System.Net.Sockets.Socket Class

System.Net.Sockets.Socket Class provides the basic functionality of a socket application.

• Some important properties of System.Net.Sockets.Socket

Property	Description
AddressFamily	Gets the address family of the socket-the value is from the Socket.AddressFamily enumeration
Available	Returns the amount of available data to read
Blocking	Gets or sets the value which indicates whether the socket is in blocking mode or not
Connected	Returns the value that informs whether the socket is still connected with the remote host
LocalEndPoint	Gets the local endpoint
ProtocolType	Get the protocol type of the socket
RemoteEndPoint	Gets the remote endpoint of a socket
SocketType	Gets the type of the socket

• Some important methods of System.Net.Sockets.Socket

Method	Description
Accept()	Creates a new socket to handle the incoming connection request.
Bind()	Associates a socket with the local endpoint for listening to incoming connections.
Close()	Forces the socket to close itself.
Connect()	Establishes a connection with the remote host.
GetSocketOption()	Returns the value of a SocketOption.
IOControl()	Sets low-level operating modes for the socket. This method provides low-level access to the underlying socket instance of the Socket class.
Listen()	Places the socket in listening mode. This method is exclusive to server applications.
Receive()	Receives data from a connected socket.
Poll()	Determines the status of the socket.
Select()	Checks the status of one or more sockets.
Send()	Sends data to the connected socket.
SetSocketOption()	Sets a SocketOption.
Shutdown()	Disables send and receive on a socket.