DerelictSDLNet

Introduction

DerelictSDLNet is a D binding to Sam Lantinga's SDL_net, a cross platform networking library designed to be used together with SDL.
This version of DerelictSDLNet requires SDL_net 1.2.5 or later.

Using

  1. Always make sure the DerelictSDLNet source modules are available on your import path.
  2. In modules that make use of DerelictSDLNet, you will need to import the derelict.SDLNet.SDLNet module.
  3. Before calling any SDLNet functions, you need to make a call to DerelictSDLNet.load(). This will load the shared library.

The following is a complete program that loads DerelictSDLNet: 

import derelict.sdl.net;

void main()
{
	DerelictSDLNet.load();
	
	// now you can call SDL_net functions
}

As with other Derelict packages, DerelictSDLNet will throw an exception if an error occurs while loading the shared library. For more information on Derelict exceptions, see the documentation for Loading/Unloading Shared Libraries.

In any module that calls SDL_net functions, you will also need to import derelict.sdl.sdl. This is not required to load the library, as shown above.

Finally, the method DerelictSDLNet.unload() is provided for convenience. In normal practice you do not need to call this function, as Derelict will unload the library automatically when the app exits. You generally should only use this function if you need to unload DerelictSDL while the application is running.

Dependencies

DerelictUtil
DerelictSDL