NetworkAddress.newLoopback

Creates a new #GSocketConnectable for connecting to the local host over a loopback connection to the given port. This is intended for use in connecting to local services which may be running on IPv4 or IPv6.

The connectable will return IPv4 and IPv6 loopback addresses, regardless of how the host resolves localhost. By contrast, gio.network_address.NetworkAddress.new_ will often only return an IPv4 address when resolving localhost, and an IPv6 address for localhost6.

gio.network_address.NetworkAddress.getHostname will always return localhost for a #GNetworkAddress created with this constructor.

class NetworkAddress
static
newLoopback
(
ushort port
)

Parameters

port ushort

the port

Return Value

Type: gio.network_address.NetworkAddress

the new #GNetworkAddress