RWInet6Addr Class Reference
[Essential Networking Module]

Encapsulates a complete IPv6 address. More...

#include <rw/network/RWInet6Addr.h>

Inheritance diagram for RWInet6Addr:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	RWInet6Addr ()
	RWInet6Addr (const RWInetPort &port)
	RWInet6Addr (int port)
	RWInet6Addr (const RWInetPort &port, const RWInet6Host &host, unsigned scope=0, short type=SOCK_STREAM, short protocol=0)
	RWInet6Addr (const sockaddr_in6 &addr, short type=SOCK_STREAM, short protocol=0)
	RWInet6Addr (const RWCString &s)
virtual void	prepare () const
virtual RWSockType	addressType () const
RWInetPort	getPort () const
RWInet6Host	getHost () const
unsigned	getScope () const
virtual sockaddr *	asSockaddr () const
virtual size_t	sockaddrSize () const
virtual RWCString	id (unsigned level=0) const
bool	operator== (const RWInet6Addr &rhs) const
bool	operator!= (const RWInet6Addr &rhs) const
Static Public Member Functions
static bool	is (const RWSockAddrBase &)
static RWInet6Addr	as (const RWSockAddrBase &)
Related Functions
(Note that these are not member functions.)
std::istream &	operator>> (std::istream &, RWInet6Addr &)

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Detailed Description

Encapsulates a complete IPv6 address that includes type information, host, port, and scope.

Examples

 RWInet6Addr addr(8001, "0::1");

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

RWInet6Addr::RWInet6Addr

(

)

Constructs an address for an IPv6 Internet connection. The constructor that takes only a port argument creates a special address used to bind to any of the network interfaces on the machine on which the process is running. This is done, for example, when you are setting a server address. An address created using the default constructor binds to an arbitrary port number on any network interface on the local machine. These constructors do not block.

RWInet6Addr::RWInet6Addr

(

const RWInetPort &

port

)

Constructs an address for an IPv6 Internet connection. The constructor that takes only a port argument creates a special address used to bind to any of the network interfaces on the machine on which the process is running. This is done, for example, when you are setting a server address. An address created using the default constructor binds to an arbitrary port number on any network interface on the local machine. These constructors do not block.

RWInet6Addr::RWInet6Addr

(

int

port

)

Constructs an address for an IPv6 Internet connection. The constructor that takes only a port argument creates a special address used to bind to any of the network interfaces on the machine on which the process is running. This is done, for example, when you are setting a server address. An address created using the default constructor binds to an arbitrary port number on any network interface on the local machine. These constructors do not block.

RWInet6Addr::RWInet6Addr	(	const RWInetPort &	port,
		const RWInet6Host &	host,
		unsigned	scope = 0,
		short	type = SOCK_STREAM,
		short	protocol = 0
	)

Constructs an address for an IPv6 Internet connection. The constructor that takes only a port argument creates a special address used to bind to any of the network interfaces on the machine on which the process is running. This is done, for example, when you are setting a server address. An address created using the default constructor binds to an arbitrary port number on any network interface on the local machine. These constructors do not block.

RWInet6Addr::RWInet6Addr	(	const sockaddr_in6 &	addr,
		short	type = SOCK_STREAM,
		short	protocol = 0
	)

Constructs an address for an IPv6 Internet connection. The constructor that takes only a port argument creates a special address used to bind to any of the network interfaces on the machine on which the process is running. This is done, for example, when you are setting a server address. An address created using the default constructor binds to an arbitrary port number on any network interface on the local machine. These constructors do not block.

RWInet6Addr::RWInet6Addr

(

const RWCString &

s

)

Constructs an address from the value for s, where s has the form type:host%scope:port. type, host, and scope are optional. If type is supplied, it must be stream for a stream socket address, or dgram for a datagram socket. host should be wrapped in square brackets ('[' and ']') if the string should contain an IPv6 hex address. scope is only required if its value is nonzero.

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Member Function Documentation

virtual RWSockType RWInet6Addr::addressType

(

)

const [virtual]

Returns the address type.

Implements RWSockAddrBase.

static RWInet6Addr RWInet6Addr::as

(

const RWSockAddrBase &

)

[static]

Casts addr to RWInet6Addr, if appropriate. Otherwise, it throws an RWSockWrongAddressTypeError exception.

virtual sockaddr* RWInet6Addr::asSockaddr

(

)

const [virtual]

Returns a pointer to an internal representation of the address that was cast to a sockaddr structure, as defined by the sockets and TLI APIs. (TLI is the UNIX System V network communication interface.) The pointer is to an internal data structure, so it becomes invalid if self is changed in any way or goes out of scope. If the address has no representation as a sockaddr, a null pointer is returned.

Implements RWSockAddrBase.

RWInet6Host RWInet6Addr::getHost

(

)

const [inline]

Returns the host portion of the address.

RWInetPort RWInet6Addr::getPort

(

)

const [inline]

Returns the port portion of the address.

unsigned RWInet6Addr::getScope

(

)

const [inline]

Returns the scope portion of the address.

virtual RWCString RWInet6Addr::id

(

unsigned

level = 0

)

const [virtual]

Returns a string describing self. The verbosity of the output is controlled by level, where level=0 is the most basic output, and level=9 is the most verbose.

Implements RWSockAddrBase.

static bool RWInet6Addr::is

(

const RWSockAddrBase &

)

[static]

Returns true if addr is an RWInet6Addr.

bool RWInet6Addr::operator!=

(

const RWInet6Addr &

rhs

)

const

Comparison operator.

bool RWInet6Addr::operator==

(

const RWInet6Addr &

rhs

)

const

Comparison operator.

virtual void RWInet6Addr::prepare

(

)

const [virtual]

Ensures that future calls do not block on this address. If necessary, this function looks up the IP address and port number from the host name and service name. It is not necessary to call prepare(), but if you don't, future calls may block. No exceptions are thrown from prepare().

Reimplemented from RWSockAddrBase.

virtual size_t RWInet6Addr::sockaddrSize

(

)

const [virtual]

Returns the size of an internal representation of the socket address defined by the sockets.

Implements RWSockAddrBase.

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Friends And Related Function Documentation

std::istream & operator>>	(	std::istream &	,
		RWInet6Addr &
	)			[related]

Reads a representation of addr from strm. The representation should be of the form produced by id() with level=2.