geni.types

Utility types used within geni-lib.

class DPID(val)[source]

Utility class representing OpenFlow Datapath IDs

This class tries to handle all likely inputs and desired outputs, while providing a single internal type to work with in the code.

String representations passed in must be represented in hex, but may contain common separators (colon, dash, and period) in any configuration.

Parameters

val (int, long, unicode, str) –

Raises
exception InputTypeError(val)[source]
MAX = 18446744073709551615
exception OutOfRangeError(val)[source]
hexstr()[source]

Unformatted hex representation of DPID

Returns

str – Hex formatted DPID, without colons

class EthernetMAC(val)[source]

Utility class representing 48-bit Ethernet MAC Addresses

This class tries to handle all likely inputs and desired outputs, while providing a single internal type to work with in the code.

String representations passed in must be represented in hex, but may contain common separators (colon, dash, and period) in any configuration.

Parameters

val (int, long, unicode, str) –

Raises
exception InputTypeError(val)[source]
MAX = 281474976710656
exception OutOfRangeError(val)[source]
hexstr()[source]

Unformatted hex representation of MAC

Returns

str – Hex formatted MAC, without separators