NetmaskGroup¶

class NetmaskGroup¶

Represents a group of netmasks that can be used to match ComboAddresses against.

:addMask(mask)¶

:addMasks(masks)¶

Add one or more masks to the NMG.

Parameters:	mask (string) – Add this mask, prefix with ! to exclude this mask from matching. masks (table) – Adds the keys of the table to the `NetmaskGroup`. It should be a table whose keys are `ComboAddress` objects and whose values are integers. The integer values of the table entries are ignored. The table is of the same type as the table returned by the exceed* functions.

:addNMG(otherNMG)¶

New in version 1.9.0.

Add all masks from an existing NMG to this NMG.

Parameters:	otherNMG (NetmaskGroup) – Add the masks from a `NetmaskGroup` to this one.

:match(address) → bool¶

Checks if address is matched by this NetmaskGroup.

Parameters:	address (ComboAddress) – The address to match.