networklayeraddress.h

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/*
    
  This file is a part of ENUt, a library containing network
  programming utilities.
  
  Copyright (C) 2006-2008  Hasselt University - Expertise Centre for
                      Digital Media (EDM) (http://www.edm.uhasselt.be)

  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  Lesser General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
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*/

#ifndef NUT_NETWORKLAYERADDRESS_H

#define NUT_NETWORKLAYERADDRESS_H

#include "nutconfig.h"
#include <string>

namespace nut
{

enum NetworkLayerProtocol 
{       
        IPv4,   

        IPv6    
};
        
class ENUT_IMPORTEXPORT NetworkLayerAddress
{
protected:
        NetworkLayerAddress(NetworkLayerProtocol p)                                     { m_protocol = p; }
public:
        virtual ~NetworkLayerAddress()                                                  { }

        NetworkLayerProtocol getProtocol() const                                        { return m_protocol; }  
        
        virtual NetworkLayerAddress *createCopy() const = 0;

        virtual bool isSameAddress(const NetworkLayerAddress &address) const = 0;

        virtual std::string getAddressString() const = 0;
private:
        NetworkLayerProtocol m_protocol;
};
        
}

#endif // NUT_NETWORKLAYERADDRESS_H