Trait NetworkRepr 

pub trait NetworkRepr<U: Copy> {
    // Required methods
    fn to_network(self) -> U;
    fn from_network(val: U) -> Self;
}

Types which can be converted to and from bitstrings and byte arrays for serialisation as fields of network packets.

This can be used for better type-checking (e.g., bitfields or newtypes). We might represent a next-header type using a primitive:

#[derive(Clone, Copy, Hash, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Ord, PartialOrd, Default)]
struct Ethertype(u16);

impl NetworkRepr<u16be> for Ethertype {
    #[inline]
    fn to_network(self) -> u16be {
        self.0
    }

    #[inline]
    fn from_network(val: u16be) -> Self {
        Self(val)
    }
}

…or, a byte array (such as [u8; 16]).

Required Methods

fn to_network(self) -> U

Converts a local value into raw bytes or integer type.

fn from_network(val: U) -> Self

Converts a raw value into a local type.

Dyn Compatibility

This trait is not dyn compatible.

In older versions of Rust, dyn compatibility was called "object safety".

Implementations on Foreign Types

impl NetworkRepr<[u8; 6]> for MacAddr6

fn to_network(self) -> [u8; 6]

fn from_network(val: [u8; 6]) -> Self

impl NetworkRepr<u8> for bool

fn to_network(self) -> u1

fn from_network(val: u1) -> Self

Implementors