Return the address as a string.

Synopsis

Declared in header <boost/url/ipv6_address.hpp>

template<class StringToken = string_token::return_string>
StringToken::result_type
to_string(StringToken&& token) const;

Description

The returned string does not contain surrounding square brackets.

When called with no arguments, the return type is std::string. Otherwise, the return type and style of output is determined by which string token is passed.

Example

ipv6_address::bytes_type b = {{
        0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 4,
        0, 5, 0, 6, 0, 7, 0, 8 }};
ipv6_address a(b);
assert(a.to_string() == "1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8");
assert( ipv4_address(0x01020304).to_string() == "1.2.3.4" );

Complexity

Constant.

Exception Safety

Strong guarantee. Calls to allocate may throw. String tokens may throw exceptions.

Specification

Return Value

The return type of the string token. If the token parameter is omitted, then a new std::string is returned. Otherwise, the function return type is the result type of the token.

Parameters

Name Description

token

An optional string token.