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", so this trait is not object safe.

Implementations on Foreign Types

impl NetworkRepr<u8> for bool

fn to_network(self) -> u1

fn from_network(val: u1) -> Self

impl NetworkRepr<[u8; 6]> for MacAddr6

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

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

Implementors