Function extractAddressParts

engine/source/platform/platformNet.cpp:272–359

Extracts core address parts from an address string. Returns false if it's malformed.

   /// Extracts core address parts from an address string. Returns false if it's malformed.
   bool extractAddressParts(const char *addressString, char outAddress[256], int &outPort, int &outFamily)
   {
      outPort = 0;
      outFamily = AF_UNSPEC;

      if (!dStrnicmp(addressString, "ipx:", 4))
         // ipx support deprecated
         return false;

      if (!dStrnicmp(addressString, "ip:", 3))
      {
         addressString += 3;  // eat off the ip:
         outFamily = AF_INET;
      }
      else if (!dStrnicmp(addressString, "ip6:", 4))
      {
         addressString += 4;  // eat off the ip6:
         outFamily = AF_INET6;
      }

      if (strlen(addressString) > 255)
         return false;

      char *portString = NULL;

      if (addressString[0] == '[')
      {
         // Must be ipv6 notation
         dStrcpy(outAddress, addressString+1);
         addressString = outAddress;

         portString = dStrchr(outAddress, ']');
         if (portString)
         {
            // Sort out the :port after the ]
            *portString++ = '\0';
            if (*portString != ':')
            {
               portString = NULL;
            }
            else
            {
               *portString++ = '\0';
            }
         }

         if (outFamily == AF_UNSPEC)
         {
            outFamily = AF_INET6;
         }
      }
      else
      {
         dStrcpy(outAddress, addressString);
         addressString = outAddress;

         // Check to see if we have multiple ":" which would indicate this is an ipv6 address
         char* scan = outAddress;