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+/**
+ *  Address.h
+ *
+ *  An AMQP address in the "amqp://user:password@hostname:port/vhost" notation
+ *
+ *  @author Emiel Bruijntjes <emiel.bruijntjes@copernica.com>
+ *  @copyright 2015 Copernica BV
+ */
+
+/**
+ *  Include guard
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+/**
+ *  Set up namespace
+ */
+namespace AMQP {
+
+/**
+ *  Class definition
+ */
+class Address
+{
+private:
+    /**
+     *  Login data (username + password)
+     *  @var Login
+     */
+    Login _login;
+    
+    /**
+     *  The hostname
+     *  @var std::string
+     */
+    std::string _hostname;
+    
+    /**
+     *  Port number
+     *  @var uint16_t
+     */
+    uint16_t _port = 5672;
+    
+    /**
+     *  The vhost
+     *  @var std::string
+     */
+    std::string _vhost;
+
+public:
+    /**
+     *  Constructor to parse an address string
+     *  The address should be in "amqp://
+     *  @param  address
+     *  @throws std::runtime_error
+     */
+    Address(const char *address) : _vhost("/")
+    {
+        // must start with amqp://
+        if (strncmp(address, "amqp://", 7) != 0) throw std::runtime_error("AMQP address should start with \"amqp://\"");
+        
+        // begin of the string being parsed
+        const char *begin = address + 7;
+        
+        // do we have a '@' to split user-data and hostname?
+        const char *at = strchr(begin, '@');
+        
+        // do we have one?
+        if (at != nullptr)
+        {
+            // colon could split username and password
+            const char *colon = (const char *)memchr(begin, ':', at - begin);
+            
+            // assign the login
+            _login = Login(
+                std::string(begin, colon ? colon - begin : at - begin),
+                std::string(colon ? colon + 1 : "", colon ? at - colon - 1 : 0)
+            );
+            
+            // set begin to the start of the hostname
+            begin = at + 1;
+        }
+        
+        // find out where the vhost is set (starts with a slash)
+        const char *slash = strchr(begin, '/');
+        
+        // was a vhost set?
+        if (slash != nullptr && slash[1]) _vhost = slash + 1;
+        
+        // the hostname is everything until the slash, check is portnumber was set
+        const char *colon = strchr(begin, ':');
+        
+        // was a portnumber specified (colon must appear before the slash of the vhost)
+        if (colon && (!slash || colon < slash))
+        {
+            // a portnumber was set to
+            _hostname.assign(begin, colon - begin);
+            _port = atoi(colon + 1);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // no portnumber was set
+            _hostname.assign(begin, slash ? slash - begin : strlen(begin));
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     *  Destructor
+     */
+    virtual ~Address() {}
+    
+    /**
+     *  Expose the login data
+     *  @return Login
+     */
+    const Login &login() const
+    {
+        return _login;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     *  Host name
+     *  @return std::string
+     */
+    const std::string &hostname() const
+    {
+        return _hostname;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     *  Port number
+     *  @return uint16_t
+     */
+    uint16_t port() const
+    {
+        return _port;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     *  The vhost to connect to
+     *  @return std::string
+     */
+    const std::string &vhost() const
+    {
+        return _vhost;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     *  Cast to a string
+     *  @return std:string
+     */
+    operator std::string () const
+    {
+        // result object
+        std::string str("amqp://");
+        
+        // append login
+        str.append(_login.user()).append("@").append(_login.password()).append("@").append(_hostname);
+        
+        // do we need a special portnumber?
+        if (_port != 5672) str.append(":").append(std::to_string(_port));
+        
+        // append default vhost
+        str.append("/");
+        
+        // do we have a special vhost?
+        if (_vhost != "/") str.append(_vhost);
+        
+        // done
+        return str;
+    }
+};
+
+/**
+ *  End of namespace
+ */
+}
+