Qt
Internal/Contributor docs for the Qt SDK. <b>Note:</b> These are NOT official API docs; those are found <a href='https://doc.qt.io/'>here</a>.
Loading...
Searching...
No Matches
QNetworkProxyQuery Class Reference

The QNetworkProxyQuery class is used to query the proxy settings for a socket. More...

#include <qnetworkproxy.h>

+ Collaboration diagram for QNetworkProxyQuery:

Public Types

enum  QueryType {
  TcpSocket , UdpSocket , SctpSocket , TcpServer = 100 ,
  UrlRequest , SctpServer
}
 Describes the type of one QNetworkProxyQuery query. More...
 

Public Member Functions

 QNetworkProxyQuery ()
 Constructs a default QNetworkProxyQuery object.
 
 QNetworkProxyQuery (const QUrl &requestUrl, QueryType queryType=UrlRequest)
 Constructs a QNetworkProxyQuery with the URL requestUrl and sets the query type to queryType.
 
 QNetworkProxyQuery (const QString &hostname, int port, const QString &protocolTag=QString(), QueryType queryType=TcpSocket)
 Constructs a QNetworkProxyQuery of type queryType and sets the protocol tag to be protocolTag.
 
 QNetworkProxyQuery (quint16 bindPort, const QString &protocolTag=QString(), QueryType queryType=TcpServer)
 Constructs a QNetworkProxyQuery of type queryType and sets the protocol tag to be protocolTag.
 
 QNetworkProxyQuery (const QNetworkProxyQuery &other)
 Constructs a QNetworkProxyQuery object that is a copy of other.
 
QNetworkProxyQueryoperator= (QNetworkProxyQuery &&other) noexcept
 
QNetworkProxyQueryoperator= (const QNetworkProxyQuery &other)
 Copies the contents of other.
 
 ~QNetworkProxyQuery ()
 Destroys this QNetworkProxyQuery object.
 
void swap (QNetworkProxyQuery &other) noexcept
 
bool operator== (const QNetworkProxyQuery &other) const
 Returns true if this QNetworkProxyQuery object contains the same data as other.
 
bool operator!= (const QNetworkProxyQuery &other) const
 Returns true if this QNetworkProxyQuery object does not contain the same data as other.
 
QueryType queryType () const
 Returns the query type.
 
void setQueryType (QueryType type)
 Sets the query type of this object to be type.
 
int peerPort () const
 Returns the port number for the outgoing request or -1 if the port number is not known.
 
void setPeerPort (int port)
 Sets the requested port number for the outgoing connection to be port.
 
QString peerHostName () const
 Returns the host name or IP address being of the outgoing connection being requested, or an empty string if the remote hostname is not known.
 
void setPeerHostName (const QString &hostname)
 Sets the hostname of the outgoing connection being requested to hostname.
 
int localPort () const
 Returns the port number of the socket that will accept incoming packets from remote servers or -1 if the port is not known.
 
void setLocalPort (int port)
 Sets the port number that the socket wishes to use locally to accept incoming packets from remote servers to port.
 
QString protocolTag () const
 Returns the protocol tag for this QNetworkProxyQuery object, or an empty QString in case the protocol tag is unknown.
 
void setProtocolTag (const QString &protocolTag)
 Sets the protocol tag for this QNetworkProxyQuery object to be protocolTag.
 
QUrl url () const
 Returns the URL component of this QNetworkProxyQuery object in case of a query of type QNetworkProxyQuery::UrlRequest.
 
void setUrl (const QUrl &url)
 Sets the URL component of this QNetworkProxyQuery object to be url.
 

Detailed Description

The QNetworkProxyQuery class is used to query the proxy settings for a socket.

Since
4.5

\inmodule QtNetwork

QNetworkProxyQuery holds the details of a socket being created or request being made. It is used by QNetworkProxy and QNetworkProxyFactory to allow applications to have a more fine-grained control over which proxy servers are used, depending on the details of the query. This allows an application to apply different settings, according to the protocol or destination hostname, for instance.

QNetworkProxyQuery supports the following criteria for selecting the proxy:

\list

  • the type of query
  • the local port number to use
  • the destination host name
  • the destination port number
  • the protocol name, such as "http" or "ftp"
  • the URL being requested \endlist

The destination host name is the host in the connection in the case of outgoing connection sockets. It is the hostName parameter passed to QTcpSocket::connectToHost() or the host component of a URL requested with QNetworkRequest.

The destination port number is the requested port to connect to in the case of outgoing sockets, while the local port number is the port the socket wishes to use locally before attempting the external connection. In most cases, the local port number is used by listening sockets only (QTcpSocket) or by datagram sockets (QUdpSocket).

The protocol name is an arbitrary string that indicates the type of connection being attempted. For example, it can match the scheme of a URL, like "http", "https" and "ftp". In most cases, the proxy selection will not change depending on the protocol, but this information is provided in case a better choice can be made, like choosing an caching HTTP proxy for HTTP-based connections, but a more powerful SOCKSv5 proxy for all others.

Some of the criteria may not make sense in all of the types of query. The following table lists the criteria that are most commonly used, according to the type of query.

\table \header

  • Query type
  • Description

\row

  • TcpSocket
  • Normal sockets requesting a connection to a remote server, like QTcpSocket. The peer hostname and peer port match the values passed to QTcpSocket::connectToHost(). The local port is usually -1, indicating the socket has no preference in which port should be used. The URL component is not used.

\row

  • UdpSocket
  • Datagram-based sockets, which can both send and receive. The local port, remote host or remote port fields can all be used or be left unused, depending on the characteristics of the socket. The URL component is not used.

\row

  • SctpSocket
  • Message-oriented sockets requesting a connection to a remote server. The peer hostname and peer port match the values passed to QSctpSocket::connectToHost(). The local port is usually -1, indicating the socket has no preference in which port should be used. The URL component is not used.

\row

  • TcpServer
  • Passive server sockets that listen on a port and await incoming connections from the network. Normally, only the local port is used, but the remote address could be used in specific circumstances, for example to indicate which remote host a connection is expected from. The URL component is not used.

\row

  • UrlRequest
  • A more high-level request, such as those coming from QNetworkAccessManager. These requests will inevitably use an outgoing TCP socket, but the this query type is provided to indicate that more detailed information is present in the URL component. For ease of implementation, the URL's host and port are set as the destination address.

\row

  • SctpServer
  • Passive server sockets that listen on an SCTP port and await incoming connections from the network. Normally, only the local port is used, but the remote address could be used in specific circumstances, for example to indicate which remote host a connection is expected from. The URL component is not used. \endtable

It should be noted that any of the criteria may be missing or unknown (an empty QString for the hostname or protocol name, -1 for the port numbers). If that happens, the functions executing the query should make their best guess or apply some implementation-defined default values.

See also
QNetworkProxy, QNetworkProxyFactory, QNetworkAccessManager, QAbstractSocket::setProxy()

Definition at line 20 of file qnetworkproxy.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ QueryType

Describes the type of one QNetworkProxyQuery query.

\value TcpSocket a normal, outgoing TCP socket \value UdpSocket a datagram-based UDP socket, which could send to multiple destinations \value SctpSocket a message-oriented, outgoing SCTP socket \value TcpServer a TCP server that listens for incoming connections from the network \value UrlRequest a more complex request which involves loading of a URL \value SctpServer an SCTP server that listens for incoming connections from the network

See also
queryType(), setQueryType()
Enumerator
TcpSocket 
UdpSocket 
SctpSocket 
TcpServer 
UrlRequest 
SctpServer 

Definition at line 25 of file qnetworkproxy.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ QNetworkProxyQuery() [1/5]

QNetworkProxyQuery::QNetworkProxyQuery ( )

Constructs a default QNetworkProxyQuery object.

By default, the query type will be QNetworkProxyQuery::TcpSocket.

Definition at line 1087 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

◆ QNetworkProxyQuery() [2/5]

QNetworkProxyQuery::QNetworkProxyQuery ( const QUrl & requestUrl,
QueryType queryType = UrlRequest )
explicit

Constructs a QNetworkProxyQuery with the URL requestUrl and sets the query type to queryType.

See also
protocolTag(), peerHostName(), peerPort()

Definition at line 1097 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

References d.

◆ QNetworkProxyQuery() [3/5]

QNetworkProxyQuery::QNetworkProxyQuery ( const QString & hostname,
int port,
const QString & protocolTag = QString(),
QueryType queryType = TcpSocket )

Constructs a QNetworkProxyQuery of type queryType and sets the protocol tag to be protocolTag.

This constructor is suitable for QNetworkProxyQuery::TcpSocket queries, because it sets the peer hostname to hostname and the peer's port number to port.

Definition at line 1110 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

References d, and QUrl::setScheme().

+ Here is the call graph for this function:

◆ QNetworkProxyQuery() [4/5]

QNetworkProxyQuery::QNetworkProxyQuery ( quint16 bindPort,
const QString & protocolTag = QString(),
QueryType queryType = TcpServer )
explicit

Constructs a QNetworkProxyQuery of type queryType and sets the protocol tag to be protocolTag.

This constructor is suitable for QNetworkProxyQuery::TcpSocket queries because it sets the local port number to bindPort.

Note that bindPort is of type quint16 to indicate the exact port number that is requested. The value of -1 (unknown) is not allowed in this context.

See also
localPort()

Definition at line 1132 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

References d.

◆ QNetworkProxyQuery() [5/5]

QNetworkProxyQuery::QNetworkProxyQuery ( const QNetworkProxyQuery & other)

Constructs a QNetworkProxyQuery object that is a copy of other.

Definition at line 1143 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

◆ ~QNetworkProxyQuery()

QNetworkProxyQuery::~QNetworkProxyQuery ( )

Destroys this QNetworkProxyQuery object.

Definition at line 1151 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

◆ localPort()

int QNetworkProxyQuery::localPort ( ) const

Returns the port number of the socket that will accept incoming packets from remote servers or -1 if the port is not known.

See also
peerPort(), peerHostName(), setLocalPort()

Definition at line 1275 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

References QNetworkProxyQueryPrivate::localPort.

◆ operator!=()

bool QNetworkProxyQuery::operator!= ( const QNetworkProxyQuery & other) const
inline

Returns true if this QNetworkProxyQuery object does not contain the same data as other.

Definition at line 49 of file qnetworkproxy.h.

References other().

+ Here is the call graph for this function:

◆ operator=() [1/2]

QNetworkProxyQuery & QNetworkProxyQuery::operator= ( const QNetworkProxyQuery & other)

Copies the contents of other.

Definition at line 1159 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

References other().

+ Here is the call graph for this function:

◆ operator=() [2/2]

QNetworkProxyQuery & QNetworkProxyQuery::operator= ( QNetworkProxyQuery && other)
inlinenoexcept

Definition at line 42 of file qnetworkproxy.h.

References other(), and swap().

+ Here is the call graph for this function:

◆ operator==()

bool QNetworkProxyQuery::operator== ( const QNetworkProxyQuery & other) const

Returns true if this QNetworkProxyQuery object contains the same data as other.

Definition at line 1177 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

References other().

+ Here is the call graph for this function:

◆ peerHostName()

QString QNetworkProxyQuery::peerHostName ( ) const

Returns the host name or IP address being of the outgoing connection being requested, or an empty string if the remote hostname is not known.

If the query type is QNetworkProxyQuery::UrlRequest, this function returns the host component of the URL being requested.

See also
peerPort(), localPort(), setPeerHostName()

Definition at line 1247 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

References QUrl::host(), and QNetworkProxyQueryPrivate::remote.

+ Here is the call graph for this function:

◆ peerPort()

int QNetworkProxyQuery::peerPort ( ) const

Returns the port number for the outgoing request or -1 if the port number is not known.

If the query type is QNetworkProxyQuery::UrlRequest, this function returns the port number of the URL being requested. In general, frameworks will fill in the port number from their default values.

See also
peerHostName(), localPort(), setPeerPort()

Definition at line 1215 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

References QUrl::port(), and QNetworkProxyQueryPrivate::remote.

+ Here is the call graph for this function:

◆ protocolTag()

QString QNetworkProxyQuery::protocolTag ( ) const

Returns the protocol tag for this QNetworkProxyQuery object, or an empty QString in case the protocol tag is unknown.

In the case of queries of type QNetworkProxyQuery::UrlRequest, this function returns the value of the scheme component of the URL.

See also
setProtocolTag(), url()

Definition at line 1313 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

References QNetworkProxyQueryPrivate::remote, and QUrl::scheme().

Referenced by setProtocolTag().

+ Here is the call graph for this function:
+ Here is the caller graph for this function:

◆ queryType()

QNetworkProxyQuery::QueryType QNetworkProxyQuery::queryType ( ) const

Returns the query type.

Definition at line 1192 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

References TcpSocket, and QNetworkProxyQueryPrivate::type.

◆ setLocalPort()

void QNetworkProxyQuery::setLocalPort ( int port)

Sets the port number that the socket wishes to use locally to accept incoming packets from remote servers to port.

The local port is most often used with the QNetworkProxyQuery::TcpServer and QNetworkProxyQuery::UdpSocket query types.

Valid values are 0 to 65535 (with 0 indicating that any port number will be acceptable) or -1, which means the local port number is unknown or not applicable.

In some circumstances, for special protocols, it's the local port number can also be used with a query of type QNetworkProxyQuery::TcpSocket. When that happens, the socket is indicating it wishes to use the port number port when connecting to a remote host.

See also
localPort(), setPeerPort(), setPeerHostName()

Definition at line 1298 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

References QNetworkProxyQueryPrivate::localPort.

◆ setPeerHostName()

void QNetworkProxyQuery::setPeerHostName ( const QString & hostname)

Sets the hostname of the outgoing connection being requested to hostname.

An empty hostname can be used to indicate that the remote host is unknown.

The peer host name can also be used to indicate the expected source address of an incoming connection in the case of QNetworkProxyQuery::UdpSocket or QNetworkProxyQuery::TcpServer query types.

See also
peerHostName(), setPeerPort(), setLocalPort()

Definition at line 1264 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

References QNetworkProxyQueryPrivate::remote, and QUrl::setHost().

+ Here is the call graph for this function:

◆ setPeerPort()

void QNetworkProxyQuery::setPeerPort ( int port)

Sets the requested port number for the outgoing connection to be port.

Valid values are 1 to 65535, or -1 to indicate that the remote port number is unknown.

The peer port number can also be used to indicate the expected port number of an incoming connection in the case of QNetworkProxyQuery::UdpSocket or QNetworkProxyQuery::TcpServer query types.

See also
peerPort(), setPeerHostName(), setLocalPort()

Definition at line 1232 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

References QNetworkProxyQueryPrivate::remote, and QUrl::setPort().

+ Here is the call graph for this function:

◆ setProtocolTag()

void QNetworkProxyQuery::setProtocolTag ( const QString & protocolTag)

Sets the protocol tag for this QNetworkProxyQuery object to be protocolTag.

The protocol tag is an arbitrary string that indicates which protocol is being talked over the socket, such as "http", "xmpp", "telnet", etc. The protocol tag is used by the backend to return a request that is more specific to the protocol in question: for example, a HTTP connection could be use a caching HTTP proxy server, while all other connections use a more powerful SOCKSv5 proxy server.

See also
protocolTag()

Definition at line 1332 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

References protocolTag(), QNetworkProxyQueryPrivate::remote, and QUrl::setScheme().

+ Here is the call graph for this function:

◆ setQueryType()

void QNetworkProxyQuery::setQueryType ( QueryType type)

Sets the query type of this object to be type.

Definition at line 1200 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

References QNetworkProxyQueryPrivate::type.

Referenced by QNativeSocketEnginePrivate::checkProxy().

+ Here is the caller graph for this function:

◆ setUrl()

void QNetworkProxyQuery::setUrl ( const QUrl & url)

Sets the URL component of this QNetworkProxyQuery object to be url.

Setting the URL will also set the protocol tag, the remote host name and port number. This is done so as to facilitate the implementation of the code that determines the proxy server to be used.

See also
url(), peerHostName(), peerPort()

Definition at line 1357 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

References QNetworkProxyQueryPrivate::remote, and url().

+ Here is the call graph for this function:

◆ swap()

void QNetworkProxyQuery::swap ( QNetworkProxyQuery & other)
inlinenoexcept
Since
5.0

Swaps this network proxy query instance with other. This function is very fast and never fails.

Definition at line 46 of file qnetworkproxy.h.

References d, and other().

+ Here is the call graph for this function:

◆ url()

QUrl QNetworkProxyQuery::url ( ) const

Returns the URL component of this QNetworkProxyQuery object in case of a query of type QNetworkProxyQuery::UrlRequest.

See also
setUrl()

Definition at line 1343 of file qnetworkproxy.cpp.

References QNetworkProxyQueryPrivate::remote.

Referenced by setUrl().

+ Here is the caller graph for this function:

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files: