added MACAddress::uint64()

Socket/Protocols/Raw/MACAddress.cci

@@ -108,6 +108,18 @@ prefix_ boost::uint64_t senf::MACAddress::eui64()
         (boost::uint64_t( (*this)[5] )      );
 }
 
+prefix_ boost::uint64_t senf::MACAddress::uint64()
+    const
+{
+    return
+        (boost::uint64_t( (*this)[0] ) << 40) | 
+        (boost::uint64_t( (*this)[1] ) << 32) | 
+        (boost::uint64_t( (*this)[2] ) << 24) | 
+        (boost::uint64_t( (*this)[3] ) << 16) | 
+        (boost::uint64_t( (*this)[4] ) <<  8) | 
+        (boost::uint64_t( (*this)[5] )      );
+}
+
 ///////////////////////////////cci.e///////////////////////////////////////
 #undef prefix_
 

Socket/Protocols/Raw/MACAddress.hh

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace senf {
         The following statements all create the same MAC address <code>00:1A:2B:3C:4D:5F</code>
         \code
         // Used to construct constant MAC addresses
-        MACAddress(0x001A2B3C4D5Flu)
+        MACAddress(0x001A2B3C4D5Fllu)
 
         // Construct a MAC address from it's string representation:
         MACAddress::from_string("00:1a:2b:3c:4d:5f")   // case is ignored
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ namespace senf {
         boost::uint32_t nic() const;    ///< Return last 3 bytes of the address
         
         boost::uint64_t eui64() const;  ///< Build EUI-64 from the MAC address
+        boost::uint64_t uint64() const; ///< Return MAC address as uint64 value 
         
         std::string toString() const; ///< Return string representation of MAC address like 12:34:56:78:90:ab
 

Socket/Protocols/Raw/MACAddress.test.cc

@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_UNIT_TEST(macAddress)
 
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( mac, senf::MACAddress::from_eui64(0xa1b2c3fffed4e5f6llu) );
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW( senf::MACAddress::from_eui64(0u), senf::AddressSyntaxException );
+    
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( senf::MACAddress(0x1a2b3c4d5e6fULL).uint64(), 0x1a2b3c4d5e6fULL);
 }
 
 ///////////////////////////////cc.e////////////////////////////////////////