X-Git-Url: http://git.tdb.fi/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=source%2Fresolve.h;h=256455fcb18febb08384fd7e6f50e17d35064310;hb=21c596567e3b6fd794ed6af73d304ce2bc70e58f;hp=0afc9adb78257c5a67c640e4665d5cae29f38995;hpb=a81c41acd873cda7f40bca634782230d9e57dc4f;p=libs%2Fnet.git

diff --git a/source/resolve.h b/source/resolve.h
index 0afc9ad..256455f 100644
--- a/source/resolve.h
+++ b/source/resolve.h
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ namespace Net {
 
 class SockAddr;
 
+/** Resolves host and service names into a socket address.  If host is empty,
+the loopback address will be used.  If host is "*", the wildcard address will
+be used.  If service is empty, a socket address with a null service will be
+returned.  With the IP families, these are not very useful. */
+SockAddr *resolve(const std::string &, const std::string &, Family = UNSPEC);
+
+/** And overload of resolve() that takes host and service as a single string,
+separated by a colon.  If the host part contains colons, such as is the case
+with a numeric IPv6 address, it must be enclosed in brackets. */
 SockAddr *resolve(const std::string &, Family = UNSPEC);
 
 } // namespace Net