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Add IP and Mac user defined literals. #1999

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Added mac and ip literals for quick creation.
Dimi1010 Oct 20, 2025
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Fixed the static MacValues to be const.
Dimi1010 Oct 20, 2025
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13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions Common++/header/IpAddress.h
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Expand Up @@ -883,6 +883,19 @@ namespace pcpp
std::unique_ptr<IPv6Network> m_IPv6Network;
};

namespace literals
{
inline IPv4Address operator""_ipv4(const char* addrString, std::size_t size)
{
return IPv4Address(std::string(addrString, size));
}

inline IPv6Address operator""_ipv6(const char* addrString, std::size_t size)
{
return IPv6Address(std::string(addrString, size));
}
} // namespace literals

inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& oss, const pcpp::IPv4Address& ipv4Address)
{
oss << ipv4Address.toString();
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12 changes: 10 additions & 2 deletions Common++/header/MacAddress.h
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Expand Up @@ -177,14 +177,22 @@ namespace pcpp
bool copyToNewBuffer(uint8_t** buffer, size_t& size) const;

/// A static value representing a zero value of MAC address, meaning address of value "00:00:00:00:00:00"
static MacAddress Zero;
static const MacAddress Zero;
/// A static value representing a broadcast MAC address, meaning address of value "ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff"
static MacAddress Broadcast;
static const MacAddress Broadcast;

private:
std::array<uint8_t, 6> m_Address{};
};

namespace literals
{
inline MacAddress operator""_mac(const char* addrString, size_t size)
{
return MacAddress(std::string(addrString, size));
}
} // namespace literals

inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& oss, const pcpp::MacAddress& macAddress)
{
oss << macAddress.toString();
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions Common++/src/MacAddress.cpp
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namespace pcpp
{

MacAddress MacAddress::Zero(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
const MacAddress MacAddress::Zero(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);

MacAddress MacAddress::Broadcast(0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff);
const MacAddress MacAddress::Broadcast(0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff);

std::string MacAddress::toString() const
{
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