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### local::basic_endpoint

Describes an endpoint for a UNIX socket.

    template<
        typename Protocol>
    class basic_endpoint

##### Types

Name | Description
--- | ---
data_type | The type of the endpoint structure. This type is dependent on the underlying implementation of the socket layer.
protocol_type | The protocol type associated with the endpoint.

##### Member Functions

Name | Description
--- | ---
basic_endpoint | Default constructor. Construct an endpoint using the specified path name. Copy constructor.
capacity | Get the capacity of the endpoint in the native type.
data | Get the underlying endpoint in the native type.
operator= | Assign from another endpoint.
path | Get the path associated with the endpoint. Set the path associated with the endpoint.
protocol | The protocol associated with the endpoint.
resize | Set the underlying size of the endpoint in the native type.
size | Get the underlying size of the endpoint in the native type.

##### Friends

Name | Description
--- | ---
operator!= | Compare two endpoints for inequality.
operator< | Compare endpoints for ordering.
operator<= | Compare endpoints for ordering.
operator== | Compare two endpoints for equality.
operator> | Compare endpoints for ordering.
operator>= | Compare endpoints for ordering.

##### Related Functions

Name | Description
--- | ---
operator<< | Output an endpoint as a string.

The `local::basic_endpoint` class template describes an endpoint that may be associated with a particular UNIX socket.

##### Thread Safety

Distinct objects: Safe.

Shared objects: Unsafe.

##### Requirements

Header: `boost/asio/local/basic_endpoint.hpp`

Convenience header: `boost/asio.hpp`