nsINetAddr

This interface represents a native NetAddr struct in a readonly
interface.

Methods

getNetAddr()

Returns

the underlying NetAddr struct.

Attributes

family

@return the address family of the network address, which corresponds to
one of the FAMILY_ constants.

address

@return Either the IP address (FAMILY_INET, FAMILY_INET6) or the path
(FAMILY_LOCAL) in string form. IP addresses are in the format produced by
mozilla::net::NetAddrToString.

Note: Paths for FAMILY_LOCAL may have length limitations which are
implementation dependent and not documented as part of this interface.

port

@return the port number for a FAMILY_INET or FAMILY_INET6 address.

@throws NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE if the address family is not FAMILY_INET or
FAMILY_INET6.

flow

@return the flow label for a FAMILY_INET6 address.

@see http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3697.txt

@throws NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE if the address family is not FAMILY_INET6

scope

@return the address scope of a FAMILY_INET6 address.

@see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4007

@throws NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE if the address family is not FAMILY_INET6

isV4Mapped

@return whether a FAMILY_INET6 address is mapped from FAMILY_INET.

@throws NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE if the address family is not FAMILY_INET6

Constants

FAMILY_INET

Network address families. These correspond to all the network address
families supported by the NetAddr struct.