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+<H3><A NAME="SECTION000432000000000000000">&nbsp;</A>
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+3.3.2 Connection objects
+</H3>
+<P>
+<EM><EM><EM>Connection objects have the following methods:
+</EM></EM></EM>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-137'><tt class='method'>accept</tt></a></b>()
+<dd>
+Call the <tt class="method">accept</tt> method of the underlying socket and set up SSL on the
+returned socket, using the Context object supplied to this Connection object at
+creation. Returns a pair <code>(<var>conn</var>, <var>address</var>)</code>. where <var>conn</var>
+is the new Connection object created, and <var>address</var> is as returned by the
+socket's <tt class="method">accept</tt>.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-138'><tt class='method'>bind</tt></a></b>(<var>address</var>)
+<dd>
+Call the <tt class="method">bind</tt> method of the underlying socket.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-139'><tt class='method'>close</tt></a></b>()
+<dd>
+Call the <tt class="method">close</tt> method of the underlying socket. Note: If you want
+correct SSL closure, you need to call the <tt class="method">shutdown</tt> method first.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-140'><tt class='method'>connect</tt></a></b>(<var>address</var>)
+<dd>
+Call the <tt class="method">connect</tt> method of the underlying socket and set up SSL on the
+socket, using the Context object supplied to this Connection object at
+creation.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-141'><tt class='method'>connect_ex</tt></a></b>(<var>address</var>)
+<dd>
+Call the <tt class="method">connect_ex</tt> method of the underlying socket and set up SSL on
+the socket, using the Context object supplied to this Connection object at
+creation. Note that if the <tt class="method">connect_ex</tt> method of the socket doesn't
+return 0, SSL won't be initialized.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-142'><tt class='method'>do_handshake</tt></a></b>()
+<dd>
+Perform an SSL handshake (usually called after <tt class="method">renegotiate</tt> or one of
+<tt class="method">set_accept_state</tt> or <tt class="method">set_accept_state</tt>). This can raise the
+same exceptions as <tt class="method">send</tt> and <tt class="method">recv</tt>.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-143'><tt class='method'>fileno</tt></a></b>()
+<dd>
+Retrieve the file descriptor number for the underlying socket.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-144'><tt class='method'>listen</tt></a></b>(<var>backlog</var>)
+<dd>
+Call the <tt class="method">listen</tt> method of the underlying socket.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-145'><tt class='method'>get_app_data</tt></a></b>()
+<dd>
+Retrieve application data as set by <tt class="method">set_app_data</tt>.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-146'><tt class='method'>get_cipher_list</tt></a></b>()
+<dd>
+Retrieve the list of ciphers used by the Connection object. WARNING: This API
+has changed. It used to take an optional parameter and just return a string,
+but not it returns the entire list in one go.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-147'><tt class='method'>get_context</tt></a></b>()
+<dd>
+Retrieve the Context object associated with this Connection.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-148'><tt class='method'>get_peer_certificate</tt></a></b>()
+<dd>
+Retrieve the other side's certificate (if any)
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-149'><tt class='method'>getpeername</tt></a></b>()
+<dd>
+Call the <tt class="method">getpeername</tt> method of the underlying socket.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-150'><tt class='method'>getsockname</tt></a></b>()
+<dd>
+Call the <tt class="method">getsockname</tt> method of the underlying socket.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-151'><tt class='method'>getsockopt</tt></a></b>(<var>level, optname</var><big>[</big><var>, buflen</var><big>]</big>)
+<dd>
+Call the <tt class="method">getsockopt</tt> method of the underlying socket.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-152'><tt class='method'>pending</tt></a></b>()
+<dd>
+Retrieve the number of bytes that can be safely read from the SSL buffer.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-153'><tt class='method'>recv</tt></a></b>(<var>bufsize</var>)
+<dd>
+Receive data from the Connection. The return value is a string representing the
+data received. The maximum amount of data to be received at once, is specified
+by <var>bufsize</var>.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-154'><tt class='method'>renegotiate</tt></a></b>()
+<dd>
+Renegotiate the SSL session. Call this if you wish to change cipher suites or
+anything like that.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-155'><tt class='method'>send</tt></a></b>(<var>string</var>)
+<dd>
+Send the <var>string</var> data to the Connection.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-156'><tt class='method'>sendall</tt></a></b>(<var>string</var>)
+<dd>
+Send all of the <var>string</var> data to the Connection. This calls <tt class="method">send</tt>
+repeatedly until all data is sent. If an error occurs, it's impossible to tell
+how much data has been sent.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-157'><tt class='method'>set_accept_state</tt></a></b>()
+<dd>
+Set the connection to work in server mode. The handshake will be handled
+automatically by read/write.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-158'><tt class='method'>set_app_data</tt></a></b>(<var>data</var>)
+<dd>
+Associate <var>data</var> with this Connection object. <var>data</var> can be retrieved
+later using the <tt class="method">get_app_data</tt> method.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-159'><tt class='method'>set_connect_state</tt></a></b>()
+<dd>
+Set the connection to work in client mode. The handshake will be handled
+automatically by read/write.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-160'><tt class='method'>setblocking</tt></a></b>(<var>flag</var>)
+<dd>
+Call the <tt class="method">setblocking</tt> method of the underlying socket.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-161'><tt class='method'>setsockopt</tt></a></b>(<var>level, optname, value</var>)
+<dd>
+Call the <tt class="method">setsockopt</tt> method of the underlying socket.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-162'><tt class='method'>shutdown</tt></a></b>()
+<dd>
+Send the shutdown message to the Connection. Returns true if the shutdown
+message exchange is completed and false otherwise (in which case you call
+<tt class="method">recv()</tt> or <tt class="method">send()</tt> when the connection becomes
+readable/writeable.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-163'><tt class='method'>sock_shutdown</tt></a></b>(<var>how</var>)
+<dd>
+Call the <tt class="method">shutdown</tt> method of the underlying socket.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-164'><tt class='method'>state_string</tt></a></b>()
+<dd>
+Retrieve a verbose string detailing the state of the Connection.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-165'><tt class='method'>want_read</tt></a></b>()
+<dd>
+Checks if more data has to be read from the transport layer to complete an
+operation.
+</dl>
+<P>
+<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-166'><tt class='method'>want_write</tt></a></b>()
+<dd>
+Checks if there is data to write to the transport layer to complete an
+operation.
+</dl>
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