Socket Members

The following tables list the members exposed by the Socket type.

Public Constructors

	Name	Description
	Socket	Initializes a new instance of the Socket class.

Public Properties

	Name	Description
	Available	Gets the amount of data that has been received from the network and is available to be read.
	LocalEndPoint	Gets the local endpoint that the current socket is using for communications.
	ReceiveTimeout	Gets or sets a value that specifies the amount of time after which a synchronous Receive call will time out.
	RemoteEndPoint	Gets the remote endpoint with which the current socket is communicating.
	SendTimeout	Gets or sets a value that specifies the amount of time after which a synchronous Send call will time out.

Public Methods

	Name	Description
	Accept	Creates a socket for a newly created connection.
	Bind	Associates a socket with a local endpoint.
	Close	Closes the current socket connection and releases all resources associated with that connection.
	Connect	Establishes a connection to a remote host.
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetSocketOption	Overloaded. Gets the setting of the current socket's specified configuration option.
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	Listen	Enables the current socket to listen for incoming connection attempts.
	Poll	Determines the read/write status of the current socket for a specified polling mode.
	Receive	Overloaded. Receives data from a bound socket and places the data in a buffer array.
	ReceiveFrom	Overloaded. Receives data from an unbound socket, places the data in a buffer array, and gets the data's endpoint.
	ReferenceEquals	(Inherited from Object.)
	Send	Overloaded. Sends data to a bound socket.
	SendTo	Overloaded. Sends data to an unbound socket.
	SetSocketOption	Overloaded. Sets the specified configuration option for the current socket.
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)

Protected Methods

	Name	Description
	Dispose	Releases the unmanaged resources used by the current socket, and optionally releases the managed resources also.
	Finalize	Frees resources that are being used by the current socket.
	MemberwiseClone	(Inherited from Object.)

Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	System.IDisposable.Dispose	Releases all resources used by the current socket.

See Also

Reference

Socket Class
System.Net.Sockets Namespace