## NAME

ACE_Addr - Defines the base class for the "address family independent" address format.

## SYNOPSIS

    #include <ace/Addr.h>

    class ACE_Addr
    {
      public:
        ACE_Addr (int type = -1, int size = -1);
        virtual ~ACE_Addr (void);
        int get_size (void) const;
        void set_size (int size);
        int get_type (void) const;
        void set_type (int type);
        virtual void *get_addr (void) const;
        virtual void set_addr (void *, int len);
        int operator == (const ACE_Addr &sap) const;
        int operator != (const ACE_Addr &sap) const;
        void base_set (int type, int size);
        static const ACE_Addr &sap_any (void);
        static const ACE_Addr sap_any;
        virtual u_long hash (void) const;
        void dump (void) const;
        ACE_ALLOC_HOOK_DECLARE;
      protected:
        int addr_type_;
        int addr_size_;
    };

## Initialization and termination methods.

    ACE_Addr (int type = -1, int size = -1);

Initializes instance variables.

    virtual ~ACE_Addr (void);

Destructor.

## Get/set the size of the address.

    int get_size (void) const;

Return the size of the address.

    void set_size (int size);

Sets the size of the address.

## Get/set the type of the address.

    int get_type (void) const;

Get the type of the address.

    void set_type (int type);

Set the type of the address.

    virtual void *get_addr (void) const;

Return a pointer to the address.

    virtual void set_addr (void *, int len);

Set a pointer to the address.

## Equality/inequality tests

    int operator == (const ACE_Addr &sap) const;

Check for address equality.

    int operator != (const ACE_Addr &sap) const;

Check for address inequality.

    void base_set (int type, int size);

Initializes instance variables.

    static const ACE_Addr &sap_any (void);

Wild-card address.

This #define works around broken C++ compilers...

    static const ACE_Addr sap_any;

Wild-card address.

    virtual u_long hash (void) const;

Returns a hash value. This should be overwritten by a subclass which can produce a better hash value.

    void dump (void) const;

Dump the state of an object.

    ACE_ALLOC_HOOK_DECLARE;

Declare the dynamic allocation hooks.

## AUTHOR

Doug Schmidt

## LIBRARY

ace