ost_IPV6Host (3)

#include <address.h>

Inherits ost::IPV6Address.

Public Member Functions

IPV6Host (const char *host=NULL)

Create a new host address for a specific internet host. IPV6Host (struct in6_addr addr)

Convert a system socket binary address such as may be returned through the accept() call or getsockpeer() into an internet host address object. IPV6Host & operator&= (const IPV6Mask &mask)

Mask the internet host address object with a network mask address.

Friends

class __EXPORT IPV6Mask

__EXPORT IPV6Host operator& (const IPV6Host &addr, const IPV6Mask &mask)

Additional Inherited Members

This object is used to hold the actual and valid internet address of a specific host machine that will be accessed through a socket.

Author:

David Sugar [email protected] Address of a specific Internet host machine.

ost::IPV6Host::IPV6Host (const char *host = \fCNULL\fP)

Create a new host address for a specific internet host. The internet host can be specified in a null terminated ASCII string and include either the physical host address or the DNS name of a host machine. Hence, an IPV6Host ('www.voxilla.org') can be directly declaired in this manner.

Defaults to the IP address that represents the interface matching 'gethostname()'.

Parameters:

host dns or physical address of an Internet host.

ost::IPV6Host::IPV6Host (struct in6_addraddr)

Convert a system socket binary address such as may be returned through the accept() call or getsockpeer() into an internet host address object.

Parameters:

addr binary address of internet host.

\fBIPV6Host\fP& ost::IPV6Host::operator&= (const \fBIPV6Mask\fP &mask)

Mask the internet host address object with a network mask address. This is commonly used to coerce an address by subnet.

friend class \fB__EXPORT\fP \fBIPV6Mask\fP\fC [friend]\fP

\fB__EXPORT\fP \fBIPV6Host\fP operator& (const \fBIPV6Host\fP &addr, const \fBIPV6Mask\fP &mask)\fC [friend]\fP

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