Hex

Purpose

• Used to convert a hex string to a formatted ip address
• Provides information regarding request such as:
• Proper IP address
• IP address type
• Upon errors what specifically triggered

Installation

With git installed simply run

go get github.com/calebice/hex

Following this, then be sure to include in imports

import(
  "github.com/calebice/hex"
)

Features

Decode(request string) IpMessage

• Takes in a requested address to be converted
• Returns an IpMessage object (detailed below)

package main

import(
  "github.com/calebice/hex"
)

func main(){}
  request:="AAAAAAAA"
  convert:=hex.Decode(request)
  IpAddress:=convert.GetIP()  //Return address
  IpType:=convert.GetAddrType() //Return type of address
  ErrorMsg:=convert.GetErrMsg() //Return the error msg
}

IpMessage

• address (string)
  • The converted formatted IP address
• addressType (string)
  • The type of IP message of the request
• errorMessage (error)
  • Informational error message if the address is invalid

Using IpMessages

• GetIP() string
  • Returns the address item
• GetAddrType() string
  • Returns the address type
• GetErrMsg() error
  • Returns error associated with conversion failure