AO Net Types

• IPv4 and IPv6 address families.
• Individual addresses and network ranges.
• Protocols, ports, and port ranges.
• Supports optimization through reduction of IP and port combinations through:
  • Coalescing of addresses and network ranges into fewer network ranges.
  • Coalescing of ports and port ranges into fewer port ranges.
• Fast serializable and self-validating objects.
• Internable for memory savings on large datasets.
• Small footprint, minimal dependencies - not part of a big monolithic package.
• Java 1.8 implementation:
  • Android compatible.
• Compatible PostgreSQL type implementations for database-level integrity.

The AOServ Platform allows configuration of services on a per-port and per-IP basis. System configuration components like AO SELinux and AO firewalld support configurations over port ranges and network ranges.

These value types are a common representation of networking configuration shared between various components. They have minimal dependencies and may be useful for projects needing to go beyond the stock java.net.* classes.