NAME
Net::IPAM::IP - A library for reading, formatting, sorting and converting IP-addresses.
SYNOPSIS
use Net::IPAM::IP;
# parse and normalize
$ip1 = Net::IPAM::IP->new('1.2.3.4') // die 'wrong format,';
$ip2 = Net::IPAM::IP->new('fe80::1') // die 'wrong format,';
$ip3 = $ip2->incr // die 'overflow,';
say $ip1; # 1.2.3.4
say $ip2; # fe80::1
say $ip3; # fe80::2
say $ip1->cmp($ip2); # -1
say $ip2->expand; # fe80:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001
say $ip2->reverse; # 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.e.f
$ip = Net::IPAM::IP->new_from_bytes(pack('C4', 192, 168, 0, 1)); # 192.168.0.1
$ip = Net::IPAM::IP->new_from_bytes(pack('N4', 0x20010db8, 0, 0, 1,)); # 2001:db8::1METHODS
Net::IPAM::IP implements the following methods:
new
Parse the input string as IPv4/IPv6 address and returns the IP address object.
IPv4-mapped-IPv6 addresses are normalized and sorted as IPv4 addresses.
::ffff:1.2.3.4 => 1.2.3.4Returns undef on illegal input.
new_from_bytes
$ip = Net::IPAM::IP->new_from_bytes("\x0a\x00\x00\x01")Parse the input as packed IPv4/IPv6/IPv4-mapped-IPv6 address and returns the IP address object.
Croaks on illegal input.
Can be used for cloning the object:
$clone = $obj->new_from_bytes($obj->bytes);bytes
$ip = Net::IPAM::IP->new('fe80::');
$bytes = $ip->bytes; # "\xfe\x80\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
$ip = Net::IPAM::IP->new('10.0.0.1');
$bytes = $ip->bytes; # "\x0a\x00\x00\x01"Returns the packed IP address as byte-string. It's the opposite to "new_from_bytes"
cmp
Compare IP objects, returns -1, 0, +1
$this->cmp($other)
@sorted_ips = sort { $a->cmp($b) } @unsorted_ips;Fast bytewise lexical comparison of the binary representation in network byte order.
IPv4 addresses are always treated as smaller than IPv6 addresses.
version
$v = Net::IPAM::IP->new('fe80::1')->version # 6Returns 4 or 6.
to_string
Returns the input string in canonical form.
lower case hexadecimal characters
zero compression
remove leading zeros
say Net::IPAM::IP->new('Fe80::0001')->to_string; # fe80::1Stringification is overloaded with "to_string"
my $ip = Net::IPAM::IP->new('Fe80::0001') // die 'wrong format,';;
say $ip; # fe80::1incr
Returns the next IP address, returns undef on overflow.
$next_ip = Net::IPAM::IP->new('fe80::1')->incr // die 'overflow,';
say $next_ip; # fe80::2expand
Expand IP address into canonical form, useful for grep, aligned output and lexical sort
Net::IPAM::IP->new('1.2.3.4')->expand; # '001.002.003.004'
Net::IPAM::IP->new('fe80::1')->expand; # 'fe80:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001'reverse
Reverse IP address, needed for PTR entries in DNS zone files.
Net::IPAM::IP->new('fe80::1')->reverse; # '1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.e.f'
Net::IPAM::IP->new('1.2.3.4')->reverse; # '4.3.2.1'FUNCTIONS
Net::IPAM::IP implements the following functions;
incr_n($n)
Increment a packed IPv4 or IPv6 address, no need for Math::BigInt. Needed by methods in Net::IPAM::Block.
OPERATORS
Net::IPAM::IP overloads the following operators.
bool
my $bool = !!$ip;Always true.
stringify
my $str = "$ip";Alias for "to_string".
WARNING
Some Socket::inet_XtoY implementations are hopelessly buggy.
Tests are made during loading and in case of errors, these functions are redefined with a (slower) pure-perl implementation.
AUTHOR
Karl Gaissmaier, <karl.gaissmaier(at)uni-ulm.de>
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-net-ipam-ip at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at https://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Net-IPAM-IP. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Net::IPAM::IPYou can also look for information at:
on github
TODO
SEE ALSO
Net::IPAM::Block Net::IPAM::Tree
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
This software is copyright (c) 2020 by Karl Gaissmaier.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.