1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Swiften/Network/HostAddress.cpp b/Swiften/Network/HostAddress.cpp
index 84a0012..ea324cb 100644
--- a/Swiften/Network/HostAddress.cpp
+++ b/Swiften/Network/HostAddress.cpp
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 #include "Swiften/Network/HostAddress.h"
 
 #include <boost/numeric/conversion/cast.hpp>
+#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
 #include <cassert>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <iomanip>
 
+#include "Swiften/Base/foreach.h"
+#include "Swiften/Base/String.h"
+
 namespace Swift {
 
 HostAddress::HostAddress() {
@@ -13,6 +17,14 @@ HostAddress::HostAddress() {
   }
 }
 
+HostAddress::HostAddress(const String& address) {
+	std::vector<String> components = address.split('.');
+	assert(components.size() == 4);
+	foreach(const String& component, components) {
+		address_.push_back(boost::lexical_cast<int>(component.getUTF8String()));
+	}
+}
+
 HostAddress::HostAddress(const unsigned char* address, int length) {
 	assert(length == 4 || length == 16);
 	address_.reserve(length);