apps/sdnip/src/main/java/org/onosproject/sdnip/bgp/BgpMessage.java

/*
 * Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory
 *
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package org.onosproject.sdnip.bgp;

import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffers;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * A class for preparing BGP messages.
 */
final class BgpMessage {
    private static final Logger log =
        LoggerFactory.getLogger(BgpMessage.class);

    /**
     * Default constructor.
     * <p>
     * The constructor is private to prevent creating an instance of
     * this utility class.
     */
    private BgpMessage() {
    }

    /**
     * Prepares BGP message.
     *
     * @param type the BGP message type
     * @param payload the message payload to transmit (BGP header excluded)
     * @return the message to transmit (BGP header included)
     */
    static ChannelBuffer prepareBgpMessage(int type, ChannelBuffer payload) {
        ChannelBuffer message =
            ChannelBuffers.buffer(BgpConstants.BGP_HEADER_LENGTH +
                                  payload.readableBytes());

        // Write the marker
        for (int i = 0; i < BgpConstants.BGP_HEADER_MARKER_LENGTH; i++) {
            message.writeByte(0xff);
        }

        // Write the rest of the BGP header
        message.writeShort(BgpConstants.BGP_HEADER_LENGTH +
                           payload.readableBytes());
        message.writeByte(type);

        // Write the payload
        message.writeBytes(payload);
        return message;
    }
}