Bloomberg LP Interview Question
Financial Software Developerssocket() create a socket
bind() binding to the socket created to an ip and (well known} port
listen() listening on the socket for connection requests
accept() waiting to accept the connections and creates a new socket for communication to the client
recv() recv's the data
send() sending data to the client using accepted socket
close() closing the tcp connection
The sequence of APIs for TCP server socket are:
- UB_Green January 06, 2011socket() //CREATING A SOCKET
bind() //BINDING THE SOCKET CREATED TO AN IP ADDRESS AND PORT NUMBER
listen() //THE SOCKET IS ENABLED TO LISTEN FOR CONNECTION REQUEST FROM CLIENTS AND ALSO SPECIFIES THE SIZE OF THE QUEUE WHERE THE REQUEST WILL BE BUFFERED BEFORE HANDLING
accept() //ACCEPTS THE CONNECTION FROM A CLIENT
send() and/or recv() //ACTUAL TRANSACTION OF DATA ACROSS THE CONNECTION ESTABLISHED
close() //CLOSING THE TCP CONNECTION AND FREEING THE SOCKET OBJECT