## com.ericsson.otp.erlang
Class OtpEpmd

    java.lang.Object
      com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpEpmd

    public class OtpEpmd

extends java.lang.Object

Provides methods for registering, unregistering and looking up nodes with the Erlang portmapper daemon (Epmd). For each registered node, Epmd maintains information about the port on which incoming connections are accepted, as well as which versions of the Erlang communication protocolt the node supports.

Nodes wishing to contact other nodes must first request information from Epmd before a connection can be set up, however this is done automatically by `OtpSelf.connect()` when necessary.

The methods `publishPort()` and `unPublishPort()` will fail if an Epmd process is not running on the localhost. Additionally `lookupPort()` will fail if there is no Epmd process running on the host where the specified node is running. See the Erlang documentation for information about starting Epmd.

This class contains only static methods, there are no constructors.

Method Summary
`static java.lang.String[]` `lookupNames()`
`static java.lang.String[]` `lookupNames(java.net.InetAddress address)`
`static int` `lookupPort(AbstractNode node)` Determine what port a node listens for incoming connections on.
`static boolean` `publishPort(OtpLocalNode node)` Register with Epmd, so that other nodes are able to find and connect to it.
`static void` `unPublishPort(OtpLocalNode node)` Unregister from Epmd.
`static void` `useEpmdPort(int port)` Set the port number to be used to contact the epmd process.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Method Detail

### useEpmdPort

    public static void useEpmdPort(int port)

  Set the port number to be used to contact the epmd process. Only needed when the default port is not desired and system environment variable ERL_EPMD_PORT can not be read (applet).

### lookupPort

    public static int lookupPort(AbstractNode node)
                          throws java.io.IOException

  Determine what port a node listens for incoming connections on.

  Returns:
    the listen port for the specified node, or 0 if the node was not registered with Epmd.
  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException` - if there was no response from the name server.

### publishPort

    public static boolean publishPort(OtpLocalNode node)
                               throws java.io.IOException

  Register with Epmd, so that other nodes are able to find and connect to it.

  Parameters:
    `node` - the server node that should be registered with Epmd.
  Returns:
    true if the operation was successful. False if the node was already registered.
  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException` - if there was no response from the name server.

### unPublishPort

    public static void unPublishPort(OtpLocalNode node)

  Unregister from Epmd. Other nodes wishing to connect will no longer be able to.

  This method does not report any failures.

### lookupNames

    public static java.lang.String[] lookupNames()
                                          throws java.io.IOException

  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException`

### lookupNames

    public static java.lang.String[] lookupNames(java.net.InetAddress address)
                                          throws java.io.IOException

  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException`