Ipv6ExtensionHeader

class

This serves as the base class for all the Ipv6 extension headers.

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Extends

Name	Type	Description
cObject	(unknown -- not in documented files)

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	B	byteLength = n * 8;

Source code

//
// This serves as the base class for all the Ipv6 extension headers.
//
class Ipv6ExtensionHeader extends cObject
{
    @packetData;
    short extensionType;
    B byteLength = B(0);   // byteLength = n * 8;
}

File: src/inet/networklayer/ipv6/Ipv6Header.msg