IPv6ToIdIPv6Address Function

Converts a string to an IPv6 network address.

Pascal

function IPv6ToIdIPv6Address(
    const AIPAddress: String
): TIdIPv6Address;

Parameters

Parameters	Description
AIPAddress	String representation of the IPv6 network address.

Returns

TIdIPv6Address - Data type representing the IPv6 network address.

Description

IPv6ToIdIPv6Address is a procedure used to convert a string containing an IPv6 network address to it representation as a TIdIPv6Address data type.

IPv6ToIdIPv6Address calls MakeCanonicalIPv6Address to convert the string in AIPAddress to its simplest and most significant form as a eight hexidecimal values. If AIPAddress contains an IP address in an invalid format, or a format that cannot be represented in canonical form, an EIdInvalidIPv6Address is raised with the message RSInvalidIPv6Address and the IP address causing the error.

IPv6ToIdIPv6Address converts the eight hexidecimal values in the canonical representation of the address to the Integer values required in TIdIPv6Address. Blank components in the IP address (represented as '::') are converted to the value 0 (zero).

Exceptions

Exceptions	Description
EIdInvalidIPv6Address	Raised with the message RSInvalidIPv6Address when a canonical representation of the IPv6 address cannot be derived.