Ipv6ExtensionHeader¶

Namespace: inet

class Ipv6ExtensionHeader

This serves as the base class for all the Ipv6 extension headers.

Usage diagram¶

Inheritance diagram¶

Extends¶

Name	Type	Description
FieldsChunk	class	(no description)

Known subclasses¶

Name	Type	Description
Ipv6AuthenticationHeader	class	Authentication Header RFC 2402 Not Implemented
Ipv6DestinationOptionsHeader	class	Destination Options Header RFC 2460 Section 4.6 Next Header Value: 60
Ipv6EncapsulatingSecurityPayloadHeader	class	Encapsulating Security Payload Header RFC 2406 Not Implemented
Ipv6FragmentHeader	class	Fragment Header RFC 2460 Section 4.5 Next Header Value: 44
Ipv6HopByHopOptionsHeader	class	Hop-by-Hop Options Header. RFC 2460 Section 4.3 Next Header Value: 0
Ipv6RoutingHeader	class	Routing Header RFC 2460 Section 4.4 Next Header Value: 43

Fields¶

Name	Type	Description
id	int
mutable	bool
complete	bool
correct	bool
properlyRepresented	bool
chunkLength	b
rawBin	string[]
rawHex	string[]
regionTags	SharingRegionTagSet::TagBaseRegionTag[]
extensionType	IpProtocolId
nextHeaderProtocol	IpProtocolId	Next Header field (on the wire)

Properties¶

Name	Value	Description
beforeChange	handleChange()
descriptor	readonly
existingClass
packetData

Source code¶

//
// This serves as the base class for all the Ipv6 extension headers.
//
class Ipv6ExtensionHeader extends FieldsChunk
{
    @packetData;
    IpProtocolId extensionType = IP_PROT_NONE;
    IpProtocolId nextHeaderProtocol = IP_PROT_NONE; // Next Header field (on the wire)
}

File: src/inet/networklayer/ipv6/Ipv6ExtensionHeaders.msg