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1 //
2 // Copyright (c) 2026 Vinnie Falco (vinnie.falco@gmail.com)
3 // Copyright (c) 2026 Michael Vandeberg
4 //
5 // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
6 // file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
7 //
8 // Official repository: https://github.com/cppalliance/corosio
9 //
10
11 #ifndef BOOST_COROSIO_IPV6_ADDRESS_HPP
12 #define BOOST_COROSIO_IPV6_ADDRESS_HPP
13
14 #include <boost/corosio/detail/config.hpp>
15 #include <boost/corosio/ipv4_address.hpp>
16
17 #include <boost/capy/results.hpp>
18
19 #include <array>
20 #include <compare>
21 #include <cstdint>
22 #include <functional>
23 #include <iosfwd>
24 #include <string>
25 #include <string_view>
26 #include <system_error>
27
28 namespace boost::corosio {
29
30 /** An IP version 6 style address.
31
32 Objects of this type are used to construct,
33 parse, and manipulate IP version 6 addresses.
34
35 @par BNF
36 @code
37 IPv6address = 6( h16 ":" ) ls32
38 / "::" 5( h16 ":" ) ls32
39 / [ h16 ] "::" 4( h16 ":" ) ls32
40 / [ *1( h16 ":" ) h16 ] "::" 3( h16 ":" ) ls32
41 / [ *2( h16 ":" ) h16 ] "::" 2( h16 ":" ) ls32
42 / [ *3( h16 ":" ) h16 ] "::" h16 ":" ls32
43 / [ *4( h16 ":" ) h16 ] "::" ls32
44 / [ *5( h16 ":" ) h16 ] "::" h16
45 / [ *6( h16 ":" ) h16 ] "::"
46
47 ls32 = ( h16 ":" h16 ) / IPv4address
48 ; least-significant 32 bits of address
49
50 h16 = 1*4HEXDIG
51 ; 16 bits of address represented in hexadecimal
52
53 IPv6addrz = IPv6address "%" ZoneID
54 ; rfc6874: an address qualified by its zone
55 @endcode
56
57 The zone accepts a strict decimal interface index on every
58 platform; where the platform names interfaces (POSIX), an
59 interface name maps through `if_nametoindex`. An unknown name
60 or malformed index is a parse error, never a silent zone 0.
61 Formatting always emits the numeric form (`%2`).
62
63 @par Specification
64 @li <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4291"
65 >IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture (rfc4291)</a>
66 @li <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.2.2"
67 >3.2.2. Host (rfc3986)</a>
68
69 @see
70 @ref ipv4_address,
71 @ref make_ipv6_address
72 */
73 class BOOST_COROSIO_DECL ipv6_address
74 {
75 std::array<unsigned char, 16> addr_{};
76 std::uint32_t scope_id_ = 0;
77
78 public:
79 /** The number of characters in the longest possible IPv6 string.
80
81 The longest address body is the IPv4-mapped form
82 `ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:255.255.255.255` (45 characters). A
83 numeric zone suffix adds up to eleven more (`%4294967295`), for a
84 worst case of 56; the constant carries a little slack.
85 */
86 static constexpr std::size_t max_str_len = 60;
87
88 /** The type used to represent an address as an array of bytes.
89
90 Octets are stored in network byte order.
91 */
92 using bytes_type = std::array<unsigned char, 16>;
93
94 /** Default constructor.
95
96 Constructs the unspecified address (::).
97
98 @li <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4291#section-2.5.2"
99 >2.5.2. The Unspecified Address</a>
100
101 @see
102 @ref is_unspecified
103 */
104 304777x ipv6_address() = default;
105
106 /** Copy constructor.
107 */
108 ipv6_address(ipv6_address const&) = default;
109
110 /** Copy assignment.
111
112 @return A reference to this object.
113 */
114 ipv6_address& operator=(ipv6_address const&) = default;
115
116 /** Construct from an array of bytes.
117
118 This function constructs an address
119 from the array in `bytes`, which is
120 interpreted in big-endian.
121
122 @param bytes The value to construct from.
123 @param scope_id The zone the address belongs to, as an
124 interface index; 0 means unscoped.
125 */
126 explicit ipv6_address(
127 bytes_type const& bytes, std::uint32_t scope_id = 0) noexcept;
128
129 /** Return the zone the address belongs to.
130
131 Link-local addresses (`fe80::/10`) are unique only per network link,
132 so the address bits alone do not identify a destination. The zone —
133 an interface index, written with a `%` suffix in text form —
134 disambiguates. For global addresses the zone is 0 and has no
135 meaning.
136
137 @return The zone as an interface index; 0 if unscoped.
138
139 @par Specification
140 @li <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4007"
141 >IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture (rfc4007)</a>
142 */
143 177x std::uint32_t scope_id() const noexcept
144 {
145 177x return scope_id_;
146 }
147
148 /** Construct from an IPv4 address.
149
150 This function constructs an IPv6 address
151 from the IPv4 address `addr`. The resulting
152 address is an IPv4-Mapped IPv6 Address.
153
154 @param addr The address to construct from.
155
156 @par Specification
157 @li <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4291#section-2.5.5.2"
158 >2.5.5.2. IPv4-Mapped IPv6 Address (rfc4291)</a>
159 */
160 explicit ipv6_address(ipv4_address const& addr) noexcept;
161
162 /** Return the address as bytes, in network byte order.
163
164 The 16 bytes cannot carry the zone: for a scoped address
165 the result identifies the value only together with
166 @ref scope_id.
167
168 @return The address as an array of bytes.
169 */
170 261x bytes_type to_bytes() const noexcept
171 {
172 261x return addr_;
173 }
174
175 /** Return the address as a string.
176
177 The returned string does not
178 contain surrounding square brackets.
179
180 @par Example
181 @par !example to_string
182
183 @return The address as a string.
184
185 @par Specification
186 @li <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4291#section-2.2">
187 2.2. Text Representation of Addresses (rfc4291)</a>
188 */
189 std::string to_string() const;
190
191 /** Write a string representing the address to a buffer.
192
193 The resulting buffer is not null-terminated.
194
195 @throws std::length_error `dest_size < ipv6_address::max_str_len`
196
197 @param dest The buffer in which to write,
198 which must have at least `dest_size` space.
199
200 @param dest_size The size of the output buffer.
201
202 @return The formatted string view.
203 */
204 std::string_view to_buffer(char* dest, std::size_t dest_size) const;
205
206 /** Return true if the address is unspecified.
207
208 The address 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 is called the
209 unspecified address. It indicates the
210 absence of an address.
211
212 @return `true` if the address is unspecified.
213
214 @par Specification
215 @li <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4291#section-2.5.2">
216 2.5.2. The Unspecified Address (rfc4291)</a>
217 */
218 bool is_unspecified() const noexcept;
219
220 /** Return true if the address is a loopback address.
221
222 The unicast address 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 is called
223 the loopback address. It may be used by a node
224 to send an IPv6 packet to itself.
225
226 @return `true` if the address is a loopback address.
227
228 @par Specification
229 @li <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4291#section-2.5.3">
230 2.5.3. The Loopback Address (rfc4291)</a>
231 */
232 bool is_loopback() const noexcept;
233
234 /** Return true if the address is a mapped IPv4 address.
235
236 This address type is used to represent the
237 addresses of IPv4 nodes as IPv6 addresses.
238
239 @return `true` if the address is a mapped IPv4 address.
240
241 @par Specification
242 @li <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4291#section-2.5.5.2">
243 2.5.5.2. IPv4-Mapped IPv6 Address (rfc4291)</a>
244 */
245 bool is_v4_mapped() const noexcept;
246
247 /** Convert a v4-mapped address to the IPv4 address it maps.
248
249 This is the inverse of the mapping constructor
250 `ipv6_address(ipv4_address const&)`: it extracts the low
251 32 bits of an IPv4-Mapped IPv6 Address (`::ffff:a.b.c.d`)
252 as an `ipv4_address`.
253
254 @throws std::system_error `errc::address_family_not_supported`
255 if the address is not v4-mapped.
256
257 @return The mapped IPv4 address.
258
259 @par Specification
260 @li <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4291#section-2.5.5.2">
261 2.5.5.2. IPv4-Mapped IPv6 Address (rfc4291)</a>
262
263 @see
264 @ref is_v4_mapped
265 */
266 ipv4_address to_v4() const;
267
268 /** Return true if the address is a multicast address.
269
270 IPv6 multicast addresses have the prefix ff00::/8.
271
272 @return `true` if the address is a multicast address.
273
274 @par Specification
275 @li <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4291#section-2.7">
276 2.7. Multicast Addresses (rfc4291)</a>
277 */
278 bool is_multicast() const noexcept;
279
280 /** Return true if two addresses are equal.
281
282 Addresses are equal if they have the same bytes and the
283 same zone: the same link-local bits on different links are
284 different destinations.
285
286 @return `true` if the addresses are equal.
287 */
288 friend bool
289 52x operator==(ipv6_address const& a1, ipv6_address const& a2) noexcept
290 {
291 52x return a1.addr_ == a2.addr_ && a1.scope_id_ == a2.scope_id_;
292 }
293
294 /** Order two addresses.
295
296 Establishes a strict total ordering consistent with
297 `operator==`: addresses are ordered lexicographically by
298 their bytes in network order, then by zone. This makes
299 `ipv6_address` usable as a key in ordered containers such
300 as `std::map` and `std::set`.
301
302 @return The relative order of `a1` and `a2`.
303 */
304 friend std::strong_ordering
305 17x operator<=>(ipv6_address const& a1, ipv6_address const& a2) noexcept
306 {
307 17x if (auto c = a1.addr_ <=> a2.addr_; c != 0)
308 6x return c;
309 11x return a1.scope_id_ <=> a2.scope_id_;
310 }
311
312 /** Return an address object that represents the unspecified address.
313
314 The address 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 (::) may be used to bind a socket
315 to all available interfaces.
316
317 @return The unspecified address (::).
318 */
319 19x static ipv6_address any() noexcept
320 {
321 19x return ipv6_address();
322 }
323
324 /** Return an address object that represents the loopback address.
325
326 The unicast address 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 is called
327 the loopback address. It may be used by a node
328 to send an IPv6 packet to itself.
329
330 @par Specification
331 @li <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4291#section-2.5.3">
332 2.5.3. The Loopback Address (rfc4291)</a>
333
334 @return The loopback address (::1).
335 */
336 static ipv6_address loopback() noexcept;
337
338 /** Format the address to an output stream.
339
340 This function writes the address to an
341 output stream using standard notation.
342
343 @return The output stream, for chaining.
344
345 @param os The output stream to write to.
346
347 @param addr The address to write.
348 */
349 friend BOOST_COROSIO_DECL std::ostream&
350 operator<<(std::ostream& os, ipv6_address const& addr);
351
352 private:
353 std::size_t print_impl(char* dest) const noexcept;
354 };
355
356 /** Create an IPv6 address from a string.
357
358 This function attempts to parse the string as an IPv6 address. It
359 returns an error code if the string holds no valid IPv6 address.
360
361 @par Exception Safety
362 Throws nothing.
363
364 @par Specification
365 @li <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986#section-3.2.2"
366 >3.2.2. Host (rfc3986)</a>
367
368 @param s The string to parse.
369 @return The error code, empty on success, and the parsed
370 address — default-constructed on failure.
371 */
372 [[nodiscard]] BOOST_COROSIO_DECL capy::results<ipv6_address>
373 make_ipv6_address(std::string_view s) noexcept;
374
375 } // namespace boost::corosio
376
377 namespace std {
378
379 /// Hash support for `boost::corosio::ipv6_address`.
380 template<>
381 struct hash<boost::corosio::ipv6_address>
382 {
383 /// Return the hash of `addr`.
384 std::size_t
385 21x operator()(boost::corosio::ipv6_address const& addr) const noexcept
386 {
387 21x auto const bytes = addr.to_bytes();
388 21x auto const h = hash<std::string_view>()(std::string_view(
389 21x reinterpret_cast<char const*>(bytes.data()), bytes.size()));
390 // The zone participates in equality, so it must feed the
391 // hash; combine so it cannot cancel the byte entropy
392 21x auto const z = hash<std::uint32_t>()(addr.scope_id());
393 21x return h ^ (z + 0x9e3779b9u + (h << 6) + (h >> 2));
394 }
395 };
396
397 } // namespace std
398
399 #endif
400