NAME

Net::IPTrie::Node

SYNOPSIS

 See Net::IPTrie

DESCRIPTION

 See Net::IPTrie

CLASS METHODS

new - Constructor

  Arguments:
    up       - Parent node
    left     - Left child node
    right    - Right child node
    address  - Address string
    prefix   - IP prefix (defaults to host mask)
    iaddress - Integer address
    data     - Scalar (could be a reference to any data structure)
  Returns:
    New Net::IPTrie::Node object
  Examples:
    my $n = Net::IPTrie::Node->new(up=>$up, address=>"10.0.0.1")

INSTANCE METHODS

parent - Find closest parent node with IP information

  Arguments: 
    None
  Returns:   
    Node object with address, or undef
  Examples:  
    my $parent = $node->parent;

delete - Delete an IP node from the tree

  Note: The node is actually emptied, not deleted

  Arguments: 
    None
  Returns:   
    Deleted (empty) Node object
  Examples:    
   my $n = $tr->find("10.0.0.1");
   $n->delete();

AUTHOR

Carlos Vicente <cvicente@cpan.org>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

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