6.12.5 Sockets.IPAddress: accessing
- addressClass
- Answer the `address class' of the receiver (see
IPAddress class>>#fromString:)
- asByteArray
- Answer a read-only ByteArray of size four containing the
receiver's bytes in network order (big-endian)
- host
- Answer an host number for the receiver; this is given by
the last three bytes for class A addresses, by the last
two bytes for class B addresses, else by the last byte.
- isMulticast
- Answer whether the receiver reprensents an address reserved for
multicast datagram connections
- network
- Answer a network number for the receiver; this is given by the
first three bytes for class C/D/E addresses, by the first two
bytes for class B addresses, else by the first byte.
- subnet
- Answer an host number for the receiver; this is 0 for class A
addresses, while it is given by the last byte of the network
number for class B/C/D/E addresses.