src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/core/util/AppCookie.java

/**
*    Copyright 2011, Big Switch Networks, Inc. 
*    Originally created by David Erickson, Stanford University
* 
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package net.floodlightcontroller.core.util;

/***
 * FIXME Need a system for registering/binding applications to a unique ID
 * 
 * @author capveg
 *
 */

public class AppCookie {
    static final int APP_ID_BITS = 12;
    static final int APP_ID_SHIFT = (64 - APP_ID_BITS);
    // we have bits 13-31 unused here ... that's ok!
    static final int USER_BITS = 32;
    static final int USER_SHIFT = 0;


    /**
     * Encapsulate an application ID and a user block of stuff into a cookie
     * 
     * @param application An ID to identify the application
     * @param user Some application specific data
     * @return a cookie for use in OFFlowMod.setCookie()
     */
    
    static public long makeCookie(int application, int user) {
        return ((application & ((1L << APP_ID_BITS) - 1)) << APP_ID_SHIFT) | user;
    }
    
    static public int extractApp(long cookie) {
        return (int)((cookie>> APP_ID_SHIFT) & ((1L << APP_ID_BITS) - 1));
    }
    
    static public int extractUser(long cookie) {
        return (int)((cookie>> USER_SHIFT) & ((1L << USER_BITS) - 1));
    }
}