Network.h

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 *    Copyright (C) 2017 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH    *
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 *              This software is distributed under the terms of the             *
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#ifndef FAIR_MQ_TOOLS_NETWORK_H
#define FAIR_MQ_TOOLS_NETWORK_H
 
#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <stdexcept>
 
// forward declarations
namespace boost
{
namespace asio
{
 
class io_context;
using io_service = class io_context;
 
} // namespace asio
} // namespace boost
 
namespace fair::mq::tools
{
 
struct DefaultRouteDetectionError : std::runtime_error { using std::runtime_error::runtime_error; };
 
// returns a map with network interface names as keys and their IP addresses as values
std::map<std::string, std::string> getHostIPs();
 
// get IP address of a given interface name
std::string getInterfaceIP(const std::string& interface);
 
// get name of the default route interface
std::string getDefaultRouteNetworkInterface();
 
std::string getIpFromHostname(const std::string& hostname);
 
std::string getIpFromHostname(const std::string& hostname, boost::asio::io_service& ios);
 
} // namespace fair::mq::tools
 
#endif /* FAIR_MQ_TOOLS_NETWORK_H */