IPUtilities

IPAddressToText MakeIPAddress TextToIPAddress

Attributes

Class IPUtilities defines no new attributes.

Fields

instance IPUtilities tag;
end instance;

Define Class IPUtilities;
    inherits from Object;

    intrinsic MakeIPAddress(hostName: Text): Unsigned;
        // returns the IP address for a 'hostName' of the form "1.2.3.4" or
        // "host.acme.net", invoking DNS if necessary.  This method conveniently
        // wraps TextToIPAddress & GetHostByName(iDNSResolver,...) in a single call.

    intrinsic IPAddressToText(ipAddress: Unsigned): Text;
        // converts 0x01020304 -> "1.2.3.4"
    intrinsic TextToIPAddress(dottedText: Text): Unsigned;
        // converts "1.2.3.4" -> 0x01020304
end class;