io.netty.handler.ipfilter

Interface IpFilterRule

All Known Implementing Classes:

IpSubnetFilterRule

public interface IpFilterRule

Implement this interface to create new rules.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	matches(InetSocketAddress remoteAddress)
IpFilterRuleType	ruleType()

Method Detail

matches

boolean matches(InetSocketAddress remoteAddress)

Returns:

This method should return true if remoteAddress is valid according to your criteria. False otherwise.

ruleType

IpFilterRuleType ruleType()

Returns:

This method should return IpFilterRuleType.ACCEPT if all matches(InetSocketAddress) for which matches(InetSocketAddress) returns true should the accepted. If you want to exclude all of those IP addresses then IpFilterRuleType.REJECT should be returned.