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Address of a specific Internet host machine. More...
#include <socket.h>
Inherits: InetAddress
This object is used to hold the actual and valid internet address of a specific host machine that will be accessed through a socket.
[public]
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 InetHostAddress ("www.voxilla.org") can be directly declaired in this manner. If no host address is specified, the local host (127.0.0.1) is assumed.
host | dns or physical address of an Internet host. |
[public]
Convert a system socket binary address such as may be returned through the accept() call or getsockpeer() into an internet host address object.
addr | binary address of internet host. |
[public]
Convert a system socket binary address into an existing internet host address object through assignment by overloading the = operator.
addr | binary address of internet host. |
[public]
Compare two internet host addresses to see if they are equal (if they specify the physical address of the same internet host).
[public]
Compare two internet host addresses to see if they are not equal (if they each refer to unique and different physical ip addresses).
[public]
Mask the internet host address object with a network mask address. This is commonly used to coerce an address by subnet.
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