NAME
Params::Validate::Checks::Net - Params::Validate checks for functions taking network-related arguments
SYNOPSIS
use Params::Validate::Checks qw<validate as>;
use Params::Validate::Checks::Net;
sub configure_website
{
my %arg = validate @_,
{
website => {as 'domain'},
nameserver => {as 'domain'},
ip_address => {as 'public_ip_address'},
};
# Do something with $arg{website}, $arg{nameserver}, $arg{ip_address} ...
}
sub check_network
{
my %arg = validate @_.
{
device => {as 'hostname'},
mac_address => {as 'mac_address'},
timeout => {as 'pos_int', default => 10},
};
# Do something with $arg{device}, $arg{mac_address}, $arg{timeout} ...
}DESCRIPTION
This is a library of named checks for use with Params::Validate to validate function and method arguments that should be networky things: domain names, hostnames, IP addresses, or mac addresses. See Params::Validate::Checks for details of the overall system.
Checks
The following named checks are supplied by this module. In all cases only the syntax is checked, not that the entity in question actually exists on the network:
domain-
an internet domain name, such as "123-reg.co.uk"; it must having a known top-level domain (such as ".uk")
hostname-
an internet hostname; this includes all domain names but also unqualified hostnames like "www1", which may be valid on internal networks
ip_address-
an IP address (version 4), such as "212.100.234.56"
public_ip_address-
like
ip_address, but excluding addresses such as "192.168.0.42" which are internal-only, not publicly reachable over the internet mac_address-
the mac address of a network device, such as "00:0E:35:17:F3:4E"
Feedback is welcome on further checks that should be added.
SEE ALSO
Params::Validate::Checks, the framework this is using
Data::Validate::Domain, provider of the domain name and hostname checks
Data::Validate::IP, provider of the IP address checks
Regexp::Common, provider of the mac address check
CREDITS
Written and maintained by Smylers <smylers@cpan.org>
Thanks to the authors and maintainers of the above modules that are doing the actual syntax checks.
COPYRIGHT & LICENCE
Copyright 2006-2008 by Smylers.
This library is software libre; you may redistribute it and modify it under the terms of any of these licences:
The GNU General Public License, version 3
The Artistic License 2.0