NAME

Net::IPAddress::Util - Version-agnostic representation of an IP address

VERSION

Version 2.000

SYNOPSIS

    use Net::IPAddress::Util qw( IP );

    my $ipv4  = IP('192.168.0.1');
    my $ipv46 = IP('::ffff:192.168.0.1');
    my $ipv6  = IP('fe80::1234:5678:90ab');

    print "$ipv4\n";  # 192.168.0.1
    print "$ipv46\n"; # 192.168.0.1
    print "$ipv6\n";  # fe80::1234:5678:90ab

    print $ipv4->normal_form()  . "\n"; # 00000000000000000000ffffc0a80001
    print $ipv46->normal_form() . "\n"; # 00000000000000000000ffffc0a80001
    print $ipv6->normal_form()  . "\n"; # fe8000000000000000001234567890ab

    for (my $ip = IP('192.168.0.0'); $ip <= IP('192.168.0.255'); $ip++) {
        # do something with $ip
    }

DESCRIPTION

The goal of the Net::IPAddress::Util modules is to make IP addresses easy to deal with, regardless of whether they're IPv4 or IPv6, and regardless of the source (and destination) of the data being manipulated. The module Net::IPAddress::Util is for working with individual addresses, Net::IPAddress::Util::Range is for working with individual ranges of addresses, and Net::IPAddress::Util::Collection is for working with collections of addresses and/or ranges.

GLOBAL VARIABLES

$Net::IPAddress::Util::DIE_ON_ERROR

Set to a true value to make errors confess(). Set to a false value to make errors cluck(). Defaults to false.

$Net::IPAddress::Util::PROMOTE_N32

Set to a true value to make new() assume that bare 32-bit (or smaller) numbers are supposed to represent IPv4 addresses, and promote them accordingly (i.e. to do implicitly what n32_to_ipv4() does). Set to a false value to make new() treat all bare numbers as 128-bit numbers representing IPv6 addresses. Defaults to false.

EXPORTABLE FUNCTIONS

explode_ip

implode_ip

Transform an IP address to and from an array of 128 bits, MSB-first.

common_prefix

Given two bit arrays (as provided by explode_ip), return the truncated bit array of the prefix bits those two arrays have in common.

prefix_mask

Given two bit arrays (as provided by explode_ip), return a truncated bit array of ones of the same length as the shared common_prefix of the two arrays.

ip_pad_prefix

Take a truncated bit array, and right-pad it with zeroes to the appropriate length.

radix_sort

Given an array of objects, sorts them in ascending order, faster than Perl's built-in sort command.

Note that this may only be faster for sufficiently large arrays, due to the overhead involved in setting up the radix sort.

Note also that radix_sort() discards duplicate addresses.

COMPATIBILITY API

ip2num

num2ip

validaddr

mask

fqdn

These functions are exportable to provide a functionally-identical API to that provided by Net::IPAddress. They will cause warnings to be issued if they are called, to help you in your transition to Net::IPAddress::Util, if indeed that's what you're doing -- and I can't readily imagine any other reason you'd want to export them from here (as opposed to from Net::IPAddress) unless that's indeed what you're doing.

EXPORT TAGS

:constr

Exports IP() and n32_to_ipv4(), both useful for creating objects based on arbitrary external data.

:manip

Exports the functions for low-level "bit-twiddling" of addresses. You very probably don't need these unless you're writing your own equivalent of the Net::IPAddress::Util::Range or Net::IPAddress::Util::Collection modules.

:sort

Exports radix_sort(). You only need this if you're dealing with very large arrays of Net::IPAddress::Util objects, and runtime is of critical concern. Even then, you should profile before optimizing -- radix_sort() can be very much slower, instead of very much faster, under the wrong circumstances.

:compat

Exports the Compatibility API functions listed above.

:all

Exports all exportable functions.

CONSTRUCTORS

new

Create a new Net::IPAddress::Util object, based on a well-formed IPv4 or IPv6 address string (e.g. '192.168.0.1' or 'fe80::1234:5678:90ab'), or based on what is known by this module as the "normal form", a 32-digit hex number (without the leading '0x').

IP

The exportable function IP() is a shortcut for Net::IPAddress::Util->new().

    my $xyzzy = Net::IPAddress::Util->new($foo);
    my $plugh = IP($foo); # Exactly the same thing, but with less typing

n32_to_ipv4

The exportable function n32_to_ipv4() converts an IPv4 address in "N32" format (i.e. a network-order 32-bit number) into an Net::IPAddress::Util object representing the same IPv4 address.

OBJECT METHODS

All object methods supported by Math::BigInt are supported. In addition, the following methods exist specifically for IP Address manipulation:

is_ipv4

Returns true if this object represents an IPv4 address.

ipv4

Returns the dotted-quad representation of this object, or an error if it is not an IPv4 address, for instance '192.168.0.1'.

as_n32

Returns the "N32" representation of this object (that is, a 32-bit number in network order) if this object represents an IPv4 address, or an error if it does not.

ipv6

Returns the canonical IPv6 string representation of this object, for instance 'fe80::1234:5678:90ab' or '::ffff:192.168.0.1'.

ipv6_expanded

Returns the IPv6 string representation of this object, without compressing extraneous zeroes, for instance 'fe80:0000:0000:0000:0000:1234:5678:90ab'.

normal_form

Returns the value of this object as a zero-padded 32-digit hex string, without the leading '0x', suitable (for instance) for storage in a database, or for other purposes where easy, fast sorting is desirable, for instance 'fe8000000000000000001234567890ab'.

'""'

str

If this object is an IPv4 address, it stringifies to the result of ipv4, else it stringifies to the result of ipv6.

INTERNAL FUNCTIONS

ERROR

Either confess()es or cluck()s the passed string based on the value of $Net::IPAddress::Util::DIE_ON_ERROR, and if possible returns undef.

cpanm Net::IPAddress::Util

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Net::IPAddress::Util