class Resolv::IPv6

A Resolv::DNS IPv6 address.

Constants

Regex: A composite IPv6 address Regexp.
Regex_6Hex4Dec: IPv4 mapped IPv6 address format a:b:c:d:e:f:w.x.y.z
Regex_8Hex: IPv6 address format a:b:c:d:e:f:g:h
Regex_8HexLinkLocal: IPv6 link local address format fe80:b:c:d:e:f:g:h%em1
Regex_CompressedHex: Compressed IPv6 address format a::b
Regex_CompressedHex4Dec: Compressed IPv4 mapped IPv6 address format a::b:w.x.y.z
Regex_CompressedHexLinkLocal: Compressed IPv6 link local address format fe80::b%em1

Attributes

address [R]

The raw IPv6 address as a String.

Public Class Methods

create (arg)

Creates a new IPv6 address from arg which may be:

IPv6: returns arg.
String: arg must match one of the IPv6::Regex* constants

# File lib/resolv.rb, line 3047
def self.create(arg)
  case arg
  when IPv6
    return arg
  when String
    address = ''.b
    if Regex_8Hex =~ arg
      arg.scan(/[0-9A-Fa-f]+/) {|hex| address << [hex.hex].pack('n')}
    elsif Regex_CompressedHex =~ arg
      prefix = $1
      suffix = $2
      a1 = ''.b
      a2 = ''.b
      prefix.scan(/[0-9A-Fa-f]+/) {|hex| a1 << [hex.hex].pack('n')}
      suffix.scan(/[0-9A-Fa-f]+/) {|hex| a2 << [hex.hex].pack('n')}
      omitlen = 16 - a1.length - a2.length
      address << a1 << "\0" * omitlen << a2
    elsif Regex_6Hex4Dec =~ arg
      prefix, a, b, c, d = $1, $2.to_i, $3.to_i, $4.to_i, $5.to_i
      if (0..255) === a && (0..255) === b && (0..255) === c && (0..255) === d
        prefix.scan(/[0-9A-Fa-f]+/) {|hex| address << [hex.hex].pack('n')}
        address << [a, b, c, d].pack('CCCC')
      else
        raise ArgumentError.new("not numeric IPv6 address: " + arg)
      end
    elsif Regex_CompressedHex4Dec =~ arg
      prefix, suffix, a, b, c, d = $1, $2, $3.to_i, $4.to_i, $5.to_i, $6.to_i
      if (0..255) === a && (0..255) === b && (0..255) === c && (0..255) === d
        a1 = ''.b
        a2 = ''.b
        prefix.scan(/[0-9A-Fa-f]+/) {|hex| a1 << [hex.hex].pack('n')}
        suffix.scan(/[0-9A-Fa-f]+/) {|hex| a2 << [hex.hex].pack('n')}
        omitlen = 12 - a1.length - a2.length
        address << a1 << "\0" * omitlen << a2 << [a, b, c, d].pack('CCCC')
      else
        raise ArgumentError.new("not numeric IPv6 address: " + arg)
      end
    else
      raise ArgumentError.new("not numeric IPv6 address: " + arg)
    end
    return IPv6.new(address)
  else
    raise ArgumentError.new("cannot interpret as IPv6 address: #{arg.inspect}")
  end
end

Public Instance Methods

to_name ()

Turns this IPv6 address into a Resolv::DNS::Name.

# File lib/resolv.rb, line 3118
def to_name
  return DNS::Name.new(
    @address.unpack("H32")[0].split(//).reverse + ['ip6', 'arpa'])
end