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InetMaskAddress Class Reference Internet addresses used specifically as masking addresses (such as " 255.255.255.0") are held in the InetMaskAddress derived object. Internet Address Mask such as subnet masks. More... #include <socket.h> Inheritance diagram for InetMaskAddress: List of all members. Public Methods   InetMaskAddress (const char *mask)   Create the mask from a null terminated ASCII string such as "255.255.255.128". More... InetAddress&  operator= (unsigned long addr)   Allows assignment from the return of functions like inet_addr() or htonl(). Friends InetHostAddress  operator & (const InetHostAddress &addr, const InetMaskAddress &mask)   Masks are usually used to coerce host addresses into a specific router or class domain. More... Detailed Description Internet addresses used specifically as masking addresses (such as " 255.255.255.0") are held in the InetMaskAddress derived object. Internet Address Mask such as subnet masks. The seperate class is used so that C++ type casting can automatically determine when an InetAddress object is really a mask address object rather than simply using the base class. This also allows manipulative operators for address masking to operate only when presented with a Masked address as well as providing cleaner and safer source. Author(s): David Sugar <dyfet@ostel.com> Constructor & Destructor Documentation InetMaskAddress::InetMaskAddress ( const char * mask )   Create the mask from a null terminated ASCII string such as "255.255.255.128". Parameters: mask   null terminated ASCII mask string. Member Function Documentation InetAddress & InetMaskAddress::operator= ( unsigned long addr ) [inline]   Allows assignment from the return of functions like inet_addr() or htonl(). Reimplemented from InetAddress. Friends And Related Function Documentation InetHostAddress operator & ( const InetHostAddress & addr, const InetMaskAddress & mask ) [friend]   Masks are usually used to coerce host addresses into a specific router or class domain. This can be done by taking the Inet Host Address object and "and"ing it with an address mask. This operation can be directly expressed in C++ through the & operator. Returns: a internet host address that has been masked. Parameters: addr   host address to be masked by subnet. mask   inetnet mask address object to mask by. The documentation for this class was generated from the following file: socket.h