redfish-core/include/utils/ip_utils.hpp

#pragma once

#include <boost/asio/ip/address.hpp>

#include <string>

namespace redfish
{
namespace ip_util
{

/**
 * @brief Converts boost::asio::ip::address to string
 * Will automatically convert IPv4-mapped IPv6 address back to IPv4.
 *
 * @param[in] ipAddr IP address to convert
 *
 * @return IP address string
 */
inline std::string toString(const boost::asio::ip::address& ipAddr)
{
    if (ipAddr.is_v6() && ipAddr.to_v6().is_v4_mapped())
    {
        return boost::asio::ip::make_address_v4(boost::asio::ip::v4_mapped,
                                                ipAddr.to_v6())
            .to_string();
    }
    return ipAddr.to_string();
}

} // namespace ip_util
} // namespace redfish