connect_to_service

Description:

public SocketConnection connect_to_service (string domain, string service, Cancellable? cancellable = null) throws Error

Attempts to create a TCP connection to a service.

This call looks up the SRV record for service at domain for the "tcp" protocol. It then attempts to connect, in turn, to each of the hosts providing the service until either a connection succeeds or there are no hosts remaining.

Upon a successful connection, a new SocketConnection is constructed and returned. The caller owns this new object and must drop their reference to it when finished with it.

In the event of any failure (DNS error, service not found, no hosts connectable) null is returned and throws (if non-null) is set accordingly.

Parameters:

this	a SocketConnection
domain	a domain name
service	the name of the service to connect to
cancellable	a Cancellable, or null

Returns:

a SocketConnection if successful, or null on error