Converting CIDR address to subnet mask and network address

Question

Given a CIDR address, e.g. 192.168.10.0/24

• How to determine mask length? (24)
• How to determine mask address? (255.255.

Answer 1

The IPAddress Java library supports both IPv4 and IPv6 in a polymorphic manner including subnets. The javadoc is available at the link. Disclaimer: I am the project manager.

All the use cases you listed are supported for both IPv4 and Ipv6 transparently.

    String str = "192.168.10.0/24";
    IPAddressString addrString = new IPAddressString(str);
    try {
         IPAddress addr = addrString.toAddress();
         Integer prefix = addr.getNetworkPrefixLength(); //24
         IPAddress mask = addr.getNetwork().getNetworkMask(prefix, false);//255.255.255.0
         IPAddress networkAddr = addr.mask(mask);  //192.168.10.0
         IPAddress networkAddrOtherWay = addr.getLower().removePrefixLength(); //192.168.10.0

         ...
    } catch(AddressStringException e) {
        //e.getMessage provides validation issue
    }