WSAPROTOCOLCHAIN structure

The Windows Sockets WSAPROTOCOLCHAIN structure contains a counted list of Catalog Entry identifiers that comprise a protocol chain. This structure is defined as:

Syntax

typedef struct _WSAPROTOCOLCHAIN {
  int   ChainLen;
  DWORD ChainEntries[MAX_PROTOCOL_CHAIN];
} WSAPROTOCOLCHAIN, *LPWSAPROTOCOLCHAIN;

Members

• ChainLen
  Length of the chain. The following settings for ChainLen apply:

  Setting	Description
  0	Indicates a layered protocol, such as the Windows Socket switch.
  1	Indicates a base protocol, such as a SAN service provider.
  >1	Indicates a protocol chain.

   

• ChainEntries
  Array of protocol chain entries.

Remarks

If the length of the chain is greater than 1, this structure represents a protocol chain that consists of one or more layered protocols on top of a base protocol. The corresponding Catalog Entry IDs are in the ChainEntries array member, starting with the layered protocol at the top (the zero element in the ChainEntries array) and ending with the base protocol. Refer to the Windows Sockets 2 Service Provider Interface in the Windows SDK documentation For more information about protocol chains.

Requirements

See also

WSPSocket

WSPStartupEx

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