An IP version 6 style address.
Synopsis
Declared in header <boost/url/ipv6_address.hpp>
class ipv6_address;Types
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The type used to represent an address as an array of bytes. |
Member Functions
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Construct from a string. Construct from an IPv4 address. Construct from an array of bytes. Constructor. |
Return true if the address is a loopback address |
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Return true if the address is unspecified |
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Return true if the address is a mapped IPv4 address |
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Copy Assignment |
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Write a dotted decimal string representing the address to a buffer |
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Return the address as bytes, in network byte order |
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Return the address as a string. |
Static Member Functions
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Return an address object that represents the loopback address |
Static Data Members
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The number of characters in the longest possible IPv6 string. |
Friends
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Return true if two addresses are not equal |
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Return true if two addresses are equal |
Description
Objects of this type are used to construct, parse, and manipulate IP version 6 addresses.
BNF
IPv6address = 6( h16 ":" ) ls32
/ "::" 5( h16 ":" ) ls32
/ [ h16 ] "::" 4( h16 ":" ) ls32
/ [ *1( h16 ":" ) h16 ] "::" 3( h16 ":" ) ls32
/ [ *2( h16 ":" ) h16 ] "::" 2( h16 ":" ) ls32
/ [ *3( h16 ":" ) h16 ] "::" h16 ":" ls32
/ [ *4( h16 ":" ) h16 ] "::" ls32
/ [ *5( h16 ":" ) h16 ] "::" h16
/ [ *6( h16 ":" ) h16 ] "::"
ls32 = ( h16 ":" h16 ) / IPv4address
; least-significant 32 bits of address
h16 = 1*4HEXDIG
; 16 bits of address represented in hexadecimal