sockaddr_in and InternetAddress

[Vladimir Panteleev via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 29 May 2015 at 00:08:10 UTC, Andre Kostur wrote:
> I'm looking for one of two things:
>
> 1) If I have a sockaddr_in, how do I get it into an 
> InternetAddress?

First of all, you may not actually need an InternetAddress. 
Modern code working with addresses should be address-agnostic, so 
it should take an Address instead. Ideally, you should avoid 
doing anything address-family-specific - then, it will work with 
any address family, incl. any introduced in the future.

You could:

- Create an UnknownAddressReference which uses a pointer to your 
sockaddr_in.

- Create an InternetAddress, then copy the address over its 
"name" property.

> 2) If it is agreed that there should be a shorter way, I'm 
> willing to write the code, but would need a little guidance as 
> to where would be the appropriate place to put the code (New 
> overload to parseAddress?  New constructor for InternetAddress?)

A new constructor for InternetAddress won't hurt.