org.netxms.base

Class MacAddress

java.lang.Object

org.netxms.base.MacAddress

public class MacAddress
extends Object

MAC address representation

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MacAddress() Create MAC address with value of 00:00:00:00:00:00
MacAddress(byte[] src) Create MAC address object from byte array

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareTo(MacAddress dst) Compare this MAC address to another MAC address.
boolean	equals(Object arg0)
byte[]	getValue()
int	hashCode()
boolean	isNull() Check if MAC address is all zeroes
static MacAddress	parseMacAddress(String str) Parse MAC address string representation.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MacAddress

public MacAddress()

Create MAC address with value of 00:00:00:00:00:00

MacAddress

public MacAddress(byte[] src)

Create MAC address object from byte array

Parameters:

src - byte array containing MAC address value

Method Detail

isNull

public boolean isNull()

Check if MAC address is all zeroes

Returns:

true if MAC address is all zeroes

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object arg0)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

parseMacAddress

public static MacAddress parseMacAddress(String str)
                                  throws MacAddressFormatException

Parse MAC address string representation. Supported representations are 6 groups of two hex digits, separated by spaces, minuses, or colons; or 4 groups of three hex digits separated by dots; or 12 non-separated digits. Examples of valid MAC address strings: 00:10:FA:23:11:7A 01 02 fa c4 10 dc 00-90-0b-11-01-29 009.00b.110.129 0203fcd456c1

Parameters:

str - MAC address string

Returns:

MAC address object

Throws:

MacAddressFormatException - if MAC address sting is invalid

getValue

public byte[] getValue()

Returns:

the value

compareTo

public int compareTo(MacAddress dst)

Compare this MAC address to another MAC address.

Parameters:

dst - another @see MacAddress to be compared with.

Returns:

0 if two MAC addresses are equal, negative if this MAC address is "lower", and positive if "higher"