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 * Author: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>

 */

#ifndef MAC48_ADDRESS_H

#define MAC48_ADDRESS_H

#include <stdint.h>

#include <ostream>

#include "ns3/attribute.h"

#include "ns3/attribute-helper.h"

namespace ns3 {

class Address;

/**

 * \ingroup address

 * 

 * \brief an EUI-48 address

 *

 * This class can contain 48 bit IEEE addresses.

 */

class Mac48Address

{

public:

  Mac48Address ();

  /**

   * \param str a string representing the new Mac48Address

   *

   * The format of the string is "xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx"

   */

  Mac48Address (const char *str);

  /**

   * \param buffer address in network order

   *

   * Copy the input address to our internal buffer.

   */

  void CopyFrom (const uint8_t buffer[6]);

  /**

   * \param buffer address in network order

   *

   * Copy the internal address to the input buffer.

   */

  void CopyTo (uint8_t buffer[6]) const;

  /**

   * \returns a new Address instance

   *

   * Convert an instance of this class to a polymorphic Address instance.

   */

  operator Address () const;

  /**

   * \param address a polymorphic address

   * \returns a new Mac48Address from the polymorphic address

   * 

   * This function performs a type check and asserts if the

   * type of the input address is not compatible with an

   * Mac48Address.

   */

  static Mac48Address ConvertFrom (const Address &address);

  /**

   * \returns true if the address matches, false otherwise.

   */

  static bool IsMatchingType (const Address &address);

  /**

   * Allocate a new Mac48Address.

   */

  static Mac48Address Allocate (void);

  /**

   * \returns true if this is a broadcast address, false otherwise.

   */

  bool IsBroadcast (void) const;

  /**

   * \returns true if this is a multicast address, false otherwise.

   */

  bool IsMulticast (void) const;

  /**

   * \returns the broadcast address

   */

  static Mac48Address GetBroadcast (void);

private:

  /**

   * \returns a new Address instance

   *

   * Convert an instance of this class to a polymorphic Address instance.

   */

  Address ConvertTo (void) const;

  static uint8_t GetType (void);

  friend bool operator < (const Mac48Address &a, const Mac48Address &b);

  friend bool operator == (const Mac48Address &a, const Mac48Address &b);

  friend std::istream& operator>> (std::istream& is, Mac48Address & address);

  uint8_t m_address[6];

};

/**

 * \class ns3::Mac48AddressValue

 * \brief hold objects of type ns3::Mac48Address

 */

ATTRIBUTE_HELPER_HEADER (Mac48Address);

bool operator == (const Mac48Address &a, const Mac48Address &b);

bool operator != (const Mac48Address &a, const Mac48Address &b);

bool operator < (const Mac48Address &a, const Mac48Address &b);

std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& os, const Mac48Address & address);

std::istream& operator>> (std::istream& is, Mac48Address & address);

} // namespace ns3

#endif /* MAC48_ADDRESS_H */