lib/ipaddress.rb in ipaddress-0.7.0 vs lib/ipaddress.rb in ipaddress-0.7.5

@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 module IPAddress
 
   NAME            = "IPAddress"
   GEM             = "ipaddress"
   AUTHORS         = ["Marco Ceresa <[e-mail]>"]
-  
+
   #
   # Parse the argument string to create a new
   # IPv4, IPv6 or Mapped IP object
   #
   #   ip  = IPAddress.parse "172.16.10.1/24"
@@ -46,9 +46,33 @@
     when /:.+\./
       IPAddress::IPv6::Mapped.new(str)
     else
       IPAddress::IPv4.new(str) rescue IPAddress::IPv6.new(str)
     end
+  end
+
+  #
+  # True if the object is an IPv4 address
+  #
+  #   ip = IPAddress("192.168.10.100/24")
+  #
+  #   ip.ipv4?
+  #     #-> true
+  #
+  def ipv4?
+    self.kind_of? IPAddress::IPv4
+  end
+  
+  #
+  # True if the object is an IPv6 address
+  #
+  #   ip = IPAddress("192.168.10.100/24")
+  #
+  #   ip.ipv6?
+  #     #-> false
+  #
+  def ipv6?
+    self.kind_of? IPAddress::IPv6
   end
 
   # 
   # Checks if the given string is a valid IP address,
   # either IPv4 or IPv6