The structure stores generic socket address.

The sockaddr structure represents addresses in a protocol-independent way. It includes the address family, and the address data. The actual format of the address data is determined by the address family specified in sa_family.

Public Attributes#

uint8_t
sa_len

Total length of the structure.

sa_family_t
sa_family

Address family (for example, AF_INET).

char
sa_data

Socket address data. The actual format is determined by the address family.

Public Attribute Documentation#

sa_len#

uint8_t sockaddr::sa_len

Total length of the structure.


sa_family#

sa_family_t sockaddr::sa_family

Address family (for example, AF_INET).


sa_data#

char sockaddr::sa_data[14]

Socket address data. The actual format is determined by the address family.