ethernet-trailer.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2007 Emmanuelle Laprise
 *
 * 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
 * published by the Free Software Foundation;
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
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 *
 * Author: Emmanuelle Laprise <emmanuelle.laprise@bluekazoo.ca>
 */
 
#ifndef ETHERNET_TRAILER_H
#define ETHERNET_TRAILER_H
 
#include "ns3/packet.h"
#include "ns3/trailer.h"
 
#include <string>
 
namespace ns3
{
 
/**
 * \ingroup network
 *
 * \brief Packet trailer for Ethernet
 *
 * This class can be used to add and verify the FCS at the end of an
 * Ethernet packet.
 */
class EthernetTrailer : public Trailer
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Construct a null ethernet trailer
     */
    EthernetTrailer();
 
    /**
     * \brief Enable or disable FCS checking and calculations
     * \param enable If true, enables FCS calculations.
     */
    void EnableFcs(bool enable);
 
    /**
     * \brief Updates the Fcs Field to the correct FCS
     * \param p Reference to a packet on which the FCS should be
     * calculated. The packet should not currently contain an
     * EthernetTrailer.
     */
    void CalcFcs(Ptr<const Packet> p);
 
    /**
     * \brief Sets the FCS to a new value
     * \param fcs New FCS value
     */
    void SetFcs(uint32_t fcs);
 
    /**
     * \return the FCS contained in this trailer
     */
    uint32_t GetFcs() const;
 
    /**
     * Calculate an FCS on the provided packet and check this value against
     * the FCS found when the trailer was deserialized (the one in the transmitted
     * packet).
     *
     * If FCS checking is disabled, this method will always
     * return true.
     *
     * \param p Reference to the packet on which the FCS should be
     * calculated. The packet should not contain an EthernetTrailer.
     *
     * \return Returns true if the Packet FCS matches the FCS in the trailer,
     * false otherwise.
     */
    bool CheckFcs(Ptr<const Packet> p) const;
 
    /**
     *\return Returns the size of the trailer
     */
    uint32_t GetTrailerSize() const;
 
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
    TypeId GetInstanceTypeId() const override;
    void Print(std::ostream& os) const override;
    uint32_t GetSerializedSize() const override;
    void Serialize(Buffer::Iterator end) const override;
    uint32_t Deserialize(Buffer::Iterator end) override;
 
  private:
    /**
     * Enabled FCS calculations. If false, m_fcs is set to 0 and CheckFcs
     * returns true.
     */
    bool m_calcFcs;
    uint32_t m_fcs; //!< Value of the fcs contained in the trailer
};
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* ETHERNET_TRAILER_H */