addr.h 2.35 KB
/*
 * Copyright (C) 2015 Martine Lenders <mlenders@inf.fu-berlin.de>
 *
 * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
 * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
 * directory for more details.
 */

/**
 * @defgroup    net_ipv4_addr   IPv4 addresses
 * @ingroup     net_ipv4
 * @brief       IPv4 address types and helper function
 * @{
 *
 * @file
 * @brief   IPv6 address type and helper functions definitions
 *
 * @author  Martine Lenders <mlenders@inf.fu-berlin.de>
 */
#ifndef NET_IPV4_ADDR_H
#define NET_IPV4_ADDR_H

#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdint.h>

#include "byteorder.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/**
 * @brief   Maximum length of an IPv4 address as string.
 */
#define IPV4_ADDR_MAX_STR_LEN       (sizeof("255.255.255.255"))

/**
 * @brief Data type to represent an IPv4 address.
 */
typedef union {
    uint8_t u8[4];          /**< as 4 8-bit unsigned integer */
    network_uint32_t u32;   /**< as 32-bit unsigned integer */
} ipv4_addr_t;

/**
 * @brief   Checks if two IPv4 addresses are equal.
 *
 * @param[in] a     An IPv4 address.
 * @param[in] b     Another IPv4 address.
 *
 * @return  true, if @p a and @p b are equal
 * @return  false, otherwise.
 */
static inline bool ipv4_addr_equal(ipv4_addr_t *a, ipv4_addr_t *b)
{
    return (a->u32.u32 == b->u32.u32);
}

/**
 * @brief   Converts an IPv4 address to its string representation
 *
 * @param[out] result       The resulting string representation of at least
 *                          @ref IPV4_ADDR_MAX_STR_LEN.
 * @param[in] addr          An IPv4 address
 * @param[in] result_len    Length of @p result
 *
 * @return  @p result, on success
 * @return  NULL, if @p result_len was lesser than IPV4_ADDR_MAX_STR_LEN
 * @return  NULL, if @p result or @p addr was NULL
 */
char *ipv4_addr_to_str(char *result, const ipv4_addr_t *addr, uint8_t result_len);

/**
 * @brief   Converts an IPv4 address string representation to a byte-represented
 *          IPv4 address
 *
 * @param[in] result    The resulting byte representation
 * @param[in] addr      An IPv4 address string representation
 *
 * @return  @p result, on success
 * @return  NULL, if @p addr was malformed
 * @return  NULL, if @p result or @p addr was NULL
 */
ipv4_addr_t *ipv4_addr_from_str(ipv4_addr_t *result, const char *addr);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* NET_IPV4_ADDR_H */
/** @} */