EthernetPacket Class — netty Architecture

Source Code

handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/pcap/EthernetPacket.java lines 20–81

final class EthernetPacket {

    /**
     * MAC Address: 00:00:5E:00:53:00
     */
    private static final byte[] DUMMY_SOURCE_MAC_ADDRESS = new byte[]{0, 0, 94, 0, 83, 0};

    /**
     * MAC Address: 00:00:5E:00:53:FF
     */
    private static final byte[] DUMMY_DESTINATION_MAC_ADDRESS = new byte[]{0, 0, 94, 0, 83, -1};

    /**
     * IPv4
     */
    private static final int V4 = 0x0800;

    /**
     * IPv6
     */
    private static final int V6 = 0x86dd;

    private EthernetPacket() {
        // Prevent outside initialization
    }

    /**
     * Write IPv4 Ethernet Packet. It uses a dummy MAC address for both source and destination.
     *
     * @param byteBuf ByteBuf where Ethernet Packet data will be set
     * @param payload Payload of IPv4
     */
    static void writeIPv4(ByteBuf byteBuf, ByteBuf payload) {
        writePacket(byteBuf, payload, DUMMY_SOURCE_MAC_ADDRESS, DUMMY_DESTINATION_MAC_ADDRESS, V4);
    }

    /**
     * Write IPv6 Ethernet Packet. It uses a dummy MAC address for both source and destination.
     *
     * @param byteBuf ByteBuf where Ethernet Packet data will be set
     * @param payload Payload of IPv6
     */
    static void writeIPv6(ByteBuf byteBuf, ByteBuf payload) {
        writePacket(byteBuf, payload, DUMMY_SOURCE_MAC_ADDRESS, DUMMY_DESTINATION_MAC_ADDRESS, V6);
    }

    /**
     * Write IPv6 Ethernet Packet
     *
     * @param byteBuf    ByteBuf where Ethernet Packet data will be set
     * @param payload    Payload of IPv6
     * @param srcAddress Source MAC Address
     * @param dstAddress Destination MAC Address
     * @param type       Type of Frame
     */
    private static void writePacket(ByteBuf byteBuf, ByteBuf payload, byte[] srcAddress, byte[] dstAddress, int type) {
        byteBuf.writeBytes(dstAddress); // Destination MAC Address
        byteBuf.writeBytes(srcAddress); // Source MAC Address
        byteBuf.writeShort(type);       // Frame Type (IPv4 or IPv6)
        byteBuf.writeBytes(payload);    // Payload of L3
    }
}