boost::corosio::ipv4_address

An IP version 4 style address.

Synopsis

Declared in <boost/corosio/ipv4_address.hpp>

class ipv4_address;

Description

Objects of this type are used to construct, parse, and manipulate IP version 4 addresses.

BNF

IPv4address = dec-octet "." dec-octet "." dec-octet "." dec-octet

dec-octet   = DIGIT                 ; 0-9
            / %x31-39 DIGIT         ; 10-99
            / "1" 2DIGIT            ; 100-199
            / "2" %x30-34 DIGIT     ; 200-249
            / "25" %x30-35          ; 250-255

Specification

Types

Name

Description

bytes_type

The type used to represent an address as an array of bytes.

uint_type

The type used to represent an address as an unsigned integer.

Member Functions

Name

Description

ipv4_address [constructor]

Constructors

operator=

Copy assignment.

is_loopback

Return true if the address is a loopback address.

is_multicast

Return true if the address is a multicast address.

is_unspecified

Return true if the address is unspecified.

to_buffer

Write a dotted decimal string representing the address to a buffer.

to_bytes

Return the address as bytes, in network byte order.

to_string

Return the address as a string in dotted decimal format.

to_uint

Return the address as an unsigned integer.

Static Member Functions

Name

Description

any

Return an address object that represents any address.

broadcast

Return an address object that represents the broadcast address.

loopback

Return an address object that represents the loopback address.

Static Data Members

Name

Description

max_str_len

The number of characters in the longest possible IPv4 string.

Friends

Name Description

Name	Description
`boost::corosio::ipv6_address`	An IP version 6 style address.
`boost::corosio::operator<<`	Format the address to an output stream.
`boost::corosio::operator!=`	Return true if two addresses are not equal.
`boost::corosio::operator==`	Return true if two addresses are equal.

boost::corosio::ipv6_address

An IP version 6 style address.

boost::corosio::operator<<

Format the address to an output stream.

boost::corosio::operator!=

Return true if two addresses are not equal.

boost::corosio::operator==

Return true if two addresses are equal.