IPTosMessage#

Added in version 2.88.

class IPTosMessage(**properties: Any)#

Superclasses: SocketControlMessage, Object

Contains the type of service (ToS) byte of an IPv4 header.

This consists of the DSCP field as per RFC 2474, and the ECN field as per RFC 3168.

It may be received using receive_message over UDP sockets (i.e. sockets in the G_SOCKET_FAMILY_IPV4 family with G_SOCKET_TYPE_DATAGRAM type). The message is not meant for sending. To set ToS field to be used in datagrams sent on a Socket use:

g_socket_set_option (socket, IPPROTO_IP, IP_TOS, <ToS value>, &error);

Constructors#

class IPTosMessage
classmethod new(dscp: int, ecn: EcnCodePoint) → SocketControlMessage#

Creates a new type-of-service message with given DSCP and ECN values.

Added in version 2.88.

Parameters:

  • dscp – the DSCP value of the message

  • ecn – the ECN value of the message

Methods#

class IPTosMessage
get_dscp() → int#

Gets the differentiated services code point stored in message.

Added in version 2.88.

get_ecn() → EcnCodePoint#

Gets the Explicit Congestion Notification code point stored in message.

Added in version 2.88.