org.apache.directory.server.dhcp.messages

Class HardwareAddress

java.lang.Object

org.apache.directory.server.dhcp.messages.HardwareAddress

public final class HardwareAddress
extends Object

A representation of a DHCP hardware address.

Author:

Apache Directory Project

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HardwareAddress(short type, short length, byte[] address)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
byte[]	getAddress()
short	getLength()
String	getNativeRepresentation() Create the string representation of the hardware address native to the corresponding address type.
short	getType()
int	hashCode()
String	toString() Create a string representation of the hardware address.
static HardwareAddress	valueOf(String s) Parses a string representation of a hardware address according to the specification given in toString().

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HardwareAddress

public HardwareAddress(short type,
                       short length,
                       byte[] address)

Parameters:

type -

length -

address -

Method Detail

getAddress

public byte[] getAddress()

getLength

public short getLength()

getType

public short getType()

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

the instance's hash code

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

getNativeRepresentation

public String getNativeRepresentation()

Create the string representation of the hardware address native to the corresponding address type. This method currently supports only type 1==ethernet with the representation a1:a2:a3:a4:a5:a6.
For all other types, this method falls back to the representation created by toString().

See Also:

Object.toString()

toString

public String toString()

Create a string representation of the hardware address. The string representation is in the format
t/a1:a2:a3...
Where t represents the address type (decimal) and an represent the address bytes (hexadecimal).

Overrides:

toString in class Object

See Also:

Object.toString()

valueOf

public static HardwareAddress valueOf(String s)

Parses a string representation of a hardware address according to the specification given in toString().

Parameters:

s -

Returns:

HardwareAddress

Throws:

ParseException