Method stringToAddress

engine/source/platform/platformNet.cpp:1712–1839

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Net::Error Net::stringToAddress(const char *addressString, NetAddress  *address, bool hostLookup, int requiredFamily)
{
   char addr[256];
   int port = 0;
   int actualFamily = AF_UNSPEC;
   if (!PlatformNetState::extractAddressParts(addressString, addr, port, actualFamily))
   {
      return WrongProtocolType;
   }
   
   // Make sure family matches (in cast we have IP: stuff in address)
   if (requiredFamily != AF_UNSPEC && actualFamily != AF_UNSPEC && (actualFamily != requiredFamily))
   {
      return WrongProtocolType;
   }
   
   if (actualFamily == AF_UNSPEC)
   {
      actualFamily = requiredFamily;
   }
   
   addressString = addr;
   dMemset(address, '\0', sizeof(NetAddress));
   
   if (!dStricmp(addressString, "broadcast"))
   {
      address->type = NetAddress::IPBroadcastAddress;
      if (!(actualFamily == AF_UNSPEC || actualFamily == AF_INET))
         return WrongProtocolType;
      
      if (port != 0)
         address->port = port;
      else
         address->port = PlatformNetState::defaultPort;
   }
   else if (!dStricmp(addressString, "multicast"))
   {
      address->type = NetAddress::IPV6MulticastAddress;
      if (!(actualFamily == AF_UNSPEC || actualFamily == AF_INET6))
         return WrongProtocolType;
      
      if (port != 0)
         address->port = port;
      else
         address->port = PlatformNetState::defaultPort;
   }
   else
   {
      sockaddr_in ipAddr;
      sockaddr_in6 ipAddr6;
      
      dMemset(&ipAddr, 0, sizeof(ipAddr));
      dMemset(&ipAddr6, 0, sizeof(ipAddr6));
      
      bool hasInterface = dStrchr(addressString, '%') != NULL; // if we have an interface, best use getaddrinfo to parse
      
      // Check if we've got a simple ipv4 / ipv6