CFSocket ==> Example ?!?!?!?!

[aryaxt]

I am trying to make a client side which communicates with the server using socket. I decided to use CFSocket.
My application recognizes CFSocketRef but not CFSocket;
If the class name is CFSocket then what the heck is CFSocketRef?
Anyone has an example or sample that shows how to use CFSOcket, or any other socket class?

Thank You

[RickMaddy]

There is no class named CFSocket. All of the various CFSocketWhatever functions work with a variable of type CFSocketRef which is declared as a pointer to a C structure. This is all C, not Objective-C. You are now working with pointers, not classes.

You don't use retain and release. You now use CFRetain(mySocketRefVar) and CFRelease(myCFSocketRefVar).

[aryaxt]

thanks again great help on both my questions.
I better learn c programming, I don't even know what a pointer is.
I've done only object oriented programming.

[RickMaddy]

What languages? Most OO languages use pointers.

[aryaxt]

Originally Posted by RickMaddy

What languages? Most OO languages use pointers.

C#, vb.net, php, action script, etc
And I never had to use a pointer even if it was available in the language