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InetAddress Class Reference

The network name and address objects are all derived from a common InetAddress base class. Internet Address binary data type. More...

#include <socket.h>

Inheritance diagram for InetAddress::

List of all members.

Public Methods
	InetAddress (const InetAddrValidator *validator=NULL)
	Create an Internet Address object with an empty (0.0.0.0) address. More...
	InetAddress (struct in_addr addr, const InetAddrValidator *validator=NULL)
	Convert the system internet address data type (struct in_addr) into a Common C++ InetAddress object. More...
	InetAddress (const char *address, const InetAddrValidator *validator=NULL)
	Convert a null terminated ASCII host address string (example: "127.0.0.1") or host address name (example: "www.voxilla.org") directly into a Common C++ InetAddress object. More...
	InetAddress (const InetAddress &rhs)
	Copy constructor. More...
virtual	~InetAddress ()
	Destructor. More...
const char *	getHostname (void) const
	Provide a string representation of the value (Internet Address) held in the InetAddress object. More...
bool	isInetAddress (void) const
	May be used to verify if a given InetAddress returned by another function contains a "valid" address, or "0.0.0.0" which is often used to mark "invalid" InetAddress values. More...
in_addr	getAddress (void) const
	Provide a low level system usable struct in_addr object from the contents of InetAddress. More...
in_addr	getAddress (size_t i) const
	Provide a low level system usable struct in_addr object from the contents of InetAddress. More...
size_t	getAddressCount () const
	Returns the number of internet addresses that an InetAddress object contains. More...
InetAddress &	operator= (const char *str)
InetAddress &	operator= (struct in_addr addr)
InetAddress &	operator= (const InetAddress &rhs)
InetAddress &	operator= (unsigned long addr)
	Allows assignment from the return of functions like inet_addr() or htonl(). More...
bool	operator! () const
bool	operator== (const InetAddress &a) const
	Compare two internet addresses to see if they are equal (if they specify the physical address of the same internet host). More...
bool	operator!= (const InetAddress &a) const
	Compare two internet addresses to see if they are not equal (if they each refer to unique and different physical ip addresses). More...
Protected Methods
bool	setIPAddress (const char *host)
	Sets the IP address from a string representation of the numeric address, ie "127.0.0.1". More...
void	setAddress (const char *host)
	Used to specify a host name or numeric internet address. More...
Protected Attributes
in_addr *	ipaddr
size_t	addr_count
Static Protected Attributes
Mutex	mutex

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Detailed Description

The network name and address objects are all derived from a common InetAddress base class. Internet Address binary data type.

Specific classes, such as InetHostAddress, InetMaskAddress, etc, are defined from InetAddress entirely so that the manner a network address is being used can easily be documented and understood from the code and to avoid common errors and accidental misuse of the wrong address object. For example, a "connection" to something that is declared as a "InetHostAddress" can be kept type-safe from a "connection" accidently being made to something that was declared a "InetBroadcastAddress".

Author:

David Sugar <dyfet@ostel.com>

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

InetAddress::InetAddress (  const InetAddrValidator *   validator = NULL )

Create an Internet Address object with an empty (0.0.0.0) address. Parameters: optional   validator function object, intended for derived classes.

InetAddress::InetAddress (  struct in_addr   addr, const InetAddrValidator *   validator = NULL )

Convert the system internet address data type (struct in_addr) into a Common C++ InetAddress object. Parameters: addr   struct of system used binary internet address. optional   validator function object, intended for derived classes.

InetAddress::InetAddress (  const char *   address, const InetAddrValidator *   validator = NULL )

Convert a null terminated ASCII host address string (example: "127.0.0.1") or host address name (example: "www.voxilla.org") directly into a Common C++ InetAddress object. Parameters: address   null terminated C string. optional   validator function object, intended for derived classes.

InetAddress::InetAddress (  const InetAddress &   rhs )

Copy constructor.

virtual InetAddress::~InetAddress (    )  [virtual]

Destructor.

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Member Function Documentation

struct in_addr InetAddress::getAddress (  size_t   i )  const

Provide a low level system usable struct in_addr object from the contents of InetAddress. This is needed for services such as bind() and connect(). Parameters: i   for InetAddresses with multiple addresses, returns the address at this index. User should call getAddressCount() to determine the number of address the object contains. Returns: system binary coded internet address. If parameter i is out of range, the first address is returned.

struct in_addr InetAddress::getAddress (  void   )  const

Provide a low level system usable struct in_addr object from the contents of InetAddress. This is needed for services such as bind() and connect(). Returns: system binary coded internet address.

size_t InetAddress::getAddressCount (    )  const [inline]

Returns the number of internet addresses that an InetAddress object contains. This usually only happens with InetHostAddress objects where multiple IP addresses are returned for a DNS lookup

const char* InetAddress::getHostname (  void   )  const

Provide a string representation of the value (Internet Address) held in the InetAddress object. Returns: string representation of InetAddress.

bool InetAddress::isInetAddress (  void   )  const

May be used to verify if a given InetAddress returned by another function contains a "valid" address, or "0.0.0.0" which is often used to mark "invalid" InetAddress values. Returns: true if address != 0.0.0.0.

bool InetAddress::operator! (  void   )  const [inline]

bool InetAddress::operator!= (  const InetAddress &   a )  const

Compare two internet addresses to see if they are not equal (if they each refer to unique and different physical ip addresses). This is implimented in terms of operator==

InetAddress& InetAddress::operator= (  unsigned long   addr )

Allows assignment from the return of functions like inet_addr() or htonl(). Reimplemented in InetMaskAddress, and InetHostAddress.

InetAddress& InetAddress::operator= (  const InetAddress &   rhs )

InetAddress& InetAddress::operator= (  struct in_addr   addr )

InetAddress& InetAddress::operator= (  const char *   str )

bool InetAddress::operator== (  const InetAddress &   a )  const

Compare two internet addresses to see if they are equal (if they specify the physical address of the same internet host). If there is more than one IP address in either InetAddress object, this will return true if all of the IP addresses in the smaller are in the larger in any order.

void InetAddress::setAddress (  const char *   host )  [protected]

Used to specify a host name or numeric internet address. Parameters: host   The string representation of the IP address or a hostname, , if NULL, it will default to INADDR_ANY

bool InetAddress::setIPAddress (  const char *   host )  [protected]

Sets the IP address from a string representation of the numeric address, ie "127.0.0.1". Parameters: host   The string representation of the IP address Returns: true if successful

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Member Data Documentation

size_t InetAddress::addr_count [protected]

struct in_addr* InetAddress::ipaddr [protected]

Mutex InetAddress::mutex [static, protected]

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• socket.h

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