Network

Types

using ifaddr_message_container = sys::netlink_container< sys::ifaddr_message_header >
Netlink container for interface address messages.

Enumerations

enum ifaddr_message_type: u16
Interface address message types.
enum ifaddr_attribute: u32
Interface address attributes.
enum netlink_message_type: u16
Netlink message types.
enum netlink_message_flags: u16
Netlink message flags.
enum socket_address_family: sa_family_type
Socket address families.

Classes

template <class Ch, class Tr = std::char_traits<Ch>, class Size = u32>
class sys::basic_bstream
Input/output stream that reads/writes everything in binary format with network byte order.

Ch

character type

Tr

character traits type

Size

size type (defaults to 4-byte integer)

Date
2018-04-20
template <class Addr>
class sys::interface_address
Network interface address.
Date
2018-05-23
class sys::interface_address_iterator
Iterator for interface addresses of the computer.
Date
2018-05-23
See
getifaddrs(3)
class sys::ipv4_address
IPv4 address class.
Date
2018-05-23
class sys::ipv4_socket_address
IPv4 socket address wrapper.
Date
2020-11-10
class sys::ipv6_address
IPv6 address class.
Date
2018-05-23
class sys::ipv6_socket_address
IPv4 socket address wrapper.
Date
2020-11-10
template <class T>
class sys::netlink_attribute_iterator
Iterator for netlink message attributes.
Date
2018-05-25
template <class T>
class sys::netlink_message_iterator
Iterator for netlink multipart messages.
Date
2018-05-25
class sys::netlink_header
Netlink message header. A wrapper around nlmsghdr system type (see netlink(7)).
Date
2018-05-24
template <class A>
class sys::rtattributes
Netlink route attributes.

A

attribute enumeration

A wrapper around rtattr system type (see rtnetlink(7)).
Date
2018-05-24
class sys::ifaddr_message
Netlink interaface address message. A wrapper around ifaddrmsg system type (see rtnetlink(7)).
Date
2018-05-24
class sys::ifaddr_message_header
Netlink interface address message header. A wrapper around nlmsghdr for ifaddrmsg netlink messages (see rtnetlink(7)).
Date
2018-05-24
template <class T>
class sys::netlink_container
Container for netlink messages.
Date
2018-05-25
class sys::socket
Socket wrapper.
- Socket is a file descriptor which is used for communication.
- Usually, sockets are used for network communication.
- The socket is non-blocking and automatically closed on child process execution.
Date
2018-05-24
class sys::socket_address
Socket address wrapper. This class wraps all socket address types. Socket address is retrieved with sockaddr method and its length with sockaddrlen method.
- This is variant class, type of which is encoded in address family.
Date
2018-05-23
template <class Address>
class sys::subnet_iterator
Iterator, that traverses IP addresses in a subnetwork.
Date
2018-05-24
class sys::unix_socket_address
IPv4 socket address wrapper.
Date
2020-11-10

Structs

template <class Address>
struct sys::ipaddr_traits
IP-address generic functions.
Date
2018-05-23
struct sys::streambuf_traits< socket >
Stream buffer traits for socket.
Date
2018-05-24

Unions

template <class T, class Ch = char>
union sys::bytes
Container, that uses object binary representation as its contents.

T

object type

Ch

character (byte) type

Date
2018-05-23

Functions

template <class T>
make_bytes(T rhs) -> constexpr bytes< T >
Construct byte sequence from object rhs.
byte_swap(unsigned __int128 x) -> unsigned __int128
Specialisation for built-in 16-byte unsigned integer.
byte_swap(u128 x) -> u128
Specialisation for 16-byte unsigned integer.
byte_swap< u64 >(u64 n) -> constexpr u64
Specialisation for 8-byte unsigned integer.
byte_swap< u32 >(u32 n) -> constexpr u32
Specialisation for 4-byte unsigned integer.
byte_swap< u16 >(u16 n) -> constexpr u16
Specialisation for 2-byte unsigned integer.
byte_swap< u8 >(u8 n) -> constexpr u8
Specialisation for 1-byte unsigned integer.
template <class T>
byte_swap(T n) -> T
Byte-swapping function.
- There are specialisations for standard unsigned integer types.
- Specialisations are compile-time where supported.
Date
2018-05-23
template <class T>
to_host_format(T n) -> constexpr T
Converts binary representation of n in network byte order to native byte order if needed.
Date
2018-05-23
template <class T>
to_network_format(T n) -> constexpr T
Converts binary representation of n in native byte order to network byte order if needed.
Date
2018-05-23
is_network_byte_order() -> constexpr bool
Returns true if this archiecture uses network byte order (little-endian). Compile-time constant expression.
Date
2018-05-23
template <class T>
bit_count(T value) -> unsigned int
Count the number of bits that are set in value.
- Uses std::bitset for generic implementation.
- There are optimised implementations for standard unsigned integer types.
Date
2018-05-23