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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;
+    }
+}