From 6d59a566759da5729d7eb89a8e1888fc612f03cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Solomon Hykes <solomon@docker.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 01:12:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] opts.IpOpt: a helper to parse IP addressed from the command
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Signed-off-by: Solomon Hykes <solomon@docker.com>
---
 opts/ip.go | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 opts/ip.go

diff --git a/opts/ip.go b/opts/ip.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3610b14538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opts/ip.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package opts
+
+import (
+	"net"
+)
+
+type IpOpt struct {
+	*net.IP
+}
+
+func NewIpOpt(ref *net.IP, defaultVal string) *IpOpt {
+	o := &IpOpt{
+		IP: ref,
+	}
+	o.Set(defaultVal)
+	return o
+}
+
+func (o *IpOpt) Set(val string) error {
+	// FIXME: return a parse error if the value is not a valid IP?
+	// We are not changing this now to preserve behavior while refactoring.
+	(*o.IP) = net.ParseIP(val)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (o *IpOpt) String() string {
+	return (*o.IP).String()
+}