AddressMask (OpenAM Server Only 7.2.2 Documentation)

java.lang.Object
- org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.AddressMask

```
public final class AddressMask
extends Object
```
An address mask can be used to perform efficient comparisons against IP addresses to determine whether a particular IP address is in a given range.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`matches(InetAddress address)`	Returns `true` if this address mask matches the provided address.
`static boolean`	`matchesAny(Collection<AddressMask> masks, InetAddress address)`	Returns `true` if an address matches any of the provided address masks.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns the string representation of this address mask.
`static AddressMask`	`valueOf(String mask)`	Parses the provided string as an address mask.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - matchesAny
```
public static boolean matchesAny(Collection<AddressMask> masks,
                                 InetAddress address)
```
    Returns true if an address matches any of the provided address masks.
    
    Parameters:
    
    address - The address.
    
    masks - A collection of address masks to check.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if an address matches any of the provided address masks.
  - valueOf
```
public static AddressMask valueOf(String mask)
```
    Parses the provided string as an address mask.
    
    Parameters:
    
    mask - The address mask string to be parsed.
    
    Returns:
    
    The parsed address mask.
    
    Throws:
    
    LocalizedIllegalArgumentException - If the provided string cannot be decoded as an address mask.
  - matches
```
public boolean matches(InetAddress address)
```
    Returns true if this address mask matches the provided address.
    
    Parameters:
    
    address - The address.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this address mask matches the provided address.
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Returns the string representation of this address mask.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
    
    Returns:
    
    The string representation of this address mask.