Msg File src/inet/networklayer/contract/ipv6/IPv6ControlInfo.msg

Name	Type	Description
IPv6ControlInfo	class	Control information for sending/receiving packets over IPv6.
Source code

//
// Copyright (C) 2005 Andras Varga
//
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import inet.networklayer.contract.ipv6.IPv6Address;
import inet.networklayer.contract.ipv6.IPv6ExtensionHeaders;
import inet.networklayer.common.IPProtocolId;

cplusplus {{
#include "inet/networklayer/ipv6/IPv6ExtensionHeaders.h"
}}

namespace inet;

//
// Control information for sending/receiving packets over IPv6.
//
// To send a packet over IPv6, fill in an ~IPv6ControlInfo object,
// attach it to the packet with the C++ method setControlInfo(),
// the send it to the ~IPv6 module.
//
// When sending, the following fields are required:
// - protocol: a value from ~IPProtocolId
// - destAddr
//
// Optional fields:
// - srcAddr: it will be set to the address of the outgoing interface
// - timeToLive
//
// When ~IPv6 delivers a packet to higher layers, it also attaches an
// ~IPv6ControlInfo to it. It fills in the following fields:
//  - srcAddr, destAddr, protocol, hopLimit: values from the original datagram
//  - interfaceId: the interface on which the datagram arrived, or -1 if it was
//    created locally
//
// ~IPv6 also puts the original datagram object into the control info, because
// it may be needed by higher layers.
//
class IPv6ControlInfo extends cObject
{
    @customize(true);
    short protocol @enum(IPProtocolId);  // transport layer protocol
    IPv6Address destAddr; // destination IPv6 address
    IPv6Address srcAddr;  // source IPv6 address
    unsigned char trafficClass;  // Traffic Class byte (low 6 bits: DSCP; highest 2 bits: ECN)
    abstract int diffServCodePoint;  // maps to bits 0-5 of trafficClass
    abstract int explicitCongestionNotification;  // maps to bits 6-7 of trafficClass
    short hopLimit;       // hop limit
    int interfaceId = -1; // interface on which the datagram was received, or
                          // should be sent (see ~InterfaceTable)
    bool multicastLoop;   // if true, sent multicast datagrams will be looped back
    abstract IPv6ExtensionHeader * extensionHeader[]; // array of extension headers, subclassed from ~IPv6ExtensionHeader
}