diff -r ee7ade660c0b -r e2f79e68418a qmsk/net/socket/_address.pyx
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/qmsk/net/socket/_address.pyx	Fri Sep 25 21:34:04 2009 +0300
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+
+
+cdef class sockaddr :
+    cdef void _init_family (self, platform.sa_family_t family=platform.AF_UNSPEC) :
+        self.family = family
+
+    # XXX:use size_t
+    cdef int _get_sockaddr (self, platform.sockaddr **sa_ptr, platform.socklen_t *sa_len) except -1 :
+        """
+            Get the sockaddr pointer and sockaddr length for this address
+        """ 
+
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    cdef platform.sockaddr* _get_sockaddr_ptr (self) except NULL :
+        """
+            Get the sockaddr pointer
+        """
+
+        cdef platform.sockaddr *sa
+        cdef platform.socklen_t sa_len
+
+        self._get_sockaddr(&sa, &sa_len)
+
+        return sa
+    
+    cdef platform.socklen_t _get_sockaddr_len (self) except -1 :
+        """
+            Get the sockaddr len
+        """
+
+        cdef platform.sockaddr *sa
+        cdef platform.socklen_t sa_len
+
+        self._get_sockaddr(&sa, &sa_len)
+
+        return sa_len
+
+    cdef int _set_sockaddr (self, platform.sockaddr *sa, size_t sa_len) except -1 :
+        """
+            Set the sockaddr value for this address; sa_len must match!
+        """
+
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def getnameinfo (self) :
+        """
+            Returns a (host, serv) tuple for this address à la getnameinfo
+
+            >>> addr = sockaddr_in()
+            >>> assert addr.getnameinfo() == (addr.addr, str(addr.port))
+        """
+
+        cdef platform.sockaddr *sa
+        cdef platform.socklen_t sa_len
+
+        # XXX: take as args?
+        cdef int flags = platform.NI_NUMERICHOST | platform.NI_NUMERICSERV
+        
+        # get our abstract sockaddr
+        self._get_sockaddr(&sa, &sa_len)
+
+        # get nice text format
+        return platform.getnameinfo(sa, sa_len, flags)
+
+    property addr :
+        """
+            The ASCII literal network address
+        """
+
+        def __get__ (self) :
+            """
+                Default implmentation using getnameinfo()
+            """
+
+            addr, port = self.getnameinfo()
+
+            return addr
+
+    property port :
+        """
+            The integer port number
+        """
+
+        def __get__ (self) :
+            """
+                Default implementation using getnameinfo() and int()
+            """
+
+            addr, port = self.getnameinfo()
+
+            return int(port)
+    
+    def __repr__ (self) :
+        return "sockaddr(%d, %s, %d)" % (self.family, self.addr, self.port)
+
+