class IPAddress::Prefix

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Parent class for Prefix32 and Prefix128

IPAddress::Prefix is the parent class for IPAddress::Prefix32 and IPAddress::Prefix128, defining some modules in common for both the subclasses.

IPAddress::Prefix shouldn’t be accesses directly, unless for particular needs.

Source

# File lib/ipaddress/prefix.rb, line 30
def initialize(num)
  @prefix = num.to_i
end

Creates a new general prefix

Source

# File lib/ipaddress/prefix.rb, line 60
def +(oth)
  if oth.is_a? Integer
    self.prefix + oth
  else
    self.prefix + oth.prefix
  end
end

Sums two prefixes or a prefix to a number, returns a Integer

Source

# File lib/ipaddress/prefix.rb, line 73
def -(oth)
  if oth.is_a? Integer
    self.prefix - oth
  else
    (self.prefix - oth.prefix).abs
  end
end

Returns the difference between two prefixes, or a prefix and a number, as a Integer

Source

# File lib/ipaddress/prefix.rb, line 52
def <=>(oth)
  @prefix <=> oth.to_i
end

Compare the prefix

Alias for: to_s

Source

# File lib/ipaddress/prefix.rb, line 45
def to_i
  @prefix
end

Returns the prefix

Source

# File lib/ipaddress/prefix.rb, line 37
def to_s
  "#@prefix"
end

Returns a string with the prefix

Also aliased as: inspect