The Ethernet MAC is modelled as a fixed-size container/sequence of 6 bytes.
+ The following statements all create the same MAC address <code>00:1A:2B:3C:4D:5F</code>
+ \code
+ // Used to construct constant MAC addresses
+ MACAddress(0x001A2B3C4D5Flu)
+
+ // Construct a MAC address from it's string representation:
+ MACAddress::from_string("00:1a:2b:3c:4d:5f") // case is ignored
+ MACAddress::from_string("00-1A-2B-3C-4D-5F") // '-' as separator is allowed too
+
+ // Construct a MAC address from raw data. 'from_data' takes an arbitrary iterator (e.g. a
+ // pointer) as argument. Here we use a fixed array but normally you will need this to build
+ // a MAC address in a packet parser
+ char rawBytes[] = { 0x00, 0x1A, 0x2B, 0x3C, 0x4D, 0x5F };
+ MACAddress::from_data(rawBytes)
+
+ // Construct a MAC from the EUID64 as used by INet6 interfaces. The eui64 will come from an
+ // INet6 address:
+ MACAddress::from_eui64(0x001A2BFFFE3C4D5Ful)
+ MACAddress::from_eui64(
+ INet6Address(0x2001u,0xDB8u,0x1u,0x0u,0x001Au,0x2BFFu,0xFE3Cu,0x3D5Fu).id())
+ \endcode
+
+ Since MACAddress is based on \c boo Ziel, aber nur ein paar davon sind standardkomform.
+
+Der aktuelle C++ Standard unterstützt drei verschiedene Möglichkeiten eine Zahl in einen String umzuwandeln. Diese Möglichkeiten sind:
+
+ * sprintf
+ * std::strstream
+ * std::stringstream
+ st::array, you can access the raw data bytes of the
+ address using \c begin(), \c end() or \c operator[]:
+ \code
+ MACAddress mac = ...;
+ Packet::iterator i = ...;
+
+ std::copy(mac.begin(), mac.end(), i); // Copies 6 bytes
+ \endcode
+
\implementation We awkwardly need to use static named constructors (<tt>from_</tt> members)
instead of ordinarily overloaded constructors for one simple reason: <tt>char *</tt>
doubles as string literal and as arbitrary data iterator. The iterator constructor can
/**< The string representation must exactly match the form
<tt>dd:dd:dd:dd:dd:dd</tt> where <tt>d</tt> is any
hexadecimal digit. In place of ':', '-' is also
- accepted as a delimiter. */
+ accepted as a delimiter.
+ \throws AddressSyntaxException */
template <class InputIterator>
static MACAddress from_data(InputIterator i);
bool local() const; ///< \c true, if address is locally administered
bool multicast() const; ///< \c true, if address is a group/multicast address
bool broadcast() const; ///< \c true, if address is the broadcast address
- bool boolean_test() const; ///< \c true, if address is the zero address
+ bool boolean_test() const; ///< \c true, if address is not the zero address
boost::uint32_t oui() const; ///< Return first 3 bytes of the address
boost::uint32_t nic() const; ///< Return last 3 bytes of the address
boost::uint64_t eui64() const; ///< Build EUI-64 from the MAC address
+
+ std::string toString() const; ///< Return string representation of MAC address like 12:34:56:78:90:ab
};