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A Resolv::DNS IPv4 address.

Methods
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Constants

Regex = /\A(#{Regex256})\.(#{Regex256})\.(#{Regex256})\.(#{Regex256})\z/
 
Regex256 = /0 |1(?:[0-9][0-9]?)? |2(?:[0-4][0-9]?|5[0-5]?|[6-9])? |[3-9][0-9]?/x
 

Regular expression IPv4 addresses must match.

Attributes

[R] address

The raw IPv4 address as a String.

Class Public methods

create(arg)

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# File ruby/lib/resolv.rb, line 2841
def self.create(arg)
  case arg
  when IPv4
    return arg
  when Regex
    if (0..255) === (a = $1.to_i) &&
       (0..255) === (b = $2.to_i) &&
       (0..255) === (c = $3.to_i) &&
       (0..255) === (d = $4.to_i)
      return self.new([a, b, c, d].pack("CCCC"))
    else
      raise ArgumentError.new("IPv4 address with invalid value: " + arg)
    end
  else
    raise ArgumentError.new("cannot interpret as IPv4 address: #{arg.inspect}")
  end
end

Instance Public methods

to_name()

Turns this IPv4 address into a Resolv::DNS::Name.

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# File ruby/lib/resolv.rb, line 2888
def to_name
  return DNS::Name.create(
    '%d.%d.%d.%d.in-addr.arpa.' % @address.unpack('CCCC').reverse)
end