// Copyright GoFrame Author(https://goframe.org). All Rights Reserved.
//
// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the MIT License.
// If a copy of the MIT was not distributed with this file,
// You can obtain one at https://github.com/gogf/gf.

// Package gipv4 provides useful API for IPv6 address handling.
package gipv6

import "github.com/gogf/gf/text/gregex"

// Validate checks whether given <ip> a valid IPv6 address.
func Validate(ip string) bool {
	return gregex.IsMatchString(`^([\da-fA-F]{1,4}:){7}[\da-fA-F]{1,4}$|^:((:[\da-fA-F]{1,4}){1,6}|:)$|^[\da-fA-F]{1,4}:((:[\da-fA-F]{1,4}){1,5}|:)$|^([\da-fA-F]{1,4}:){2}((:[\da-fA-F]{1,4}){1,4}|:)$|^([\da-fA-F]{1,4}:){3}((:[\da-fA-F]{1,4}){1,3}|:)$|^([\da-fA-F]{1,4}:){4}((:[\da-fA-F]{1,4}){1,2}|:)$|^([\da-fA-F]{1,4}:){5}:([\da-fA-F]{1,4})?$|^([\da-fA-F]{1,4}:){6}:$`, ip)
}