adding packet types
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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * 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.onlab.packet;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+/**
+ * The class representing MAC address.
+ *
+ * @author Sho Shimizu (sho.shimizu@gmail.com)
+ */
+public class MACAddress {
+ public static final int MAC_ADDRESS_LENGTH = 6;
+ private byte[] address = new byte[MACAddress.MAC_ADDRESS_LENGTH];
+
+ public MACAddress(final byte[] address) {
+ this.address = Arrays.copyOf(address, MACAddress.MAC_ADDRESS_LENGTH);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a MAC address instance representing the value of the specified
+ * {@code String}.
+ *
+ * @param address
+ * the String representation of the MAC Address to be parsed.
+ * @return a MAC Address instance representing the value of the specified
+ * {@code String}.
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException
+ * if the string cannot be parsed as a MAC address.
+ */
+ public static MACAddress valueOf(final String address) {
+ final String[] elements = address.split(":");
+ if (elements.length != MACAddress.MAC_ADDRESS_LENGTH) {
+ throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+ "Specified MAC Address must contain 12 hex digits"
+ + " separated pairwise by :'s.");
+ }
+
+ final byte[] addressInBytes = new byte[MACAddress.MAC_ADDRESS_LENGTH];
+ for (int i = 0; i < MACAddress.MAC_ADDRESS_LENGTH; i++) {
+ final String element = elements[i];
+ addressInBytes[i] = (byte) Integer.parseInt(element, 16);
+ }
+
+ return new MACAddress(addressInBytes);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a MAC address instance representing the specified {@code byte}
+ * array.
+ *
+ * @param address
+ * the byte array to be parsed.
+ * @return a MAC address instance representing the specified {@code byte}
+ * array.
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException
+ * if the byte array cannot be parsed as a MAC address.
+ */
+ public static MACAddress valueOf(final byte[] address) {
+ if (address.length != MACAddress.MAC_ADDRESS_LENGTH) {
+ throw new IllegalArgumentException("the length is not "
+ + MACAddress.MAC_ADDRESS_LENGTH);
+ }
+
+ return new MACAddress(address);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a MAC address instance representing the specified {@code long}
+ * value. The lower 48 bits of the long value are used to parse as a MAC
+ * address.
+ *
+ * @param address
+ * the long value to be parsed. The lower 48 bits are used for a
+ * MAC address.
+ * @return a MAC address instance representing the specified {@code long}
+ * value.
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException
+ * if the long value cannot be parsed as a MAC address.
+ */
+ public static MACAddress valueOf(final long address) {
+ final byte[] addressInBytes = new byte[] {
+ (byte) (address >> 40 & 0xff), (byte) (address >> 32 & 0xff),
+ (byte) (address >> 24 & 0xff), (byte) (address >> 16 & 0xff),
+ (byte) (address >> 8 & 0xff), (byte) (address >> 0 & 0xff) };
+
+ return new MACAddress(addressInBytes);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the length of the {@code MACAddress}.
+ *
+ * @return the length of the {@code MACAddress}.
+ */
+ public int length() {
+ return this.address.length;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the value of the {@code MACAddress} as a {@code byte} array.
+ *
+ * @return the numeric value represented by this object after conversion to
+ * type {@code byte} array.
+ */
+ public byte[] toBytes() {
+ return Arrays.copyOf(this.address, this.address.length);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the value of the {@code MACAddress} as a {@code long}.
+ *
+ * @return the numeric value represented by this object after conversion to
+ * type {@code long}.
+ */
+ public long toLong() {
+ long mac = 0;
+ for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+ final long t = (this.address[i] & 0xffL) << (5 - i) * 8;
+ mac |= t;
+ }
+ return mac;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns {@code true} if the MAC address is the broadcast address.
+ *
+ * @return {@code true} if the MAC address is the broadcast address.
+ */
+ public boolean isBroadcast() {
+ for (final byte b : this.address) {
+ if (b != -1) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ }
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns {@code true} if the MAC address is the multicast address.
+ *
+ * @return {@code true} if the MAC address is the multicast address.
+ */
+ public boolean isMulticast() {
+ if (this.isBroadcast()) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ return (this.address[0] & 0x01) != 0;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public boolean equals(final Object o) {
+ if (o == this) {
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ if (!(o instanceof MACAddress)) {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ final MACAddress other = (MACAddress) o;
+ return Arrays.equals(this.address, other.address);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public int hashCode() {
+ return Arrays.hashCode(this.address);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public String toString() {
+ final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+ for (final byte b : this.address) {
+ if (builder.length() > 0) {
+ builder.append(":");
+ }
+ builder.append(String.format("%02X", b & 0xFF));
+ }
+ return builder.toString();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * @return MAC address in string representation without colons (useful for
+ * radix tree storage)
+ */
+ public String toStringNoColon() {
+ final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+ for (final byte b : this.address) {
+ builder.append(String.format("%02X", b & 0xFF));
+ }
+ return builder.toString();
+ }
+
+ public byte[] getAddress() {
+ return this.address;
+ }
+}