OcamlNet Reference Manual

OcamlNet consists of several libraries:

In order to explore these libraries, it is recommended to read the module Netchannels first, as the object channels defined in this module are a very basic structure, and used by most other modules. There is also a Netchannels.tutorial.

The netstring library


Netconversion
Conversion between character encodings
Netchannels
Object-oriented I/O: Basic types and classes
Netstream
A netstream is an input channel that is read block by block.
Mimestring
Low-level functions to parse and print mail and MIME messages
Netmime
Netmime contains high-level classes and functions to process mail and MIME messages.
Netsendmail
Functions to compose and send electronic mails
Neturl
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)
Netaddress
Parsing of mail addresses
Netbuffer
A Netbuffer.t is a buffer that can grow and shrink dynamically.
Netdate
Support for common date/time parsing and formatting.
Netencoding
Base64, Quoted Printable, URL encoding, HTML escaping
Netulex
Support module for Alain Frisch's ulex lexer generator
Netaccel
Accelerators for bytecode
Netaccel_link
Enables accelerator module Netaccel
Nethtml
Parsing of HTML
Nethttp
Basic definitions for the HTTP protocol
Netstring_str
Wrapper for regexps with Str syntax
Netstring_pcre
Wrapper for regexps with PCRE syntax
Netstring_mt
Initialisation code for multi-threading
Netmappings
Internal access to the character conversion database
Netaux
Internal auxiliary functions

The cgi library


Netcgi_env
Access to the environment for CGI and related protocols
Netcgi_types
Basic types for CGI and related protocols
Netcgi
Classical CGI implementation
Netcgi_jserv
AJP Connection management
Netcgi_jserv_ajp12
Implementation of the AJP/1.2 protocol
Netcgi_jserv_app
AJP-based Application Servers
Netcgi_fcgi_10
Low-level FastCGI Wire Protocol
Netcgi_fcgi
Implementation of FastCGI

The nethttpd library

Overview over the HTTP daemon


Nethttpd_types
Type definitions for the HTTP daemon, and an introduction
Nethttpd_kernel
The protocol kernel of the HTTP daemon
Nethttpd_reactor
The reactive encapsulation of the HTTP daemon
Nethttpd_engine
The event-based encapsulation of the HTTP daemon
Nethttpd_services
Service Providers for HTTP daemon

The pop library


Netpop
This is an interface for the Post Office Protocol - Version 3 (POP3) as specifed by RFC 1939.

The smtp library


Netsmtp
This is an interface for the Simple Mail Tranfer Protocol (SMTP) as specified by RFC 2821.

Index

Index of types
Index of exceptions
Index of values
Index of class attributes
Index of class methods
Index of classes
Index of class types
Index of modules

Authors

The Ocamlnet libraries have been initially written by Gerd Stolpmann and Patrick Doane.

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