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<task id="GUID-88AB6957-6D2B-5668-8CC3-4E426E68C9B7" xml:lang="en"><title> Writing

an Outflow Hook Tutorial</title><shortdesc>This topic describes how to write an outflow hook. </shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><taskbody>

<steps id="GUID-D4E429B8-3A1C-588C-9EE6-F775E0313136">

<step id="GUID-8717451F-4919-56FB-B138-F345D33302E0"><cmd>The <xref href="GUID-1A52EC87-DAD1-32C8-B530-295A65EB7292.dita"><apiname>CIp6Hook()</apiname></xref> is

a base class for all hook protocols. </cmd>

</step>

<step id="GUID-E4679FA1-3277-5EC6-B626-19E5C4478A02"><cmd/>

<info>The <xref href="GUID-AA660261-7FCC-3F15-A105-56A3B4227F69.dita"><apiname>OpenL()</apiname></xref> function is used to open a hook for a

data flow </info>

</step>

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<info>The following are the parameters of <codeph>OpenL()</codeph> function: </info>

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<info>aHead – Contains the address information of the flow </info>

</substep>

<substep id="GUID-482AA3EE-996F-5697-A818-F9AB2FDE11CE"><cmd/>

<info>aFlow – Flow for the active hook </info>

</substep>

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</step>

<step id="GUID-70020D9B-F194-51D8-9E6B-C15F31EDE828"><cmd/>

<info>The <xref href="GUID-CC13332D-76B3-3991-AF40-1E5E949A2A39.dita"><apiname>ReadyL()</apiname></xref> function sets the data packet in a ready

state. </info>

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<step id="GUID-1F43DE42-67CE-58A5-8C9F-744EA1C9006D"><cmd/>

<info>The IP protocol calls the <xref href="GUID-10F2F06B-003E-3F29-AE09-6A85D3682729.dita"><apiname>ApplyL()</apiname></xref> function to create

an outflow hook. The following are the parameters of an <codeph>ApplyL()</codeph> function: </info>

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<info>aPacket – A complete packet to be processed by the hook. It includes

the IP header </info>

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<info>aInfo - Information block associated with the packet </info>

</substep>

</substeps>

</step>

</steps>

<example><title>How to write an Outflow Hook example </title> <p>The following

is an example code for how to write an outflow hook: </p> <codeblock id="GUID-9FD24324-3B1C-5B2B-A811-79791E6DA0E7" xml:space="preserve">

MFlowHook* OpenL(TPacketHead &aHead, CFlowContext *aFlow);

TInt ReadyL(TPacketHead& aHead);

TInt ApplyL(RMBufSendPacket& aPacket, RMBufSendInfo& aInfo);

</codeblock> </example>

</taskbody><related-links>

<link href="GUID-340C57A4-B799-502D-8B86-39955E2F4268.dita"><linktext>Creating

an ESK File</linktext></link>

<link href="GUID-6998404B-CC51-5337-B04F-8444C32B99C9.dita"><linktext>Writing an

Inbound                 Hook</linktext></link>

</related-links></task>