IPv4Address.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;

namespace NETworkManager.Models.Network;

/// <summary>
///     Class provides static methods to convert an IPv4 address.
/// </summary>
public static class IPv4Address
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     First possible IPv4 multicast address.
    /// </summary>
    private const int IPv4MulticastStart = -536870912;

    /// <summary>
    ///     Last possible IPv4 multicast address.
    /// </summary>
    private const int IPv4MulticastEnd = -268435457;

    /// <summary>
    ///     Method to convert a IPv4 address binary string ("11000000.10101000.00000001.00000001") to human readable string
    ///     ("192.168.1.1").
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="binaryString">IPv4 address as binary string ("11111111111111111111111100000000").</param>
    /// <returns>Converted IPv4 address as human readable string ("255.255.255.0").</returns>
    public static string ToHumanString(string binaryString)
    {
        var ipv4AddressBinary = binaryString.Replace(".", "");

        var ipv4AddressOctets = new List<string>();

        for (var i = 0; i < ipv4AddressBinary.Length; i += 8)
            ipv4AddressOctets.Add(Convert.ToInt32(ipv4AddressBinary.Substring(i, 8), 2).ToString());

        return string.Join(".", ipv4AddressOctets);
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///     Method to convert an human readable IPv4 address ("192.168.1.1") to binary string
    ///     ("11000000.10101000.00000001.00000001").
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="humanString">IPv4 address as human readable string ("192.168.1.1").</param>
    /// <returns>Converted IPv4-Address as binary string ("11000000.10101000.00000001.00000001").</returns>
    public static string ToBinaryString(string humanString)
    {
        return string.Join(".",
            humanString.Split('.').Select(x => Convert.ToString(int.Parse(x), 2).PadLeft(8, '0')).ToArray());
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///     Method to convert an <see cref="IPAddress" /> to <see cref="int" />.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="ipAddress"><see cref="IPAddress" />.</param>
    /// <returns>IP address as <see cref="int" /></returns>
    public static int ToInt32(IPAddress ipAddress)
    {
        var bytes = ipAddress.GetAddressBytes();

        if (BitConverter.IsLittleEndian)
            Array.Reverse(bytes);

        return BitConverter.ToInt32(bytes, 0);
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///     Method to convert an <see cref="int" /> to an <see cref="IPAddress" />.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="i">IP address as <see cref="int" />.</param>
    /// <returns>Converted <see cref="IPAddress" />.</returns>
    public static IPAddress FromInt32(int i)
    {
        var bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(i);

        if (BitConverter.IsLittleEndian)
            Array.Reverse(bytes);

        return new IPAddress(bytes);
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///     Method to check if an IPv4 address is a multicast address.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="ipAddress">IPv4 address as <see cref="IPAddress" />.</param>
    /// <returns>True if it is a multicast address. False if not.</returns>
    public static bool IsMulticast(IPAddress ipAddress)
    {
        var ip = ToInt32(ipAddress);

        return ip >= IPv4MulticastStart && ip <= IPv4MulticastEnd;
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///     Convert a list of IP addresses to a string.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="ipAddresses">IP addresses.</param>
    /// <param name="delimiter">Delimiter to separate the IP addresses. Null for new line. (Default: null)</param>
    /// <returns>IP addresses as string.</returns>
    public static object ConvertIPAddressListToString(IEnumerable<IPAddress> ipAddresses, string delimiter = null)
    {
        return string.Join(delimiter ?? Environment.NewLine, ipAddresses);
    }

    /// <summary>
    ///     Convert a list of IP addresses with subnetmasks to a string.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="ipAddresses">IP addresses with subnetmasks.</param>
    /// <returns>IP addresses with subnetmasks as string.</returns>
    public static object ConvertIPAddressWithSubnetmaskListToString(Tuple<IPAddress, IPAddress>[] ipAddresses,
        string delimiter = null)
    {
        return string.Join(delimiter ?? Environment.NewLine,
            ipAddresses.Select(ipAddr => $"{ipAddr.Item1}/{Subnetmask.ConvertSubnetmaskToCidr(ipAddr.Item2)}"));
    }
}