sockets Interface for address class

From: Iain.Hanson_at_[hidden]
Date: 2002-02-27 13:47:24

     The following is the interface for a unicast address in psudo code. 
     I'm not that enamoured by the names of the mutator and accessor 
     methods so if anyone has better suggestions they would be welcome. I'd 
     appreciate comments, is this interface complete ? is it too fat? etc.
     
     
     class address
     {
     public:
     
     // none of the following ctors need marshalling address ( );
     
     // sockaddr_in or in6
     address ( protocol_address_representation & Address );
     
     address ( address & Rhs );
     
     address & operator= ( address & Rhs );
     
     // the following two need marshalling 
     address ( const char * Address , port_type Port = any_port );
     
     explicit address ( const std::string & Address , 
     port_type Port = any_port );
     
     // mutators
     reset ( const char * Address , port_type Port );
     
     reset_address ( const char * Address  );
     
     reset_port (  port_type Port );
     
     
     // accessors
     const char * c_str ( ) const;
     
     const port_type port ( )
     
     
     };
     
     plus ostream and istream operators
     
     
     /ikh

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