macaddress.go

package egoscale

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"net"
)

// MACAddress is a nicely JSON serializable net.HardwareAddr
type MACAddress net.HardwareAddr

// String returns the MAC address in standard format
func (mac MACAddress) String() string {
	return (net.HardwareAddr)(mac).String()
}

// MAC48 builds a MAC-48 MACAddress
func MAC48(a, b, c, d, e, f byte) MACAddress {
	m := make(MACAddress, 6)
	m[0] = a
	m[1] = b
	m[2] = c
	m[3] = d
	m[4] = e
	m[5] = f
	return m
}

// UnmarshalJSON unmarshals the raw JSON into the MAC address
func (mac *MACAddress) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
	var addr string
	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &addr); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	hw, err := ParseMAC(addr)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	*mac = make(MACAddress, 6)
	copy(*mac, hw)
	return nil
}

// MarshalJSON converts the MAC Address to a string representation
func (mac MACAddress) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%q", mac.String())), nil
}

// ParseMAC converts a string into a MACAddress
func ParseMAC(s string) (MACAddress, error) {
	hw, err := net.ParseMAC(s)
	return (MACAddress)(hw), err
}

// MustParseMAC acts like ParseMAC but panics if in case of an error
func MustParseMAC(s string) MACAddress {
	mac, err := ParseMAC(s)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	return mac
}