com.trolltech.qt.network
Class QHostAddress

java.lang.Object
  com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter
      com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiObject
          com.trolltech.qt.network.QHostAddress

All Implemented Interfaces:

QtJambiInterface, java.lang.Cloneable

public class QHostAddress
extends QtJambiObject
implements java.lang.Cloneable

The QHostAddress class provides an IP address. This class holds an IPv4 or IPv6 address in a platform- and protocol-independent manner.

QHostAddress is normally used with the QTcpSocket, QTcpServer, and QUdpSocket to connect to a host or to set up a server.

A host address is set with setAddress(), checked for its type using isIPv4Address() or isIPv6Address(), and retrieved with toIPv4Address(), toIPv6Address(), or toString().

The class also supports common predefined addresses: Null , LocalHost , LocalHostIPv6 , Broadcast , and Any .

See also:

QTcpSocket, QTcpServer, and QUdpSocket.

Nested Class Summary

static class

QHostAddress.SpecialAddress

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter

QSignalEmitter.Signal0, QSignalEmitter.Signal1, QSignalEmitter.Signal2, QSignalEmitter.Signal3, QSignalEmitter.Signal4, QSignalEmitter.Signal5, QSignalEmitter.Signal6, QSignalEmitter.Signal7, QSignalEmitter.Signal8, QSignalEmitter.Signal9

Constructor Summary

QHostAddress()
Constructs a host address object with the IP address 0.0.0.0.

QHostAddress(int ip4Addr)
Constructs a host address object with the IPv4 address ip4Addr.

QHostAddress(QHostAddress.SpecialAddress address)
Constructs a QHostAddress object for address.

QHostAddress(QHostAddress copy)
Constructs a copy of the given address.

QHostAddress(QIPv6Address ip6Addr)
Creates a QHostAddress from the specified ip6Addr address.

QHostAddress(java.lang.String address)
Constructs an IPv4 or IPv6 address based on the string address (e.g., "127.0.0.1").

Method Summary

void	clear() Sets the host address to 0.0.0.0.
QHostAddress	clone() This method is reimplemented for internal reasons
static QHostAddress	fromNativePointer(QNativePointer nativePointer) This method returns the QHostAddress instance pointed to by nativePointer.
boolean	isNull() Returns true if this host address is null (INADDR_ANY or in6addr_any).
static QNativePointer	nativePointerArray(QHostAddress[] array) This function returns a QNativePointer that is pointing to the specified QHostAddress array.
QAbstractSocket.NetworkLayerProtocol	protocol() Returns the network layer protocol of the host address.
void	readFrom(QDataStream arg__1) Reads a QHostAddress
java.lang.String	scopeId() Returns the scope ID of an IPv6 address.
void	setAddress(int ip4Addr) Set the IPv4 address specified by ip4Addr.
void	setAddress(QIPv6Address ip6Addr) Sets the address of this QHostAddress to ip6Addr.
boolean	setAddress(java.lang.String address) Sets the IPv4 or IPv6 address specified by the string representation specified by address (e.g.
void	setScopeId(java.lang.String id) Sets the IPv6 scope ID of the address to id.
int	toIPv4Address() Returns the IPv4 address as a number.
QIPv6Address	toIPv6Address() Returns the IPv6 address as a Q_IPV6ADDR structure.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of the this QHostAddress.
void	writeTo(QDataStream arg__1) Writes thisQHostAddress

Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiObject

dispose, disposed, equals, finalize, reassignNativeResources, tr, tr, tr

Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter

blockSignals, disconnect, disconnect, signalsBlocked, signalSender, thread

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiInterface

disableGarbageCollection, nativeId, nativePointer, reenableGarbageCollection, setJavaOwnership

Constructor Detail

QHostAddress

public QHostAddress()

Constructs a host address object with the IP address 0.0.0.0.

See also:

clear().

QHostAddress

public QHostAddress(QHostAddress.SpecialAddress address)

Constructs a QHostAddress object for address.

QHostAddress

public QHostAddress(QHostAddress copy)

Constructs a copy of the given address.

QHostAddress

public QHostAddress(QIPv6Address ip6Addr)

Creates a QHostAddress from the specified ip6Addr address.

QHostAddress

public QHostAddress(java.lang.String address)

Constructs an IPv4 or IPv6 address based on the string address (e.g., "127.0.0.1").

See also:

setAddress().

QHostAddress

public QHostAddress(int ip4Addr)

Constructs a host address object with the IPv4 address ip4Addr.

Method Detail

clear

public final void clear()

Sets the host address to 0.0.0.0.

isNull

public final boolean isNull()

Returns true if this host address is null (INADDR_ANY or in6addr_any). The default constructor creates a null address, and that address is not valid for any host or interface.

writeTo

public final void writeTo(QDataStream arg__1)

Writes thisQHostAddress

readFrom

public final void readFrom(QDataStream arg__1)

Reads a QHostAddress

protocol

public final QAbstractSocket.NetworkLayerProtocol protocol()

Returns the network layer protocol of the host address.

scopeId

public final java.lang.String scopeId()

Returns the scope ID of an IPv6 address. For IPv4 addresses, or if the address does not contain a scope ID, an empty QString is returned.

The IPv6 scope ID specifies the scope of reachability for non-global IPv6 addresses, limiting the area in which the address can be used. All IPv6 addresses are associated with such a reachability scope. The scope ID is used to disambiguate addresses that are not guaranteed to be globally unique.

IPv6 specifies the following four levels of reachability:

• Node-local: Addresses that are only used for communicating with services on the same interface (e.g., the loopback interface "::1").
• Link-local: Addresses that are local to the network interface (link). There is always one link-local address for each IPv6 interface on your host. Link-local addresses ("fe80...") are generated from the MAC address of the local network adaptor, and are not guaranteed to be unique.
• Site-local: Addresses that are local to the site / private network (e.g., the company intranet). Site-local addresses ("fec0...") are usually distributed by the site router, and are not guaranteed to be unique outside of the local site.
• Global: For globally routable addresses, such as public servers on the Internet.

When using a link-local or site-local address for IPv6 connections, you must specify the scope ID. The scope ID for a link-local address is usually the same as the interface name (e.g., "eth0", "en1") or number (e.g., "1", "2").

See also:

setScopeId().

setAddress

public final void setAddress(QIPv6Address ip6Addr)

Sets the address of this QHostAddress to ip6Addr.

setAddress

public final boolean setAddress(java.lang.String address)

Sets the IPv4 or IPv6 address specified by the string representation specified by address (e.g. "127.0.0.1"). Returns true and sets the address if the address was successfully parsed; otherwise returns false.

setAddress

public final void setAddress(int ip4Addr)

Set the IPv4 address specified by ip4Addr.

setScopeId

public final void setScopeId(java.lang.String id)

Sets the IPv6 scope ID of the address to id. If the address protocol is not IPv6, this function does nothing.

See also:

scopeId().

toIPv4Address

public final int toIPv4Address()

Returns the IPv4 address as a number.

For example, if the address is 127.0.0.1, the returned value is 2130706433 (i.e. 0x7f000001).

This value is only valid if isIp4Addr() returns true.

See also:

toString().

toIPv6Address

public final QIPv6Address toIPv6Address()

Returns the IPv6 address as a Q_IPV6ADDR structure. The structure consists of 16 unsigned characters.

        Q_IPV6ADDR addr = hostAddr.toIPv6Address();
        // addr contains 16 unsigned characters

        for (int i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
            // process addr[i]
        }

This value is only valid if isIPv6Address() returns true.

See also:

toString().

toString

public final java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of the this QHostAddress.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

fromNativePointer

public static QHostAddress fromNativePointer(QNativePointer nativePointer)

This method returns the QHostAddress instance pointed to by nativePointer.

nativePointerArray

public static QNativePointer nativePointerArray(QHostAddress[] array)

This function returns a QNativePointer that is pointing to the specified QHostAddress array.

clone

public QHostAddress clone()

This method is reimplemented for internal reasons

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object