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NAME

Net::SockAddr - Socket address OO-wrapper with Perl and C++ interface.

DESCRIPTION

Supports AF_INET, AF_INET6 and AF_UNIX, can create sockaddrs and pack/unpack ips.

SYNOPSIS

    use Net::SockAddr;
    
    $sa = Net::SockAddr::Inet4->new("1.2.3.4", 80);
    $sa = Net::SockAddr::Inet6->new("2001:db8::ae21:ad12", 80);
    $sa = Net::SockAddr::Unix->new("/tmp/mysock");
    connect($sock, $sa->get);

    $sa = Net::SockAddr->new($connection->getpeername());
    if ($sa->is_inet4 or $sa->is_inet6) {
        say $sa->ip;
        say $sa->port;
    } else { # UNIX socket
        say $sa->path;
    }


                 

C SYNOPSIS

    #include <panda/net/sockaddr.h>
    using panda::net::SockAddr;
    
    
    

METHODS

new($sa)

Creates SockAddr object from $sa. Return value will be of class Net::SockAddr::Inet4, Net::SockAddr::Inet6 or Net::SockAddr::Unix depending on the $sa.

$sa may be:

  •     A binary string representing struct sockaddr_in/in6/un (like what Socket::sockaddr_in returns)
        
  •     A C<Net::SockAddr> object. In this case, copy is created.
        

If $sa is undefined or contains sockaddr with AF_UNSPEC family, constructor returns undef.

Classes Net::SockAddr::Inet4, Net::SockAddr::Inet6 and Net::SockAddr::Unix contains more specialised constructors from ip/port or path.

family()

Returns AF_INET / AF_INET6 / AF_UNIX

is_inet4()

Returns true if family == AF_INET

is_inet6()

Returns true if family == AF_INET6

is_unix()

Returns true if family == AF_UNIX

get()

Returns binary string suitable for passing to Perl's connect() functions (representing struct sockaddr_in/in6/un, like what Socket::sockaddr_in returns)

operator ""

Object stringifies to "ip:port" for IPv4, "[ip]:port" for IPv6 and "path" for AF_UNIX

operator==, operator!=

Two objects are equal if all properties of their underlying sockaddrs are equal

CONSTANTS

AF_UNSPEC
AF_INET
AF_INET6
AF_UNIX

Only for Unix systems

INADDR_ANY

Binary IPv4 address for binding to all interfaces on machine.

    my $sa = Net::SockAddr::Inet4::from_addr(Net::SockAddr::INADDR_ANY, 80);
    $server->bind($sa);
INADDR_LOOPBACK

Binary IPv4 address of the loopback interface

INADDR_BROADCAST

Binary IPv4 broadcast address

INADDR_NONE

Binary IPv4 invalid address (usually '255.255.255.255')

SOCKADDR_ANY

IPv4 sockaddr for binding to all interfaces with auto-selected port.

    $server->bind(Net::SockAddr::SOCKADDR_ANY); 
    

SOCKADDR_ANY is the same as

    Net::SockAddr::Inet4->new(Net::SockAddr::INADDR_ANY, 0);
SOCKADDR_LOOPBACK

IPv4 sockaddr for binding to loopback interface with auto-selected port. The same as

    Net::SockAddr::Inet4->new(Net::SockAddr::INADDR_LOOPBACK, 0);
IN6ADDR_ANY

Binary IPv6 address for binding to all interfaces on machine.

IN6ADDR_LOOPBACK

Binary IPv6 address of the loopback interface

SOCKADDR6_ANY

IPv6 sockaddr for binding to all interfaces with auto-selected port.

    $server->bind(Net::SockAddr::SOCKADDR6_ANY); 
    

SOCKADDR6_ANY is the same as

    Net::SockAddr::Inet6->new(Net::SockAddr::IN6ADDR_ANY, 0);
SOCKADDR6_LOOPBACK

IPV6 sockaddr for binding to loopback interface with auto-selected port. The same as

    Net::SockAddr::Inet6->new(Net::SockAddr::IN6ADDR_LOOPBACK, 0);

TYPEMAP

This module exposes panda::net::SockAddr typemap to use from XS modules. This typemap allows for receiving binary or object-based sockaddr from perl.

    #include <xs/net/sockaddr.h>
    
    string myfunc (panda::net::SockAddr sa) {
        RETVAL = sa->ip();
    }

Net::SockAddr::Inet4

Net::SockAddr::Inet6

Net::SockAddr::Unix

AUTHORS

Pronin Oleg <syber@crazypanda.ru>

Ivan Baidakou <i.baydakov@crazypanda.ru>

Crazy Panda LTD

LICENSE

You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.

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