old_contents: # Copyright (C) 2011 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation.
  # Copyright (C) 2011 Isaku Yamahata <yamahata at valinux co jp>
  #
  # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  # You may obtain a copy of the License at
  #
  #    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  #
  # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
  # implied.
  # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  # limitations under the License.
  
  import itertools
  
  # string representation
  HADDR_PATTERN = r'([0-9a-f]{2}:){5}[0-9a-f]{2}'
  
  # Internal representation of mac address is string[6]
  _HADDR_LEN = 6
  
  DONTCARE = '\x00' * 6
  BROADCAST = '\xff' * 6
  MULTICAST = '\xfe' + '\xff' * 5
  UNICAST = '\x01' + '\x00' * 5
  
  
  def is_multicast(addr):
      return bool(ord(addr[0]) & 0x01)
  
  
  def haddr_to_str(addr):
      """Format mac address in internal representation into human readable
      form"""
      if addr is None:
          return 'None'
      assert len(addr) == _HADDR_LEN
      return ':'.join('%02x' % ord(char) for char in addr)
  
  
  def haddr_to_bin(string):
      """Parse mac address string in human readable format into
      internal representation"""
      hexes = string.split(':')
      if len(hexes) != _HADDR_LEN:
          raise ValueError('Invalid format for mac address: %s' % string)
      return ''.join(chr(int(h, 16)) for h in hexes)
  
  
  def haddr_bitand(addr, mask):
      return ''.join(chr(ord(a) & ord(m)) for (a, m)
                     in itertools.izip(addr, mask))
  
new_contents: # Copyright (C) 2011 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation.
  # Copyright (C) 2011 Isaku Yamahata <yamahata at valinux co jp>
  #
  # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  # You may obtain a copy of the License at
  #
  #    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  #
  # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
  # implied.
  # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  # limitations under the License.
  
  from ryu.lib import addrconv
  
  import itertools
  
  # string representation
  HADDR_PATTERN = r'([0-9a-f]{2}:){5}[0-9a-f]{2}'
  
  DONTCARE = '\x00' * 6
  BROADCAST = '\xff' * 6
  MULTICAST = '\xfe' + '\xff' * 5
  UNICAST = '\x01' + '\x00' * 5
  
  
  def is_multicast(addr):
      return bool(ord(addr[0]) & 0x01)
  
  
  def haddr_to_str(addr):
      """Format mac address in internal representation into human readable
      form"""
      if addr is None:
          return 'None'
      try:
          return addrconv.mac.bin_to_text(addr)
      except:
          raise AssertionError
  
  
  def haddr_to_bin(string):
      """Parse mac address string in human readable format into
      internal representation"""
      try:
          return addrconv.mac.text_to_bin(string)
      except:
          raise ValueError
  
  
  def haddr_bitand(addr, mask):
      return ''.join(chr(ord(a) & ord(m)) for (a, m)
                     in itertools.izip(addr, mask))
  
subject: replace bin<->text converters for mac addresses