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+"""
+The udpconnect service. This is to check if a UDP service on a specific
+port is reachable.
+
+This should just return 0 on success and NOT 0 on error.
+
+Copyright (c) 2011-2013 "Johannes Findeisen and Rafael Timmerberg"
+
+This file is part of Linspector (http://linspector.org).
+
+Linspector is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+
+import socket
+from linspector.services.service import Service
+
+
+class UdpconnectService(Service):
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super(UdpconnectService, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+        
+        args = self.get_arguments()
+        if "port" in args:
+            self.port = args["port"]
+        else:
+            raise Exception("There is no port set")
+
+    def needs_arguments(self):
+        return True
+
+    def execute(self, jobInfo):
+        try:
+            sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+        except socket.error, msg:
+            jobInfo.set_errorcode(2)
+            jobInfo.set_message("[udpconnect: " + jobInfo.jobHex + "] Could not create socket to host: " +
+                                jobInfo.get_host() + " on port: " + str(self.port) + " (" + str(msg) + ")")
+
+        try:
+            sock.connect((jobInfo.get_host(), self.port))
+        except socket.error, msg:
+            jobInfo.set_errorcode(1)
+            jobInfo.set_message("[udpconnect: " + jobInfo.jobHex + "] Could not establish connection to host: " +
+                                jobInfo.get_host() + " on port: " + str(self.port) + " (" + str(msg) + ")")
+
+        if jobInfo.get_errorcode() == -1:
+            jobInfo.set_execution_successful(True)
+            jobInfo.set_errorcode(0)
+            jobInfo.set_message("[udpconnect: " + jobInfo.jobHex + "] Connection successful established to host: " +
+                                jobInfo.get_host() + " on port: " + str(self.port))
+
+        sock.close()
+
+
+def create(kwargs):
+    return UdpconnectService(**kwargs)
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