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+/**
+ *    Copyright (c) 2008 The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior
+ *    University
+ *
+ *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ *    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+ *    a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ *    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ *    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ *    under the License.
+ **/
+
+package org.projectfloodlight.openflow.types;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.exceptions.OFParseError;
+import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.protocol.OFMessageReader;
+import org.projectfloodlight.openflow.protocol.Writeable;
+
+import com.google.common.hash.PrimitiveSink;
+import com.google.common.primitives.UnsignedBytes;
+
+public class U8 implements Writeable, OFValueType<U8> {
+    private final static byte ZERO_VAL = 0;
+    public final static U8 ZERO = new U8(ZERO_VAL);
+
+    private static final byte NO_MASK_VAL = (byte) 0xFF;
+    public static final U8 NO_MASK = new U8(NO_MASK_VAL);
+    public static final U8 FULL_MASK = ZERO;
+
+    private final byte raw;
+
+    private U8(byte raw) {
+        this.raw = raw;
+    }
+
+    public static final U8 of(short value) {
+        if(value == ZERO_VAL)
+            return ZERO;
+        if(value == NO_MASK_VAL)
+            return NO_MASK;
+
+        return new U8(t(value));
+    }
+
+    public static final U8 ofRaw(byte value) {
+        return new U8(value);
+    }
+
+    public short getValue() {
+        return f(raw);
+    }
+
+    public byte getRaw() {
+        return raw;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return String.format("0x%02x", raw);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        final int prime = 31;
+        int result = 1;
+        result = prime * result + raw;
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (this == obj)
+            return true;
+        if (obj == null)
+            return false;
+        if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
+            return false;
+        U8 other = (U8) obj;
+        if (raw != other.raw)
+            return false;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(ChannelBuffer bb) {
+        bb.writeByte(raw);
+    }
+
+    public static short f(final byte i) {
+        return (short) (i & 0xff);
+    }
+
+    public static byte t(final short l) {
+        return (byte) l;
+    }
+
+
+    public final static Reader READER = new Reader();
+
+    private static class Reader implements OFMessageReader<U8> {
+        @Override
+        public U8 readFrom(ChannelBuffer bb) throws OFParseError {
+            return new U8(bb.readByte());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getLength() {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public U8 applyMask(U8 mask) {
+        return ofRaw( (byte) (raw & mask.raw));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo(U8 o) {
+        return UnsignedBytes.compare(raw, o.raw);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void putTo(PrimitiveSink sink) {
+        sink.putByte(raw);
+    }
+ }