Hi Mark,
I'm afraid the low level BSD socket structures are not yet covered by
BridgeSupport.
We could eventually add them to the libSystem BridgeSupport file, however I
wonder if there isn't an easier way to use Bonjour from MacRuby.
Laurent
On Dec 12, 2010, at 8:09 PM, Mark Rada wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For a distributed web service I am trying to add Bonjour support, but I ran
> into trouble with the Bridge Support when trying out one of the examples from
> the NSNetServices Programming Guide[1].
>
> When publishing, I am supposed to get some socket info from a BSD sockaddr
> structure[2], but I can't seem to cast the Pointer object to something
> useful. For example, when I try asking the Pointer for its type I get this:
>
> NSSocketPort.alloc.init.address.bytes.type # => "C"
>
> But it should be a struct with a short int and a char array. If I try to case
> the Pointer I get an error:
>
> NSSocketPort.alloc.init.address.bytes.cast!( '{sockaddr=s[c]}' )
>
> TypeError: unrecognized runtime type `{sockaddr=s[c]}'
>
> I cannot find a Boxed class descendant for sockaddr or any of the structs it
> is unionized with, so I am wondering if anybody else has tried the Bonjour
> examples with MacRuby and had success? Are these low-level BSD libraries
> supported by the new Bridge Support?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
> Links:
> 1.
> http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Networking/Conceptual/NSNetServiceProgGuide/Articles/PublishingServices.html
> 2. http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/glibc/libc_305.html
>
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