Class IPv6ExtensionHeader

File: src/inet/networklayer/ipv6/IPv6Datagram.msg

C++ definition

This serves as the base class for all the other extension headers.

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Known subclasses:

Name	Type	Description
IPv6AuthenticationHeader	class	Authentication Header RFC 2402 Not Implemented
IPv6DestinationOptionsHeader	class	Destination Options Header RFC 2460 Section 4.6 Next Header Value: 60
IPv6EncapsulatingSecurityPayloadHeader	class	Encapsulating Security Payload Header RFC 2406 Not Implemented
IPv6FragmentHeader	class	Fragment Header RFC 2460 Section 4.5 Next Header Value: 44
IPv6HopByHopOptionsHeader	class	Hop-by-Hop Options Header. RFC 2460 Section 4.3 Next Header Value: 0
IPv6RoutingHeader	class	Routing Header RFC 2460 Section 4.4 Next Header Value: 43

Fields:

Name	Type	Description
extensionType	short
byteLength	short	byteLength = n * 8;

Source code:

//
// This serves as the base class for all the other extension headers.
//
class IPv6ExtensionHeader
{
    short extensionType;
    short byteLength = 0;   // byteLength = n * 8;
}