Describes an IPv6 prefix. More...

#include "ipv6-address.h"

Collaboration diagram for ns3::Ipv6Prefix:

Public Member Functions
	Ipv6Prefix ()
	Default constructor. More...

	Ipv6Prefix (const char *prefix)
	Constructs an Ipv6Prefix by using the input string. More...

	Ipv6Prefix (const char *prefix, uint8_t prefixLength)
	Constructs an Ipv6Prefix by using the input string. More...

	Ipv6Prefix (const Ipv6Prefix &prefix)
	Copy constructor. More...

	Ipv6Prefix (const Ipv6Prefix *prefix)
	Copy constructor. More...

	Ipv6Prefix (uint8_t prefix)
	Constructs an Ipv6Prefix by using the input number of bits. More...

	Ipv6Prefix (uint8_t prefix[16])
	Constructs an Ipv6Prefix by using the input 16 bytes. More...

	Ipv6Prefix (uint8_t prefix[16], uint8_t prefixLength)
	Constructs an Ipv6Prefix by using the input 16 bytes. More...

	~Ipv6Prefix ()
	Destructor. More...

Ipv6Address	ConvertToIpv6Address () const
	Convert the Prefix into an IPv6 Address. More...

void	GetBytes (uint8_t buf[16]) const
	Get the bytes corresponding to the prefix. More...

uint8_t	GetMinimumPrefixLength () const
	Get the minimum prefix length, i.e., 128 - the length of the largest sequence trailing zeroes. More...

uint8_t	GetPrefixLength () const
	Get prefix length. More...

bool	IsMatch (Ipv6Address a, Ipv6Address b) const
	If the Address match the type. More...

void	Print (std::ostream &os) const
	Print this address to the given output stream. More...

void	SetPrefixLength (uint8_t prefixLength)
	Set prefix length. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static Ipv6Prefix	GetLoopback ()
	Get the loopback prefix ( /128). More...

static Ipv6Prefix	GetOnes ()
	Get the "all-1" IPv6 mask (ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff). More...

static Ipv6Prefix	GetZero ()
	Get the zero prefix ( /0). More...

Private Attributes
uint8_t	m_prefix [16]
	The prefix representation. More...

uint8_t	m_prefixLength
	The prefix length. More...

Friends
bool	operator!= (const Ipv6Prefix &a, const Ipv6Prefix &b)
	Not equal to operator. More...

bool	operator== (const Ipv6Prefix &a, const Ipv6Prefix &b)
	Equal to operator. More...

Detailed Description

Describes an IPv6 prefix.

It is just a bitmask like Ipv4Mask.

See also: Ipv6Address; attribute_Ipv6Prefix

Definition at line 454 of file ipv6-address.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ Ipv6Prefix() [1/8]

ns3::Ipv6Prefix::Ipv6Prefix ( )

Default constructor.

Definition at line 786 of file ipv6-address.cc.

References m_prefix, m_prefixLength, and NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

◆ Ipv6Prefix() [2/8]

ns3::Ipv6Prefix::Ipv6Prefix ( uint8_t prefix[16] )

Constructs an Ipv6Prefix by using the input 16 bytes.

The prefix length is calculated as the minimum prefix length, i.e., 2001:db8:cafe:: will have a 47 bit prefix length.

Parameters

prefix the 128-bit prefix

Definition at line 803 of file ipv6-address.cc.

References GetMinimumPrefixLength(), m_prefix, m_prefixLength, and NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

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◆ Ipv6Prefix() [3/8]

ns3::Ipv6Prefix::Ipv6Prefix ( const char * prefix )

Constructs an Ipv6Prefix by using the input string.

The prefix length is calculated as the minimum prefix length, i.e., 2001:db8:cafe:: will have a 47 bit prefix length.

Parameters

prefix the 128-bit prefix

Definition at line 793 of file ipv6-address.cc.

References GetMinimumPrefixLength(), m_prefix, m_prefixLength, NS_ABORT_MSG, and NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

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◆ Ipv6Prefix() [4/8]

ns3::Ipv6Prefix::Ipv6Prefix	(	uint8_t	prefix[16],
		uint8_t	prefixLength
	)

Constructs an Ipv6Prefix by using the input 16 bytes.

Parameters

prefix	the 128-bit prefix
prefixLength	the prefix length

Definition at line 825 of file ipv6-address.cc.

References GetMinimumPrefixLength(), m_prefix, m_prefixLength, NS_ASSERT_MSG, and NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

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◆ Ipv6Prefix() [5/8]

ns3::Ipv6Prefix::Ipv6Prefix	(	const char *	prefix,
		uint8_t	prefixLength
	)

Constructs an Ipv6Prefix by using the input string.

Parameters

prefix	the 128-bit prefix
prefixLength	the prefix length

Definition at line 810 of file ipv6-address.cc.

References GetMinimumPrefixLength(), m_prefix, m_prefixLength, NS_ABORT_MSG, NS_ASSERT_MSG, and NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

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◆ Ipv6Prefix() [6/8]

ns3::Ipv6Prefix::Ipv6Prefix ( uint8_t prefix )

Constructs an Ipv6Prefix by using the input number of bits.

Parameters

prefix number of bits of the prefix (0 - 128)

Note: A valid number of bits is between 0 and 128).

Definition at line 838 of file ipv6-address.cc.

References m_prefix, m_prefixLength, NS_ASSERT, and NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

◆ Ipv6Prefix() [7/8]

ns3::Ipv6Prefix::Ipv6Prefix ( const Ipv6Prefix & prefix )

Copy constructor.

Parameters

prefix Ipv6Prefix object

Definition at line 874 of file ipv6-address.cc.

References m_prefix, and m_prefixLength.

◆ Ipv6Prefix() [8/8]

ns3::Ipv6Prefix::Ipv6Prefix ( const Ipv6Prefix * prefix )

Copy constructor.

Parameters

prefix Ipv6Prefix pointer

Definition at line 880 of file ipv6-address.cc.

References m_prefix, and m_prefixLength.

◆ ~Ipv6Prefix()

ns3::Ipv6Prefix::~Ipv6Prefix ( )

Destructor.

Definition at line 886 of file ipv6-address.cc.

References NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

Member Function Documentation

◆ ConvertToIpv6Address()

Ipv6Address ns3::Ipv6Prefix::ConvertToIpv6Address ( ) const

Convert the Prefix into an IPv6 Address.

Returns: an IPv6 address representing the prefix

Definition at line 954 of file ipv6-address.cc.

References m_prefix.

◆ GetBytes()

void ns3::Ipv6Prefix::GetBytes ( uint8_t buf[16] ) const

Get the bytes corresponding to the prefix.

Parameters

buf	buffer to store the data

Definition at line 947 of file ipv6-address.cc.

References m_prefix, and NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

Referenced by ns3::SixLowPanNetDevice::FindMulticastCompressionContext(), ns3::Ipv6AddressGeneratorImpl::Init(), and ns3::Ipv6AddressGeneratorImpl::PrefixToIndex().

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◆ GetLoopback()

Ipv6Prefix ns3::Ipv6Prefix::GetLoopback ( )

static

Get the loopback prefix ( /128).

Returns: a Ipv6Prefix corresponding to loopback prefix

Definition at line 923 of file ipv6-address.cc.

References NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS.

◆ GetMinimumPrefixLength()

uint8_t ns3::Ipv6Prefix::GetMinimumPrefixLength ( ) const

Get the minimum prefix length, i.e., 128 - the length of the largest sequence trailing zeroes.

Returns: minimum prefix length

Definition at line 978 of file ipv6-address.cc.

References m_prefix, NS_LOG_FUNCTION, and two-ray-to-three-gpp-ch-calibration::stop.

Referenced by Ipv6Prefix().

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◆ GetOnes()

Ipv6Prefix ns3::Ipv6Prefix::GetOnes ( )

static

Get the "all-1" IPv6 mask (ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff).

Returns: /128 Ipv6Prefix representation

Definition at line 931 of file ipv6-address.cc.

References NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS.

Referenced by ns3::Ipv6StaticRouting::AddHostRouteTo(), ns3::Ipv6RoutingTableEntry::CreateHostRouteTo(), and ns3::Ipv6RoutingTableEntry::IsHost().

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◆ GetPrefixLength()

uint8_t ns3::Ipv6Prefix::GetPrefixLength ( ) const

Get prefix length.

Returns: prefix length

Definition at line 964 of file ipv6-address.cc.

References m_prefixLength, and NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

Referenced by ns3::SixLowPanNetDevice::CleanPrefix(), ns3::SixLowPanNetDevice::FindMulticastCompressionContext(), ns3::Ipv6StaticRouting::GetDefaultRoute(), ns3::RipNg::Lookup(), ns3::Ipv6StaticRouting::LookupStatic(), ns3::Ipv6AddressHelper::NewNetwork(), ns3::operator<<(), Print(), ns3::Ipv6StaticRouting::PrintRoutingTable(), and ns3::RipNg::PrintRoutingTable().

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◆ GetZero()

Ipv6Prefix ns3::Ipv6Prefix::GetZero ( )

static

Get the zero prefix ( /0).

Returns: an Ipv6Prefix

Definition at line 939 of file ipv6-address.cc.

References NS_LOG_FUNCTION_NOARGS.

Referenced by ns3::RipNg::AddDefaultRouteTo(), ns3::RipNg::DoSendRouteUpdate(), ns3::RipNg::HandleRequests(), and ns3::Ipv6StaticRouting::SetDefaultRoute().

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◆ IsMatch()

bool ns3::Ipv6Prefix::IsMatch	(	Ipv6Address	a,
		Ipv6Address	b
	)		const

If the Address match the type.

Parameters

a	a first address
b	a second address

Returns: true if the type match, false otherwise

Definition at line 893 of file ipv6-address.cc.

References ns3::Ipv6Address::GetBytes(), m_prefix, and NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

Referenced by ns3::Ipv6Interface::GetAddressMatchingDestination(), ns3::Ipv6StaticRouting::HasNetworkDest(), ns3::RipNg::Lookup(), and ns3::Ipv6StaticRouting::LookupStatic().

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◆ Print()

void ns3::Ipv6Prefix::Print ( std::ostream & os ) const

Print this address to the given output stream.

The print format is in the typical "2001:660:4701::1".

Parameters

os	the output stream to which this Ipv6Address is printed

Definition at line 915 of file ipv6-address.cc.

References GetPrefixLength(), and NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

Referenced by ns3::operator<<().

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◆ SetPrefixLength()

void ns3::Ipv6Prefix::SetPrefixLength ( uint8_t prefixLength )

Set prefix length.

Parameters

prefixLength the prefix length

Definition at line 971 of file ipv6-address.cc.

References m_prefixLength, and NS_LOG_FUNCTION.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

◆ operator!=

bool operator!=	(	const Ipv6Prefix &	a,
		const Ipv6Prefix &	b
	)

friend

Not equal to operator.

Parameters

a	the first operand
b	the first operand

Returns: true if the operands are not equal

Definition at line 679 of file ipv6-address.h.

◆ operator==

bool operator==	(	const Ipv6Prefix &	a,
		const Ipv6Prefix &	b
	)

friend

Equal to operator.

Parameters

a	the first operand
b	the first operand

Returns: true if the operands are equal

Definition at line 673 of file ipv6-address.h.

Member Data Documentation

◆ m_prefix

uint8_t ns3::Ipv6Prefix::m_prefix[16]

private

The prefix representation.

Definition at line 589 of file ipv6-address.h.

Referenced by Ipv6Prefix(), ConvertToIpv6Address(), GetBytes(), GetMinimumPrefixLength(), and IsMatch().

◆ m_prefixLength

uint8_t ns3::Ipv6Prefix::m_prefixLength

private

The prefix length.

Definition at line 594 of file ipv6-address.h.

Referenced by Ipv6Prefix(), GetPrefixLength(), and SetPrefixLength().

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

src/network/utils/ipv6-address.h
src/network/utils/ipv6-address.cc

Public Member Functions

Static Public Member Functions

Private Attributes

Friends

Detailed Description

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ Ipv6Prefix() [1/8]

◆ Ipv6Prefix() [2/8]

◆ Ipv6Prefix() [3/8]

◆ Ipv6Prefix() [4/8]

◆ Ipv6Prefix() [5/8]

◆ Ipv6Prefix() [6/8]

◆ Ipv6Prefix() [7/8]

◆ Ipv6Prefix() [8/8]

◆ ~Ipv6Prefix()

Member Function Documentation

◆ ConvertToIpv6Address()

◆ GetBytes()

◆ GetLoopback()

◆ GetMinimumPrefixLength()

◆ GetOnes()

◆ GetPrefixLength()

◆ GetZero()

◆ IsMatch()

◆ Print()

◆ SetPrefixLength()

Friends And Related Function Documentation

◆ operator!=

◆ operator==

Member Data Documentation

◆ m_prefix

◆ m_prefixLength