Closes a socket connection to a server

client_stop(+Socket)

client_stop/1 terminates a socket connection to a server which has been established with the predicate client_start/3.

Arguments

Socket             object

Examples

main(_) :-
    client_start(localhost, 1352, Socket),
    open(Socket, read, Input, [socket,buffered,binary]),
    open(Socket, write, Output, [socket,buffered,binary]),
    send(Output, some_request),
    receive(Input, Answer),
    handle_answer(Request, Anwer),
    send(Socket, Answer),
    close(Input),
    close(Output),
    client_stop(Socket).

handle_answer(Request, Answer) :-
    ...

See also