Re: sockets Interface for address class

From: dmoore99atwork (dmoore_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-27 13:55:43

--- In boost_at_y..., Iain.Hanson_at_u... wrote:
>      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.
>      

If you need it to interoperate with the "C" sockets API, you need 
something along the lines of

operator const sockaddr *() const;
-or-
operator const protocol_address_representation *() const;

-and-
size_t length() const;

You *may* also want to provide mutator and accessor access to the 
address family member of the structure, although if I recall from 
your earlier posts, that would be a template parameter to the class 
in your design, right?

Dave