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asio::ip::address_v6
takes a
bytes_type
for a parameter, which is basically a
boost::array
in network-byte order.
I have a RAW IPv6 address in a
void *
variable. What's the quickest way to turn a
void *
into a
asio::ip::address_v6
? Preferably using the constructor.
You can't do better than initializing an
asio::ip::address_v6::bytes_type
, which can actually be a
std::array
or a
boost::array
:
// We need an unsigned char* pointer to the IP address
unsigned char *youraddr = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(your_void_ptr);
asio::ip::address_v6::bytes_type myaddr;
// Copy the address into our array
std::copy(youraddr, youraddr + myaddr.size(), myaddr.data());
// Finally, initialize.
asio::ip::address_v6 ipv6(myaddr);
Note that it would be better to directly store a bytes_type instead of that void*, if you are able to modify that structure, obviously.
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