src/util/ethernet.hpp

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#ifndef NDN_UTIL_ETHERNET_HPP
#define NDN_UTIL_ETHERNET_HPP

#include "common.hpp"

#include <boost/array.hpp>

namespace ndn {
namespace util {
namespace ethernet {

static const uint16_t ETHERTYPE_NDN = 0x8624;

const size_t ADDR_LEN     = 6;      ///< Octets in one Ethernet address
const size_t TYPE_LEN     = 2;      ///< Octets in Ethertype field
const size_t HDR_LEN      = 14;     ///< Total octets in Ethernet header (without 802.1Q tag)
const size_t TAG_LEN      = 4;      ///< Octets in 802.1Q tag (TPID + priority + VLAN)
const size_t MIN_DATA_LEN = 46;     ///< Min octets in Ethernet payload (assuming no 802.1Q tag)
const size_t MAX_DATA_LEN = 1500;   ///< Max octets in Ethernet payload
const size_t CRC_LEN      = 4;      ///< Octets in Ethernet frame check sequence


/** \brief represents an Ethernet hardware address
 */
class Address : public boost::array<uint8_t, ADDR_LEN>
{
public:
  /// Constructs a null Ethernet address (00:00:00:00:00:00)
  Address();

  /// Constructs a new Ethernet address with the given octets
  Address(uint8_t a1, uint8_t a2, uint8_t a3,
          uint8_t a4, uint8_t a5, uint8_t a6);

  /// Constructs a new Ethernet address with the given octets
  explicit
  Address(const uint8_t octets[ADDR_LEN]);

  /// Copy constructor
  Address(const Address& address);

  /// True if this is a broadcast address (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff)
  bool
  isBroadcast() const;

  /// True if this is a multicast address
  bool
  isMulticast() const;

  /// True if this is a null address (00:00:00:00:00:00)
  bool
  isNull() const;

  /**
   * \brief Converts the address to a human-readable string
   *
   * \param sep A character used to visually separate the octets,
   *            usually ':' (the default value) or '-'
   */
  std::string
  toString(char sep = ':') const;

  /**
   * \brief Creates an Address from a string containing an Ethernet address
   *        in hexadecimal notation, with colons or hyphens as separators
   *
   * \param str The string to be parsed
   * \return Always an instance of Address, which will be null
   *         if the parsing fails
   */
  static Address
  fromString(const std::string& str);
};

/// Returns the Ethernet broadcast address (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff)
Address
getBroadcastAddress();

/// Returns the default Ethernet multicast address for NDN
Address
getDefaultMulticastAddress();

std::ostream&
operator<<(std::ostream& o, const Address& a);

} // namespace ethernet
} // namespace util
} // namespace ndn

#endif // NDN_UTIL_ETHERNET_HPP