kea/src/lib/asiolink/io_address.h

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#ifndef __IO_ADDRESS_H
#define __IO_ADDRESS_H 1

// IMPORTANT NOTE: only very few ASIO headers files can be included in
// this file.  In particular, asio.hpp should never be included here.
// See the description of the namespace below.
#include <unistd.h>             // for some network system calls
#include <asio/ip/address.hpp>

#include <functional>
#include <string>

#include <exceptions/exceptions.h>

namespace isc {
namespace asiolink {

/// \brief The \c IOAddress class represents an IP addresses (version
/// agnostic)
///
/// This class is a wrapper for the ASIO \c ip::address class.
class IOAddress {
public:
    ///
    /// \name Constructors and Destructor
    ///
    /// This class is copyable.  We use default versions of copy constructor
    /// and the assignment operator.
    /// We use the default destructor.
    //@{
    /// \brief Constructor from string.
    ///
    /// This constructor converts a textual representation of IPv4 and IPv6
    /// addresses into an IOAddress object.
    /// If \c address_str is not a valid representation of any type of
    /// address, an exception of class \c IOError will be thrown.
    /// This constructor allocates memory for the object, and if that fails
    /// a corresponding standard exception will be thrown.
    ///
    /// \param address_str Textual representation of address.
    IOAddress(const std::string& address_str);

    /// \brief Constructor from an ASIO \c ip::address object.
    ///
    /// This constructor is intended to be used within the wrapper
    /// implementation; user applications of the wrapper API won't use it.
    ///
    /// This constructor never throws an exception.
    ///
    /// \param asio_address The ASIO \c ip::address to be converted.
    IOAddress(const asio::ip::address& asio_address);
    //@}

    /// \brief Convert the address to a string.
    ///
    /// This method is basically expected to be exception free, but
    /// generating the string will involve resource allocation,
    /// and if it fails the corresponding standard exception will be thrown.
    ///
    /// \return A string representation of the address.
    std::string toText() const;

    /// \brief Returns the address family
    ///
    /// \return AF_INET for IPv4 or AF_INET6 for IPv6.
    short getFamily() const;

    /// \brief Compare addresses for equality
    ///
    /// \param other Address to compare against.
    ///
    /// \return true if addresses are equal, false if not.
    bool equals(const IOAddress& other) const {
        return (asio_address_ == other.asio_address_);
    }

    /// \brief Compare addresses for equality
    ///
    /// \param other Address to compare against.
    ///
    /// \return true if addresses are equal, false if not.
    bool operator==(const IOAddress& other) const {
        return equals(other);
    }

    // \brief Compare addresses for inequality
    ///
    /// \param other Address to compare against.
    ///
    /// \return false if addresses are equal, true if not.
    bool nequals(const IOAddress& other) const {
        return (!equals(other));
    }

    // \brief Compare addresses for inequality
    ///
    /// \param other Address to compare against.
    ///
    /// \return false if addresses are equal, true if not.
    bool operator!=(const IOAddress& other) const {
        return (nequals(other));
    }


private:
    asio::ip::address asio_address_;
};

} // namespace asiolink
} // namespace isc
#endif // __IO_ADDRESS_H