NE_IADDR_MAKE(3)						neon API reference						  NE_IADDR_MAKE(3)

NAME

       ne_iaddr_make, ne_iaddr_cmp, ne_iaddr_print, ne_iaddr_typeof, ne_iaddr_free - functions to manipulate and compare network addresses

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ne_socket.h>

       typedef enum {
	   ne_iaddr_ipv4 = 0,
	   ne_iaddr_ipv6 } ne_iaddr_type;

       ne_inet_addr *ne_iaddr_make (ne_iaddr_type type, const unsigned char *raw);

       int ne_iaddr_cmp (const ne_inet_addr *ia1, const ne_inet_addr *ia2);

       char *ne_iaddr_print (const ne_inet_addr *ia, char *buffer, size_t bufsiz);

       ne_iaddr_type ne_iaddr_typeof (const ne_inet_addr *ia);

       void ne_iaddr_free (const ne_inet_addr *ia);

DESCRIPTION

       ne_iaddr_make  creates  an ne_inet_addr object from a raw binary network address; for instance the four bytes 0x7f 0x00 0x00 0x01 represent
       the IPv4 address 127.0.0.1. The object returned is suitable for passing to ne_sock_connect. A binary IPv4 address contains  four  bytes;  a
       binary IPv6 address contains sixteen bytes; addresses passed must be in network byte order.

       ne_iaddr_cmp can be used to compare two network addresses; returning zero only if they are identical. The addresses need not be of the same
       address type; if the addresses are not of the same type, the return value is guaranteed to be non-zero.

       ne_iaddr_print can be used to print the human-readable string representation of a network address into a buffer, for  instance  the  string
       "127.0.0.1".

       ne_iaddr_typeof returns the type of the given network address.

       ne_iaddr_free releases the memory associated with a network address object.

RETURN VALUE

       ne_iaddr_make returns NULL if the address type passed is not supported (for instance on a platform which does not support IPv6).

       ne_iaddr_print returns the buffer pointer, and never NULL.

EXAMPLES

       The following example connects a socket to port 80 at the address 127.0.0.1.

       unsigned char addr[] = "x7fx00x00x01";
       ne_inet_addr *ia;

       ia = ne_iaddr_make(ne_iaddr_ipv4, addr);
       if (ia != NULL) {
	   ne_socket *sock = ne_sock_connect(ia, 80);
	   ne_iaddr_free(ia);
	   /* ... */
       } else {
	   /* ... */
       }

SEE ALSO

       ne_addr_resolve(3)

AUTHOR

       Joe Orton <neon@webdav.org>.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |Availability	    | SUNWneon	      |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |Interface Stability | Volatile	      |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
NOTES

       Source for Neon is available on http://opensolaris.org.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |Availability	    | SUNWneon	      |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |Interface Stability | Volatile	      |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
NOTES

       Source for Neon is available on http://opensolaris.org.

neon 0.25.5							  20 January 2006						  NE_IADDR_MAKE(3)