encode-decode.cc

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2009 University of Washington
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
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 *
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 * GNU General Public License for more details.
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 */
 
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <string>
 
namespace ns3
{
 
/**
 * \brief Convert a byte buffer to a string containing a hex representation
 * of the buffer.  Make the string pretty by adding a colon (':') between
 * the hex.
 *
 * \param buffer The input buffer to be converted.
 * \param len The length of the input buffer.
 * \returns A string containing a hex representation of the data in buffer.
 */
std::string
BufferToString(uint8_t* buffer, uint32_t len)
{
    std::ostringstream oss;
    //
    // Tell the stream to make hex characters, zero-filled
    //
    oss.setf(std::ios::hex, std::ios::basefield);
    oss.fill('0');
 
    //
    // Loop through the buffer, separating the two-digit-wide hex bytes
    // with a colon.
    //
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < len; i++)
    {
        oss << ":" << std::setw(2) << (uint32_t)buffer[i];
    }
    return oss.str();
}
 
/**
 * \brief Convert string encoded by the inverse function (TapBufferToString)
 * back into a byte buffer.
 *
 * \param s The input string.
 * \param buffer The buffer to initialize with the converted bits.
 * \param len The length of the data that is valid in the buffer.
 * \returns True indicates a successful conversion.
 */
bool
StringToBuffer(std::string s, uint8_t* buffer, uint32_t* len)
{
    //
    // If the string was made by our inverse function, the string length must
    // be a multiple of three characters in length.  Use this fact to do a
    // quick reasonableness test.
    //
    if ((s.length() % 3) != 0)
    {
        return false;
    }
 
    std::istringstream iss;
    iss.str(s);
 
    uint8_t n = 0;
 
    while (iss.good())
    {
        //
        // The first character in the "triplet" we're working on is always the
        // the ':' separator.  Read that into a char and make sure we're skipping
        // what we think we're skipping.
        //
        char c;
        iss.read(&c, 1);
        if (c != ':')
        {
            return false;
        }
 
        //
        // And then read in the real bits and convert them.
        //
        uint32_t tmp;
        iss >> std::hex >> tmp;
        buffer[n] = tmp;
        n++;
    }
 
    *len = n;
    return true;
}
 
} // namespace ns3