Name: rm29839 Date: 11/18/97


Unix and Windows95 both support a services file
which contains information about network services.
An application program can use the getservbyname
subroutine to access a service, service aliases,
the protocol for the service, and a protocol port
number for the service.
The services information can also be supported
via NIS.
Java applications will need access to some of
these services.
I would like to suggest something like:-
ServEnt getServByName(String name,String protocol)
 
The Servent class would contain the information
retreaved from the services file or NIS.
(Review ID: 19863)
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