src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/macaddress.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
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import binascii


def mac_pton(s):
    '''Convert MAC address as text to binary'''
    return binascii.unhexlify(s.replace(':', ''))


def mac_ntop(binary):
    '''Convert MAC address as binary to text'''
    x = b':'.join(binascii.hexlify(binary)[i:i + 2]
                  for i in range(0, 12, 2))
    return str(x.decode('ascii'))


class MACAddress():
    def __init__(self, mac):
        '''MAC Address as a text-string (aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff) or 6 bytes'''
        # Of course Python 2 doesn't distinguish str from bytes
        if type(mac) is bytes and len(mac) == 6:
            self.mac_binary = mac
            self.mac_string = mac_ntop(mac)
        else:
            self.mac_binary = mac_pton(mac)
            self.mac_string = mac

    @property
    def packed(self):
        return self.mac_binary

    def __len__(self):
        return 6

    def __str__(self):
        return self.mac_string

    def __repr__(self):
        return '%s(%s)' % (self.__class__.__name__, self.mac_string)