Added links throughout std::net::ToSocketAddrs' documentation

Part of #29363

In the section about the default implementations of ToSocketAddrs,
I moved the bulletpoint of SocketAddrV4 & SocketAddrV6 to the one
stating that SocketAddr is constructed trivially, as this is what's
actually the case
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lukaramu 2017-03-25 18:28:12 +01:00
parent 0df7398558
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@ -559,37 +559,51 @@ impl hash::Hash for SocketAddrV6 {
}
/// A trait for objects which can be converted or resolved to one or more
/// `SocketAddr` values.
/// [`SocketAddr`] values.
///
/// This trait is used for generic address resolution when constructing network
/// objects. By default it is implemented for the following types:
///
/// * `SocketAddr`, `SocketAddrV4`, `SocketAddrV6` - `to_socket_addrs` is
/// identity function.
/// * [`SocketAddr`]: [`to_socket_addrs`] is the identity function.
///
/// * `(IpvNAddr, u16)` - `to_socket_addrs` constructs `SocketAddr` trivially.
/// * [`SocketAddrV4`], [`SocketAddrV6`], `(`[`IpAddr`]`, `[`u16`]`)`,
/// `(`[`Ipv4Addr`]`, `[`u16`]`)`, `(`[`Ipv6Addr`]`, `[`u16`]`)`:
/// [`to_socket_addrs`] constructs a [`SocketAddr`] trivially.
///
/// * `(&str, u16)` - the string should be either a string representation of an
/// IP address expected by `FromStr` implementation for `IpvNAddr` or a host
/// * `(`[`&str`]`, `[`u16`]`)`: the string should be either a string representation
/// of an [`IpAddr`] address as expected by [`FromStr`] implementation or a host
/// name.
///
/// * `&str` - the string should be either a string representation of a
/// `SocketAddr` as expected by its `FromStr` implementation or a string like
/// `<host_name>:<port>` pair where `<port>` is a `u16` value.
/// * [`&str`]: the string should be either a string representation of a
/// [`SocketAddr`] as expected by its [`FromStr`] implementation or a string like
/// `<host_name>:<port>` pair where `<port>` is a [`u16`] value.
///
/// This trait allows constructing network objects like `TcpStream` or
/// `UdpSocket` easily with values of various types for the bind/connection
/// This trait allows constructing network objects like [`TcpStream`] or
/// [`UdpSocket`] easily with values of various types for the bind/connection
/// address. It is needed because sometimes one type is more appropriate than
/// the other: for simple uses a string like `"localhost:12345"` is much nicer
/// than manual construction of the corresponding `SocketAddr`, but sometimes
/// `SocketAddr` value is *the* main source of the address, and converting it to
/// than manual construction of the corresponding [`SocketAddr`], but sometimes
/// [`SocketAddr`] value is *the* main source of the address, and converting it to
/// some other type (e.g. a string) just for it to be converted back to
/// `SocketAddr` in constructor methods is pointless.
/// [`SocketAddr`] in constructor methods is pointless.
///
/// Addresses returned by the operating system that are not IP addresses are
/// silently ignored.
///
/// Some examples:
/// [`FromStr`]: ../../std/str/trait.FromStr.html
/// [`IpAddr`]: ../../std/net/enum.IpAddr.html
/// [`Ipv4Addr`]: ../../std/net/struct.Ipv4Addr.html
/// [`Ipv6Addr`]: ../../std/net/struct.Ipv6Addr.html
/// [`SocketAddr`]: ../../std/net/enum.SocketAddr.html
/// [`SocketAddrV4`]: ../../std/net/struct.SocketAddrV4.html
/// [`SocketAddrV6`]: ../../std/net/struct.SocketAddrV6.html
/// [`&str`]: ../../std/primitive.str.html
/// [`TcpStream`]: ../../std/net/struct.TcpStream.html
/// [`to_socket_addrs`]: #tymethod.to_socket_addrs
/// [`UdpSocket`]: ../../std/net/struct.UdpSocket.html
/// [`u16`]: ../../std/primitive.u16.html
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```no_run
/// use std::net::{SocketAddrV4, TcpStream, UdpSocket, TcpListener, Ipv4Addr};
@ -622,7 +636,7 @@ pub trait ToSocketAddrs {
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
type Iter: Iterator<Item=SocketAddr>;
/// Converts this object to an iterator of resolved `SocketAddr`s.
/// Converts this object to an iterator of resolved [`SocketAddr`]s.
///
/// The returned iterator may not actually yield any values depending on the
/// outcome of any resolution performed.
@ -630,9 +644,13 @@ pub trait ToSocketAddrs {
/// Note that this function may block the current thread while resolution is
/// performed.
///
/// [`SocketAddr`]: ../../std/net/enum.SocketAddr.html
///
/// # Errors
///
/// Any errors encountered during resolution will be returned as an `Err`.
/// Any errors encountered during resolution will be returned as an [`Err`].
///
/// [`Err`]: ../../std/result/enum.Result.html#variant.Err
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
fn to_socket_addrs(&self) -> io::Result<Self::Iter>;
}