gnome-net-address

enum GnomeNetAddressType

typedef enum {
  GNOME_NET_ADDRESS_INVALID = 0, /* e.g. dns lookup failed */
  GNOME_NET_ADDRESS_INET4   = 1, /* IPv4 */
  GNOME_NET_ADDRESS_INET6   = 2  /* IPv6 */
} GnomeNetAddressType;

Represents a network address type. Currently GNOME_NET_ADDRESS_INET6 is not really supported in the the GNOME socket library.

struct GnomeNetAddress

typedef struct {
  GnomeNetAddressType type; 
  gpointer address;
  guint address_size; /* this must be in _host_ byte order */
} GnomeNetAddress;

gnome_net_address_new ()

GnomeNetAddress* gnome_net_address_new      (GnomeNetAddressType type);

Creates a new network address. If you need, you can fill the address octet-by-octet writing it into the address field of the structure.

gnome_net_address_dup ()

GnomeNetAddress* gnome_net_address_dup      (GnomeNetAddress *addr);

Duplicates a network address, creating a copy.

gnome_net_address_destroy ()

void        gnome_net_address_destroy       (GnomeNetAddress *addr);

Frees the memory allocated for addr.