Pulled out Client API into a base class to allow multiple derived classes to use it, and moved it (plus IPAddress) out of the Ethernet library so that other libraries can find it. First steps in integrating the WiFly code so it's easier to switch between that and Ethernet

cores/arduino/IPAddress.cpp

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+
+#include <WProgram.h>
+#include <IPAddress.h>
+
+IPAddress::IPAddress()
+{
+    memset(_address, 0, sizeof(_address));
+}
+
+IPAddress::IPAddress(uint8_t first_octet, uint8_t second_octet, uint8_t third_octet, uint8_t fourth_octet)
+{
+    _address[0] = first_octet;
+    _address[1] = second_octet;
+    _address[2] = third_octet;
+    _address[3] = fourth_octet;
+}
+
+IPAddress::IPAddress(uint32_t address)
+{
+    memcpy(_address, &address, sizeof(_address));
+}
+
+IPAddress::IPAddress(const uint8_t *address)
+{
+    memcpy(_address, address, sizeof(_address));
+}
+
+IPAddress& IPAddress::operator=(const uint8_t *address)
+{
+    memcpy(_address, address, sizeof(_address));
+    return *this;
+}
+
+IPAddress& IPAddress::operator=(uint32_t address)
+{
+    memcpy(_address, (const uint8_t *)&address, sizeof(_address));
+    return *this;
+}
+
+bool IPAddress::operator==(const uint8_t* addr)
+{
+    return memcmp(addr, _address, sizeof(_address)) == 0;
+}
+

cores/arduino/IPAddress.h

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+/*
+ *
+ * MIT License:
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 Adrian McEwen
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ * 
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ * 
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ * adrianm@mcqn.com 1/1/2011
+ */
+
+#ifndef IPAddress_h
+#define IPAddress_h
+
+// A class to make it easier to handle and pass around IP addresses
+
+class IPAddress {
+private:
+    uint8_t _address[4];  // IPv4 address
+    // Access the raw byte array containing the address.  Because this returns a pointer
+    // to the internal structure rather than a copy of the address this function should only
+    // be used when you know that the usage of the returned uint8_t* will be transient and not
+    // stored.
+    uint8_t* raw_address() { return _address; };
+
+public:
+    // Constructors
+    IPAddress();
+    IPAddress(uint8_t first_octet, uint8_t second_octet, uint8_t third_octet, uint8_t fourth_octet);
+    IPAddress(uint32_t address);
+    IPAddress(const uint8_t *address);
+
+    // Overloaded cast operator to allow IPAddress objects to be used where a pointer
+    // to a four-byte uint8_t array is expected
+    operator uint32_t() { return *((uint32_t*)_address); };
+    bool operator==(const IPAddress& addr) { return (*((uint32_t*)_address)) == (*((uint32_t*)addr._address)); };
+    bool operator==(const uint8_t* addr);
+
+    // Overloaded index operator to allow getting and setting individual octets of the address
+    uint8_t operator[](int index) const { return _address[index]; };
+    uint8_t& operator[](int index) { return _address[index]; };
+
+    // Overloaded copy operators to allow initialisation of IPAddress objects from other types
+    IPAddress& operator=(const uint8_t *address);
+    IPAddress& operator=(uint32_t address);
+
+    friend class EthernetClass;
+    friend class UDP;
+    friend class Client;
+    friend class Server;
+    friend class DhcpClass;
+    friend class DNSClient;
+};
+
+const IPAddress INADDR_NONE(0,0,0,0);
+
+
+#endif

cores/arduino/NetClient.h

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+#ifndef netclient_h
+#define netclient_h
+#include "WProgram.h"	
+#include "Print.h"
+#include "NetClient.h"
+#include "IPAddress.h"
+
+class NetClient : public Stream {
+
+public:
+  virtual int connect(IPAddress ip, uint16_t port) =0;
+  virtual int connect(const char *host, uint16_t port) =0;
+  virtual void write(uint8_t) =0;
+  virtual void write(const char *str) =0;
+  virtual void write(const uint8_t *buf, size_t size) =0;
+  virtual int available() = 0;
+  virtual int read() = 0;
+  virtual int read(uint8_t *buf, size_t size) = 0;
+  virtual int peek() = 0;
+  virtual void flush() = 0;
+  virtual void stop() = 0;
+  virtual uint8_t connected() = 0;
+  virtual uint8_t operator==(int) = 0;
+  virtual uint8_t operator!=(int) = 0;
+  virtual operator bool() = 0;
+};
+
+#endif