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"""Generic Internet address helper functions."""

import socket

import dns.ipv4
import dns.ipv6

# We assume that AF_INET is always defined.

AF_INET = socket.AF_INET

# AF_INET6 might not be defined in the socket module, but we need it.
# We'll try to use the socket module's value, and if it doesn't work,
# we'll use our own value.

try:
    AF_INET6 = socket.AF_INET6
except AttributeError:
    AF_INET6 = 9999

def inet_pton(family, text):
    """Convert the textual form of a network address into its binary form.

@param family: the address family
    @type family: int
    @param text: the textual address
    @type text: string
    @raises NotImplementedError: the address family specified is not
    implemented.
    @rtype: string
    """

if family == AF_INET:
        return dns.ipv4.inet_aton(text)
    elif family == AF_INET6:
        return dns.ipv6.inet_aton(text)
    else:
        raise NotImplementedError

def inet_ntop(family, address):
    """Convert the binary form of a network address into its textual form.

@param family: the address family
    @type family: int
    @param address: the binary address
    @type address: string
    @raises NotImplementedError: the address family specified is not
    implemented.
    @rtype: string
    """
    if family == AF_INET:
        return dns.ipv4.inet_ntoa(address)
    elif family == AF_INET6:
        return dns.ipv6.inet_ntoa(address)
    else:
        raise NotImplementedError

def af_for_address(text):
    """Determine the address family of a textual-form network address.

@param text: the textual address
    @type text: string
    @raises ValueError: the address family cannot be determined from the input.
    @rtype: int
    """
    try:
        dns.ipv4.inet_aton(text)
        return AF_INET
    except Exception:
        try:
            dns.ipv6.inet_aton(text)
            return AF_INET6
        except:
            raise ValueError

def is_multicast(text):
    """Is the textual-form network address a multicast address?

@param text: the textual address
    @raises ValueError: the address family cannot be determined from the input.
    @rtype: bool
    """
    try:
        first = ord(dns.ipv4.inet_aton(text)[0])
        return first >= 224 and first <= 239
    except Exception:
        try:
            first = ord(dns.ipv6.inet_aton(text)[0])
            return first == 255
        except Exception:
            raise ValueError

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