Close a Socket Connection

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Demonstrates Socket.Close, which gracefully terminates and closes the current TCP, TLS, or SSH channel connection. The argument bounds how long to wait for clean shutdown processing.

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local socket = chilkat.Socket.new()

-- Connect to the server using TLS.  The 3rd argument enables the TLS handshake after the TCP
-- connection succeeds; the 4th is the maximum time to wait, in milliseconds.
local bTls = true
local maxWaitMs = 5000
local success = socket:connect("example.com", 5000, bTls, maxWaitMs)
if not success then
    print(socket.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- StringCharset controls the character encoding used when sending and receiving text.
socket.string_charset = "utf-8"

-- Gracefully close the current TCP, TLS, or SSH channel connection.  The argument is the maximum
-- number of milliseconds to wait for clean shutdown processing (0 waits indefinitely).
success = socket:close(1000)
if not success then
    print(socket.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("Connection closed.")