        static fd_set_type mask(uint n) pure nothrow @nogc
        {
            return (cast(fd_set_type)1) << (n % FD_NFDBITS);
        }

        // Array size to fit that many sockets

        static size_t lengthFor(size_t size) pure nothrow @nogc
        {
            return (size + (FD_NFDBITS-1)) / FD_NFDBITS;
        }

        fd_set_type[] set;

        final void resize(size_t size) pure nothrow
        {
            set.length = lengthFor(size);
        }

        // Make sure we can fit that many sockets

        final void setMinCapacity(size_t size) pure nothrow
        {
            auto length = lengthFor(size);
            if (set.length < length)
                set.length = length;
        }

        final size_t capacity() @property const pure nothrow @nogc
        {
            return set.length * FD_NFDBITS;
        }

        int maxfd;
    }
    else
        static assert(false, "Unknown platform");

public:

    /**
     * Create a SocketSet with a specific initial capacity (defaults to
     * $(D FD_SETSIZE), the system's default capacity).
     */
    this(size_t size = FD_SETSIZE) pure nothrow
    {
        resize(size);
        reset();
    }

    /// Reset the $(D SocketSet) so that there are 0 $(D Socket)s in the collection.
    void reset() pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        version (Windows)
            count = 0;
        else
        {
            set[] = 0;
            maxfd = -1;
        }
    }


    void add(socket_t s) @trusted pure nothrow
    {
        version (Windows)
        {
            if (count == capacity)
            {
                set.length *= 2;
                set.length = set.capacity;
            }
            ++count;
            fds[$-1] = s;
        }
        else
        {
            auto index = s / FD_NFDBITS;
            auto length = set.length;
            if (index >= length)
            {
                while (index >= length)
                    length *= 2;
                set.length = length;
                set.length = set.capacity;
            }
            set[index] |= mask(s);
            if (maxfd < s)
                maxfd = s;
        }
    }

    /// Add a $(D Socket) to the collection.
    /// The socket must not already be in the collection.
    void add(Socket s) pure nothrow
    {
        add(s.sock);
    }

    void remove(socket_t s) pure nothrow
    {
        version (Windows)
        {
            import std.algorithm : countUntil;
            auto fds = fds;
            auto p = fds.countUntil(s);
            if (p >= 0)
                fds[p] = fds[--count];
        }
        else
        {
            auto index = s / FD_NFDBITS;
            if (index >= set.length)
                return;
            set[index] &= ~mask(s);
            // note: adjusting maxfd would require scanning the set, not worth it
        }
    }


    /// Remove this $(D Socket) from the collection.
    /// Does nothing if the socket is not in the collection already.
    void remove(Socket s) pure nothrow
    {
        remove(s.sock);
    }

    int isSet(socket_t s) const pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        version (Windows)
        {
            import std.algorithm;
            return fds.canFind(s) ? 1 : 0;
        }
        else
        {
            if (s > maxfd)
                return 0;
            auto index = s / FD_NFDBITS;
            return (set[index] & mask(s)) ? 1 : 0;
        }
    }


    /// Return nonzero if this $(D Socket) is in the collection.
    int isSet(Socket s) const pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        return isSet(s.sock);
    }


    /// Return the current capacity of this $(D SocketSet). The exact
    /// meaning of the return value varies from platform to platform.
    /// Note that since D 2.065, this value does not indicate a
    /// restriction, and $(D SocketSet) will grow its capacity as
    /// needed automatically.
    @property uint max() const pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        return cast(uint)capacity;
    }


    fd_set* toFd_set() @trusted pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        return cast(fd_set*)set.ptr;
    }


    int selectn() const pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        version (Windows)
        {
            return count;
        }
        else version (Posix)
        {
            return maxfd + 1;
        }
    }
}

unittest
{
    auto fds = cast(socket_t[])
        [cast(socket_t)1, 2, 0, 1024, 17, 42, 1234, 77, 77+32, 77+64];
    auto set = new SocketSet();
    foreach (fd; fds) assert(!set.isSet(fd));
    foreach (fd; fds) set.add(fd);
    foreach (fd; fds) assert(set.isSet(fd));

    // Make sure SocketSet reimplements fd_set correctly
    auto fdset = set.toFd_set();
    foreach (fd; fds[0]..cast(socket_t)(fds[$-1]+1))
        assert(cast(bool)set.isSet(fd) == cast(bool)(() @trusted => FD_ISSET(fd, fdset))());

    foreach (fd; fds)
    {
        assert(set.isSet(fd));
        set.remove(fd);
        assert(!set.isSet(fd));
    }
}

unittest
{
    softUnittest({
        enum PAIRS = 768;
        version(Posix)
        () @trusted
        {
            enum LIMIT = 2048;
            static assert(LIMIT > PAIRS*2);
            import core.sys.posix.sys.resource;
            rlimit fileLimit;
            getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &fileLimit);
            assert(fileLimit.rlim_max > LIMIT, "Open file hard limit too low");
            fileLimit.rlim_cur = LIMIT;
            setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &fileLimit);
        } ();

        Socket[2][PAIRS] pairs;
        foreach (ref pair; pairs)
            pair = socketPair();
        scope(exit)
        {
            foreach (pair; pairs)
            {
                pair[0].close();
                pair[1].close();
            }
        }

        import std.random;
        auto rng = Xorshift(42);
        pairs[].randomShuffle(rng);

        auto readSet = new SocketSet();
        auto writeSet = new SocketSet();
        auto errorSet = new SocketSet();

        foreach (testPair; pairs)
        {
            void fillSets()
            {
                readSet.reset();
                writeSet.reset();
                errorSet.reset();
                foreach (ref pair; pairs)
                    foreach (s; pair[])
                    {
                        readSet.add(s);
                        writeSet.add(s);
                        errorSet.add(s);
                    }
            }

            fillSets();
            auto n = Socket.select(readSet, writeSet, errorSet);
            assert(n == PAIRS*2); // All in writeSet
            assert(writeSet.isSet(testPair[0]));
            assert(writeSet.isSet(testPair[1]));
            assert(!readSet.isSet(testPair[0]));
            assert(!readSet.isSet(testPair[1]));
            assert(!errorSet.isSet(testPair[0]));
            assert(!errorSet.isSet(testPair[1]));

            ubyte[1] b;
            testPair[0].send(b[]);
            fillSets();
            n = Socket.select(readSet, null, null);
            assert(n == 1); // testPair[1]
            assert(readSet.isSet(testPair[1]));
            assert(!readSet.isSet(testPair[0]));
            testPair[1].receive(b[]);
        }
    });
}

unittest // Issue 14012, 14013
{
    auto set = new SocketSet(1);
    assert(set.max >= 0);

    enum LIMIT = 4096;
    foreach (n; 0..LIMIT)
        set.add(cast(socket_t)n);
    assert(set.max >= LIMIT);
}

/// The level at which a socket option is defined:
enum SocketOptionLevel: int
{
    SOCKET =  SOL_SOCKET,               /// Socket level
    IP =      ProtocolType.IP,          /// Internet Protocol version 4 level
    ICMP =    ProtocolType.ICMP,        /// Internet Control Message Protocol level
    IGMP =    ProtocolType.IGMP,        /// Internet Group Management Protocol level
    GGP =     ProtocolType.GGP,         /// Gateway to Gateway Protocol level
    TCP =     ProtocolType.TCP,         /// Transmission Control Protocol level
    PUP =     ProtocolType.PUP,         /// PARC Universal Packet Protocol level
    UDP =     ProtocolType.UDP,         /// User Datagram Protocol level
    IDP =     ProtocolType.IDP,         /// Xerox NS protocol level
    RAW =     ProtocolType.RAW,         /// Raw IP packet level
    IPV6 =    ProtocolType.IPV6,        /// Internet Protocol version 6 level
}

/// _Linger information for use with SocketOption.LINGER.
struct Linger
{
    _clinger clinger;

    version (StdDdoc) // no DDoc for string mixins, can't forward individual fields
    {
        private alias l_onoff_t = typeof(_clinger.init.l_onoff );
        private alias l_linger_t = typeof(_clinger.init.l_linger);
        l_onoff_t  on;   /// Nonzero for _on.
        l_linger_t time; /// Linger _time.
    }
    else
    {
        // D interface
        mixin FieldProxy!(`clinger.l_onoff`, `on`);
        mixin FieldProxy!(`clinger.l_linger`, `time`);
    }
}

/// Specifies a socket option:
enum SocketOption: int
{
    DEBUG =                SO_DEBUG,            /// Record debugging information
    BROADCAST =            SO_BROADCAST,        /// Allow transmission of broadcast messages
    REUSEADDR =            SO_REUSEADDR,        /// Allow local reuse of address
    LINGER =               SO_LINGER,           /// Linger on close if unsent data is present
    OOBINLINE =            SO_OOBINLINE,        /// Receive out-of-band data in band
    SNDBUF =               SO_SNDBUF,           /// Send buffer size
    RCVBUF =               SO_RCVBUF,           /// Receive buffer size
    DONTROUTE =            SO_DONTROUTE,        /// Do not route
    SNDTIMEO =             SO_SNDTIMEO,         /// Send timeout
    RCVTIMEO =             SO_RCVTIMEO,         /// Receive timeout
    ERROR =                SO_ERROR,            /// Retrieve and clear error status
    KEEPALIVE =            SO_KEEPALIVE,        /// Enable keep-alive packets
    ACCEPTCONN =           SO_ACCEPTCONN,       /// Listen
    RCVLOWAT =             SO_RCVLOWAT,         /// Minimum number of input bytes to process
    SNDLOWAT =             SO_SNDLOWAT,         /// Minimum number of output bytes to process
    TYPE =                 SO_TYPE,             /// Socket type

    // SocketOptionLevel.TCP:
    TCP_NODELAY =          .TCP_NODELAY,        /// Disable the Nagle algorithm for send coalescing

    // SocketOptionLevel.IPV6:
    IPV6_UNICAST_HOPS =    .IPV6_UNICAST_HOPS,          /// IP unicast hop limit
    IPV6_MULTICAST_IF =    .IPV6_MULTICAST_IF,          /// IP multicast interface
    IPV6_MULTICAST_LOOP =  .IPV6_MULTICAST_LOOP,        /// IP multicast loopback
    IPV6_MULTICAST_HOPS =  .IPV6_MULTICAST_HOPS,        /// IP multicast hops
    IPV6_JOIN_GROUP =      .IPV6_JOIN_GROUP,            /// Add an IP group membership
    IPV6_LEAVE_GROUP =     .IPV6_LEAVE_GROUP,           /// Drop an IP group membership
    IPV6_V6ONLY =          .IPV6_V6ONLY,                /// Treat wildcard bind as AF_INET6-only
}


/**
 * $(D Socket) is a class that creates a network communication endpoint using
 * the Berkeley sockets interface.
 */
class Socket
{
private:
    socket_t sock;
    AddressFamily _family;

    version(Windows)
        bool _blocking = false;         /// Property to get or set whether the socket is blocking or nonblocking.

    // The WinSock timeouts seem to be effectively skewed by a constant
    // offset of about half a second (value in milliseconds). This has
    // been confirmed on updated (as of Jun 2011) Windows XP, Windows 7
    // and Windows Server 2008 R2 boxes. The unittest below tests this
    // behavior.
    enum WINSOCK_TIMEOUT_SKEW = 500;

    unittest
    {
        version(SlowTests)
        softUnittest({
            import std.datetime;

            enum msecs = 1000;
            auto pair = socketPair();
            auto sock = pair[0];
            sock.setOption(SocketOptionLevel.SOCKET,
                SocketOption.RCVTIMEO, dur!"msecs"(msecs));

            auto sw = StopWatch(AutoStart.yes);
            ubyte[1] buf;
            sock.receive(buf);
            sw.stop();

            Duration readBack = void;
            sock.getOption(SocketOptionLevel.SOCKET, SocketOption.RCVTIMEO, readBack);

            assert(readBack.total!"msecs" == msecs);
            assert(sw.peek().msecs > msecs-100 && sw.peek().msecs < msecs+100);
        });
    }

    void setSock(socket_t handle)
    {
        assert(handle != socket_t.init);
        sock = handle;

        // Set the option to disable SIGPIPE on send() if the platform
        // has it (e.g. on OS X).
        static if (is(typeof(SO_NOSIGPIPE)))
        {
            setOption(SocketOptionLevel.SOCKET, cast(SocketOption)SO_NOSIGPIPE, true);
        }
    }


    // For use with accepting().
    protected this() pure nothrow @nogc
    {
    }


public:

    /**
     * Create a blocking socket. If a single protocol type exists to support
     * this socket type within the address family, the $(D ProtocolType) may be
     * omitted.
     */
    this(AddressFamily af, SocketType type, ProtocolType protocol) @trusted
    {
        _family = af;
        auto handle = cast(socket_t) socket(af, type, protocol);
        if(handle == socket_t.init)
            throw new SocketOSException("Unable to create socket");
        setSock(handle);
    }


    // A single protocol exists to support this socket type within the
    // protocol family, so the ProtocolType is assumed.
    /// ditto
    this(AddressFamily af, SocketType type)
    {
        this(af, type, cast(ProtocolType)0);         // Pseudo protocol number.
    }


    /// ditto
    this(AddressFamily af, SocketType type, in char[] protocolName) @trusted
    {
        protoent* proto;
        proto = getprotobyname(protocolName.tempCString());
        if(!proto)
            throw new SocketOSException("Unable to find the protocol");
        this(af, type, cast(ProtocolType)proto.p_proto);
    }


    /**
     * Create a blocking socket using the parameters from the specified
     * $(D AddressInfo) structure.
     */
    this(in AddressInfo info)
    {
        this(info.family, info.type, info.protocol);
    }

    /// Use an existing socket handle.
    this(socket_t sock, AddressFamily af) pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        assert(sock != socket_t.init);
        this.sock = sock;
        this._family = af;
    }


    ~this() nothrow @nogc
    {
        close();
    }


    /// Get underlying socket handle.
    @property socket_t handle() const pure nothrow @nogc
    {
        return sock;
    }

    /**
     * Get/set socket's blocking flag.
     *
     * When a socket is blocking, calls to receive(), accept(), and send()
     * will block and wait for data/action.
     * A non-blocking socket will immediately return instead of blocking.
     */
    @property bool blocking() @trusted const nothrow @nogc
    {
        version(Windows)
        {
            return _blocking;
        }
        else version(Posix)
        {
            return !(fcntl(handle, F_GETFL, 0) & O_NONBLOCK);
        }
    }

    /// ditto
    @property void blocking(bool byes) @trusted
    {
        version(Windows)
        {
            uint num = !byes;
            if(_SOCKET_ERROR == ioctlsocket(sock, FIONBIO, &num))
                goto err;
            _blocking = byes;
        }
        else version(Posix)
        {
            int x = fcntl(sock, F_GETFL, 0);
            if(-1 == x)
                goto err;
            if(byes)
                x &= ~O_NONBLOCK;
            else
                x |= O_NONBLOCK;
            if(-1 == fcntl(sock, F_SETFL, x))
                goto err;
        }
        return;         // Success.

 err:
        throw new SocketOSException("Unable to set socket blocking");
    }


    /// Get the socket's address family.
    @property AddressFamily addressFamily()
    {
        return _family;
    }

    /// Property that indicates if this is a valid, alive socket.
    @property bool isAlive() @trusted const
    {
        int type;
        socklen_t typesize = cast(socklen_t) type.sizeof;
        return !getsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_TYPE, cast(char*)&type, &typesize);
    }

    /// Associate a local address with this socket.
    void bind(Address addr) @trusted
    {
        if(_SOCKET_ERROR == .bind(sock, addr.name, addr.nameLen))
            throw new SocketOSException("Unable to bind socket");
    }

    /**
     * Establish a connection. If the socket is blocking, connect waits for
     * the connection to be made. If the socket is nonblocking, connect
     * returns immediately and the connection attempt is still in progress.
     */
    void connect(Address to) @trusted
    {
        if(_SOCKET_ERROR == .connect(sock, to.name, to.nameLen))
        {
            int err;
            err = _lasterr();

            if(!blocking)
            {
                version(Windows)
                {
                    if(WSAEWOULDBLOCK == err)
                        return;
                }
                else version(Posix)
                {
                    if(EINPROGRESS == err)
                        return;
                }
                else
                {
                    static assert(0);
                }
            }
            throw new SocketOSException("Unable to connect socket", err);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Listen for an incoming connection. $(D bind) must be called before you
     * can $(D listen). The $(D backlog) is a request of how many pending
     * incoming connections are queued until $(D accept)ed.
     */
    void listen(int backlog) @trusted
    {
        if(_SOCKET_ERROR == .listen(sock, backlog))
            throw new SocketOSException("Unable to listen on socket");
    }

    /**
     * Called by $(D accept) when a new $(D Socket) must be created for a new
     * connection. To use a derived class, override this method and return an
     * instance of your class. The returned $(D Socket)'s handle must not be
     * set; $(D Socket) has a protected constructor $(D this()) to use in this
     * situation.
     */
    // Override to use a derived class.
    // The returned socket's handle must not be set.
    protected Socket accepting() pure nothrow
    {
        return new Socket;
    }

    /**
     * Accept an incoming connection. If the socket is blocking, $(D accept)
     * waits for a connection request. Throws $(D SocketAcceptException) if
     * unable to _accept. See $(D accepting) for use with derived classes.
     */
    Socket accept() @trusted
    {
        auto newsock = cast(socket_t).accept(sock, null, null);
        if(socket_t.init == newsock)
            throw new SocketAcceptException("Unable to accept socket connection");

        Socket newSocket;
        try
        {
            newSocket = accepting();
            assert(newSocket.sock == socket_t.init);

            newSocket.setSock(newsock);
            version(Windows)
                newSocket._blocking = _blocking;                 //inherits blocking mode
            newSocket._family = _family;             //same family
        }
        catch(Throwable o)
        {
            _close(newsock);
            throw o;
        }

        return newSocket;
    }

    /// Disables sends and/or receives.
    void shutdown(SocketShutdown how) @trusted nothrow @nogc
    {
        .shutdown(sock, cast(int)how);
    }


    private static void _close(socket_t sock) @system nothrow @nogc
    {
        version(Windows)
        {
            .closesocket(sock);
        }
        else version(Posix)
        {
            .close(sock);
        }
    }


    /**
     * Immediately drop any connections and release socket resources.
     * Calling $(D shutdown) before $(D close) is recommended for
     * connection-oriented sockets. The $(D Socket) object is no longer
     * usable after $(D close).
     */
    //calling shutdown() before this is recommended
    //for connection-oriented sockets
    void close() @trusted nothrow @nogc
    {
        _close(sock);
        sock = socket_t.init;
    }


    /// Returns the local machine's host name.
    // Idea from mango.
    static @property string hostName() @trusted     // getter
    {
        char[256] result;         // Host names are limited to 255 chars.
        if(_SOCKET_ERROR == .gethostname(result.ptr, result.length))
            throw new SocketOSException("Unable to obtain host name");
        return to!string(result.ptr);
    }

    /// Remote endpoint $(D Address).
    @property Address remoteAddress() @trusted
    {
        Address addr = createAddress();
        socklen_t nameLen = addr.nameLen;
        if(_SOCKET_ERROR == .getpeername(sock, addr.name, &nameLen))
            throw new SocketOSException("Unable to obtain remote socket address");
        if(nameLen > addr.nameLen)
            throw new SocketParameterException("Not enough socket address storage");
        assert(addr.addressFamily == _family);
        return addr;
    }

    /// Local endpoint $(D Address).
    @property Address localAddress() @trusted
    {
        Address addr = createAddress();
        socklen_t nameLen = addr.nameLen;
        if(_SOCKET_ERROR == .getsockname(sock, addr.name, &nameLen))
            throw new SocketOSException("Unable to obtain local socket address");
        if(nameLen > addr.nameLen)
            throw new SocketParameterException("Not enough socket address storage");
        assert(addr.addressFamily == _family);
        return addr;
    }

    /**
     * Send or receive error code. See $(D wouldHaveBlocked),
     * $(D lastSocketError) and $(D Socket.getErrorText) for obtaining more
     * information about the error.
     */
    enum int ERROR = _SOCKET_ERROR;

    /**
     * Send data on the connection. If the socket is blocking and there is no
     * buffer space left, $(D send) waits.
     * Returns: The number of bytes actually sent, or $(D Socket.ERROR) on
     * failure.
     */
    //returns number of bytes actually sent, or -1 on error
    ptrdiff_t send(const(void)[] buf, SocketFlags flags) @trusted
    {
        static if (is(typeof(MSG_NOSIGNAL)))
        {
            flags = cast(SocketFlags)(flags | MSG_NOSIGNAL);
        }
        version( Windows )
            auto sent = .send(sock, buf.ptr, to!int(buf.length), cast(int)flags);
        else
            auto sent = .send(sock, buf.ptr, buf.length, cast(int)flags);
        return sent;
    }

    /// ditto
    ptrdiff_t send(const(void)[] buf)
    {
        return send(buf, SocketFlags.NONE);
    }

    /**
     * Send data to a specific destination Address. If the destination address is
     * not specified, a connection must have been made and that address is used.
     * If the socket is blocking and there is no buffer space left, $(D sendTo) waits.
     * Returns: The number of bytes actually sent, or $(D Socket.ERROR) on
     * failure.
     */
    ptrdiff_t sendTo(const(void)[] buf, SocketFlags flags, Address to) @trusted
    {
        static if (is(typeof(MSG_NOSIGNAL)))
        {
            flags = cast(SocketFlags)(flags | MSG_NOSIGNAL);
        }
        version( Windows )
            return .sendto(
                       sock, buf.ptr, std.conv.to!int(buf.length),
                       cast(int)flags, to.name, to.nameLen
                       );
        else
            return .sendto(sock, buf.ptr, buf.length, cast(int)flags, to.name, to.nameLen);
    }

    /// ditto
    ptrdiff_t sendTo(const(void)[] buf, Address to)
    {
        return sendTo(buf, SocketFlags.NONE, to);
    }


    //assumes you connect()ed
    /// ditto
    ptrdiff_t sendTo(const(void)[] buf, SocketFlags flags) @trusted
    {
        static if (is(typeof(MSG_NOSIGNAL)))
        {
            flags = cast(SocketFlags)(flags | MSG_NOSIGNAL);
        }
        version(Windows)
            return .sendto(sock, buf.ptr, to!int(buf.length), cast(int)flags, null, 0);
        else
            return .sendto(sock, buf.ptr, buf.length, cast(int)flags, null, 0);
    }


    //assumes you connect()ed
    /// ditto
    ptrdiff_t sendTo(const(void)[] buf)
    {
        return sendTo(buf, SocketFlags.NONE);
    }


    /**
     * Receive data on the connection. If the socket is blocking, $(D receive)
     * waits until there is data to be received.
     * Returns: The number of bytes actually received, $(D 0) if the remote side
     * has closed the connection, or $(D Socket.ERROR) on failure.
     */
    //returns number of bytes actually received, 0 on connection closure, or -1 on error
    ptrdiff_t receive(void[] buf, SocketFlags flags) @trusted
    {
        version(Windows)         // Does not use size_t
        {
            return buf.length
                   ? .recv(sock, buf.ptr, to!int(buf.length), cast(int)flags)
                   : 0;
        } else {
            return buf.length
                   ? .recv(sock, buf.ptr, buf.length, cast(int)flags)
                   : 0;
        }
    }

    /// ditto
    ptrdiff_t receive(void[] buf)
    {
        return receive(buf, SocketFlags.NONE);
    }

    /**
     * Receive data and get the remote endpoint $(D Address).
     * If the socket is blocking, $(D receiveFrom) waits until there is data to
     * be received.
     * Returns: The number of bytes actually received, $(D 0) if the remote side
     * has closed the connection, or $(D Socket.ERROR) on failure.
     */
    ptrdiff_t receiveFrom(void[] buf, SocketFlags flags, ref Address from) @trusted
    {
        if(!buf.length)         //return 0 and don't think the connection closed
            return 0;
        if (from is null || from.addressFamily != _family)
            from = createAddress();
        socklen_t nameLen = from.nameLen;
        version(Windows)
        {
            auto read = .recvfrom(sock, buf.ptr, to!int(buf.length), cast(int)flags, from.name, &nameLen);
            assert(from.addressFamily == _family);
            // if(!read) //connection closed
            return read;
        } else {
            auto read = .recvfrom(sock, buf.ptr, buf.length, cast(int)flags, from.name, &nameLen);
            assert(from.addressFamily == _family);
            // if(!read) //connection closed
            return read;
        }
    }


    /// ditto
    ptrdiff_t receiveFrom(void[] buf, ref Address from)
    {
        return receiveFrom(buf, SocketFlags.NONE, from);
    }


    //assumes you connect()ed
    /// ditto
    ptrdiff_t receiveFrom(void[] buf, SocketFlags flags) @trusted
    {
        if(!buf.length)         //return 0 and don't think the connection closed
            return 0;
        version(Windows)
        {
            auto read = .recvfrom(sock, buf.ptr, to!int(buf.length), cast(int)flags, null, null);
            // if(!read) //connection closed
            return read;
        } else {
            auto read = .recvfrom(sock, buf.ptr, buf.length, cast(int)flags, null, null);
            // if(!read) //connection closed
            return read;
        }
    }


    //assumes you connect()ed
    /// ditto
    ptrdiff_t receiveFrom(void[] buf)
    {
        return receiveFrom(buf, SocketFlags.NONE);
    }


    /// Get a socket option.
    /// Returns: The number of bytes written to $(D result).
    //returns the length, in bytes, of the actual result - very different from getsockopt()
    int getOption(SocketOptionLevel level, SocketOption option, void[] result) @trusted
    {
        socklen_t len = cast(socklen_t) result.length;
        if(_SOCKET_ERROR == .getsockopt(sock, cast(int)level, cast(int)option, result.ptr, &len))
            throw new SocketOSException("Unable to get socket option");
        return len;
    }


    /// Common case of getting integer and boolean options.
    int getOption(SocketOptionLevel level, SocketOption option, out int32_t result) @trusted
    {
        return getOption(level, option, (&result)[0 .. 1]);
    }


    /// Get the linger option.
    int getOption(SocketOptionLevel level, SocketOption option, out Linger result) @trusted
    {
        //return getOption(cast(SocketOptionLevel)SocketOptionLevel.SOCKET, SocketOption.LINGER, (&result)[0 .. 1]);
        return getOption(level, option, (&result.clinger)[0 .. 1]);
    }

    /// Get a timeout (duration) option.
    void getOption(SocketOptionLevel level, SocketOption option, out Duration result) @trusted
    {
        enforce(option == SocketOption.SNDTIMEO || option == SocketOption.RCVTIMEO,
                new SocketParameterException("Not a valid timeout option: " ~ to!string(option)));
        // WinSock returns the timeout values as a milliseconds DWORD,
        // while Linux and BSD return a timeval struct.
        version (Windows)
        {
            int msecs;
            getOption(level, option, (&msecs)[0 .. 1]);
            if (option == SocketOption.RCVTIMEO)
                msecs += WINSOCK_TIMEOUT_SKEW;
            result = dur!"msecs"(msecs);
        }
        else version (Posix)
        {
            TimeVal tv;
            getOption(level, option, (&tv.ctimeval)[0..1]);
            result = dur!"seconds"(tv.seconds) + dur!"usecs"(tv.microseconds);
        }
        else static assert(false);
    }

    /// Set a socket option.
    void setOption(SocketOptionLevel level, SocketOption option, void[] value) @trusted
    {
        if(_SOCKET_ERROR == .setsockopt(sock, cast(int)level,
                                        cast(int)option, value.ptr, cast(uint) value.length))
            throw new SocketOSException("Unable to set socket option");
    }


    /// Common case for setting integer and boolean options.
    void setOption(SocketOptionLevel level, SocketOption option, int32_t value) @trusted
    {
        setOption(level, option, (&value)[0 .. 1]);
    }


    /// Set the linger option.
    void setOption(SocketOptionLevel level, SocketOption option, Linger value) @trusted
    {
        //setOption(cast(SocketOptionLevel)SocketOptionLevel.SOCKET, SocketOption.LINGER, (&value)[0 .. 1]);
        setOption(level, option, (&value.clinger)[0 .. 1]);
    }

    /**
     * Sets a timeout (duration) option, i.e. $(D SocketOption.SNDTIMEO) or
     * $(D RCVTIMEO). Zero indicates no timeout.
     *
     * In a typical application, you might also want to consider using
     * a non-blocking socket instead of setting a timeout on a blocking one.
     *
     * Note: While the receive timeout setting is generally quite accurate
     * on *nix systems even for smaller durations, there are two issues to
     * be aware of on Windows: First, although undocumented, the effective
     * timeout duration seems to be the one set on the socket plus half
     * a second. $(D setOption()) tries to compensate for that, but still,
     * timeouts under 500ms are not possible on Windows. Second, be aware
     * that the actual amount of time spent until a blocking call returns
     * randomly varies on the order of 10ms.
     *
     * Params:
     *   level  = The level at which a socket option is defined.
     *   option = Either $(D SocketOption.SNDTIMEO) or $(D SocketOption.RCVTIMEO).
     *   value  = The timeout duration to set. Must not be negative.
     *
     * Throws: $(D SocketException) if setting the options fails.
     *
     * Example:
     * ---
     * import std.datetime;
     * auto pair = socketPair();
     * scope(exit) foreach (s; pair) s.close();
     *
     * // Set a receive timeout, and then wait at one end of
     * // the socket pair, knowing that no data will arrive.
     * pair[0].setOption(SocketOptionLevel.SOCKET,
     *     SocketOption.RCVTIMEO, dur!"seconds"(1));
     *
     * auto sw = StopWatch(AutoStart.yes);
     * ubyte[1] buffer;
     * pair[0].receive(buffer);
     * writefln("Waited %s ms until the socket timed out.",
     *     sw.peek.msecs);
     * ---
     */
    void setOption(SocketOptionLevel level, SocketOption option, Duration value) @trusted
    {
        enforce(option == SocketOption.SNDTIMEO || option == SocketOption.RCVTIMEO,
                new SocketParameterException("Not a valid timeout option: " ~ to!string(option)));

        enforce(value >= dur!"hnsecs"(0), new SocketParameterException(
                    "Timeout duration must not be negative."));

        version (Windows)
        {
            auto msecs = to!int(value.total!"msecs");
            if (msecs != 0 && option == SocketOption.RCVTIMEO)
                msecs = max(1, msecs - WINSOCK_TIMEOUT_SKEW);
            setOption(level, option, msecs);
        }
        else version (Posix)
        {
            _ctimeval tv;
            value.split!("seconds", "usecs")(tv.tv_sec, tv.tv_usec);
            setOption(level, option, (&tv)[0 .. 1]);
        }
        else static assert(false);
    }

    /// Get a text description of this socket's error status, and clear the
    /// socket's error status.
    string getErrorText()
    {
        int32_t error;
        getOption(SocketOptionLevel.SOCKET, SocketOption.ERROR, error);
        return formatSocketError(error);
    }

    /**
     * Enables TCP keep-alive with the specified parameters.
     *
     * Params:
     *   time     = Number of seconds with no activity until the first
     *              keep-alive packet is sent.
     *   interval = Number of seconds between when successive keep-alive
     *              packets are sent if no acknowledgement is received.
     *
     * Throws: $(D SocketOSException) if setting the options fails, or
     * $(D SocketFeatureException) if setting keep-alive parameters is
     * unsupported on the current platform.
     */
    void setKeepAlive(int time, int interval) @trusted
    {
        version(Windows)
        {
            tcp_keepalive options;
            options.onoff = 1;
            options.keepalivetime = time * 1000;
            options.keepaliveinterval = interval * 1000;
            uint cbBytesReturned;
            enforce(WSAIoctl(sock, SIO_KEEPALIVE_VALS,
                             &options, options.sizeof,
                             null, 0,
                             &cbBytesReturned, null, null) == 0,
                    new SocketOSException("Error setting keep-alive"));
        }
        else
        static if (is(typeof(TCP_KEEPIDLE)) && is(typeof(TCP_KEEPINTVL)))
        {
            setOption(SocketOptionLevel.TCP, cast(SocketOption)TCP_KEEPIDLE, time);
            setOption(SocketOptionLevel.TCP, cast(SocketOption)TCP_KEEPINTVL, interval);
            setOption(SocketOptionLevel.SOCKET, SocketOption.KEEPALIVE, true);
        }
        else
            throw new SocketFeatureException("Setting keep-alive options " ~
                "is not supported on this platform");
    }

    /**
     * Wait for a socket to change status. A wait timeout of $(Duration) or
     * $(D TimeVal), may be specified; if a timeout is not specified or the
     * $(D TimeVal) is $(D null), the maximum timeout is used. The $(D TimeVal)
     * timeout has an unspecified value when $(D select) returns.
     * Returns: The number of sockets with status changes, $(D 0) on timeout,
     * or $(D -1) on interruption. If the return value is greater than $(D 0),
     * the $(D SocketSets) are updated to only contain the sockets having status
     * changes. For a connecting socket, a write status change means the
     * connection is established and it's able to send. For a listening socket,
     * a read status change means there is an incoming connection request and
     * it's able to accept.
     */
    //SocketSet's updated to include only those sockets which an event occured
    //returns the number of events, 0 on timeout, or -1 on interruption
    //for a connect()ing socket, writeability means connected
    //for a listen()ing socket, readability means listening
    //Winsock: possibly internally limited to 64 sockets per set
    static int select(SocketSet checkRead, SocketSet checkWrite, SocketSet checkError, Duration timeout) @trusted
    {
        auto vals = timeout.split!("seconds", "usecs")();
        TimeVal tv;
        tv.seconds      = cast(tv.tv_sec_t )vals.seconds;
        tv.microseconds = cast(tv.tv_usec_t)vals.usecs;
        return select(checkRead, checkWrite, checkError, &tv);
    }

    /// ditto
    //maximum timeout
    static int select(SocketSet checkRead, SocketSet checkWrite, SocketSet checkError)
    {
        return select(checkRead, checkWrite, checkError, null);
    }

    /// Ditto
    static int select(SocketSet checkRead, SocketSet checkWrite, SocketSet checkError, TimeVal* timeout) @trusted
    in
    {
        //make sure none of the SocketSet's are the same object
        if(checkRead)
        {
            assert(checkRead !is checkWrite);
            assert(checkRead !is checkError);
        }
        if(checkWrite)
        {
            assert(checkWrite !is checkError);
        }
    }
    body
    {
        fd_set* fr, fw, fe;
        int n = 0;

        version(Windows)
        {
            // Windows has a problem with empty fd_set`s that aren't null.
            fr = checkRead  && checkRead.count  ? checkRead.toFd_set()  : null;
            fw = checkWrite && checkWrite.count ? checkWrite.toFd_set() : null;
            fe = checkError && checkError.count ? checkError.toFd_set() : null;
        }
        else
        {
            if(checkRead)
            {
                fr = checkRead.toFd_set();
                n = checkRead.selectn();
            }
            else
            {
                fr = null;
            }

            if(checkWrite)
            {
                fw = checkWrite.toFd_set();
                int _n;
                _n = checkWrite.selectn();
                if(_n > n)
                    n = _n;
            }
            else
            {
                fw = null;
            }

            if(checkError)
            {
                fe = checkError.toFd_set();
                int _n;
                _n = checkError.selectn();
                if(_n > n)
                    n = _n;
            }
            else
            {
                fe = null;
            }

            // Make sure the sets' capacity matches, to avoid select reading
            // out of bounds just because one set was bigger than another
            if (checkRead ) checkRead .setMinCapacity(n);
            if (checkWrite) checkWrite.setMinCapacity(n);
            if (checkError) checkError.setMinCapacity(n);
        }

        int result = .select(n, fr, fw, fe, &timeout.ctimeval);

        version(Windows)
        {
            if(_SOCKET_ERROR == result && WSAGetLastError() == WSAEINTR)
                return -1;
        }
        else version(Posix)
        {
            if(_SOCKET_ERROR == result && errno == EINTR)
                return -1;
        }
        else
        {
            static assert(0);
        }

        if(_SOCKET_ERROR == result)
            throw new SocketOSException("Socket select error");

        return result;
    }

    // Explicitly undocumented. It will be removed in December 2014.
    deprecated("Please use the overload of select which takes a Duration instead.")
    static int select(SocketSet checkRead, SocketSet checkWrite, SocketSet checkError, long microseconds) @trusted
    {
        TimeVal tv;
        tv.seconds      = to!(tv.tv_sec_t )(microseconds / 1_000_000);
        tv.microseconds = to!(tv.tv_usec_t)(microseconds % 1_000_000);
        return select(checkRead, checkWrite, checkError, &tv);
    }


    /// Returns a new Address object for the current address family.
    /// Can be overridden to support other addresses.
    protected Address createAddress() pure nothrow
    {
        Address result;
        switch(_family)
        {
        static if (is(sockaddr_un))
        {
            case AddressFamily.UNIX:
                result = new UnixAddress;
                break;
        }

        case AddressFamily.INET:
            result = new InternetAddress;
            break;

        case AddressFamily.INET6:
            result = new Internet6Address;
            break;

        default:
            result = new UnknownAddress;
        }
        return result;
    }

}


/// $(D TcpSocket) is a shortcut class for a TCP Socket.
class TcpSocket: Socket
{
    /// Constructs a blocking TCP Socket.
    this(AddressFamily family)
    {
        super(family, SocketType.STREAM, ProtocolType.TCP);
    }

    /// Constructs a blocking IPv4 TCP Socket.
    this()
    {
        this(AddressFamily.INET);
    }


    //shortcut
    /// Constructs a blocking TCP Socket and connects to an $(D Address).
    this(Address connectTo)
    {
        this(connectTo.addressFamily);
        connect(connectTo);
    }
}


/// $(D UdpSocket) is a shortcut class for a UDP Socket.
class UdpSocket: Socket
{
    /// Constructs a blocking UDP Socket.
    this(AddressFamily family)
    {
        super(family, SocketType.DGRAM, ProtocolType.UDP);
    }


    /// Constructs a blocking IPv4 UDP Socket.
    this()
    {
        this(AddressFamily.INET);
    }
}

/**
 * Creates a pair of connected sockets.
 *
 * The two sockets are indistinguishable.
 *
 * Throws: $(D SocketException) if creation of the sockets fails.
 *
 * Example:
 * ---
 * immutable ubyte[] data = [1, 2, 3, 4];
 * auto pair = socketPair();
 * scope(exit) foreach (s; pair) s.close();
 *
 * pair[0].send(data);
 *
 * auto buf = new ubyte[data.length];
 * pair[1].receive(buf);
 * assert(buf == data);
 * ---
 */
Socket[2] socketPair() @trusted
{
    version(Posix)
    {
        int[2] socks;
        if (socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, socks) == -1)
            throw new SocketOSException("Unable to create socket pair");

        Socket toSocket(size_t id)
        {
            auto s = new Socket;
            s.setSock(cast(socket_t)socks[id]);
            s._family = AddressFamily.UNIX;
            return s;
        }

        return [toSocket(0), toSocket(1)];
    }
    else version(Windows)
    {
        // We do not have socketpair() on Windows, just manually create a
        // pair of sockets connected over some localhost port.
        Socket[2] result;

        auto listener = new TcpSocket();
        listener.setOption(SocketOptionLevel.SOCKET, SocketOption.REUSEADDR, true);
        listener.bind(new InternetAddress(INADDR_LOOPBACK, InternetAddress.PORT_ANY));
        auto addr = listener.localAddress;
        listener.listen(1);

        result[0] = new TcpSocket(addr);
        result[1] = listener.accept();

        listener.close();
        return result;
    }
    else
        static assert(false);
}

unittest
{
    immutable ubyte[] data = [1, 2, 3, 4];
    auto pair = socketPair();
    scope(exit) foreach (s; pair) s.close();

    pair[0].send(data);

    auto buf = new ubyte[data.length];
    pair[1].receive(buf);
    assert(buf == data);
}