SwitchEntry.java

/************************************************************************
 *
 *Class:  SwitchEntry
 *Author :Robert Taracha CST8130 - 2016
 *purpose:  This class handles the array objects of a layer 2 switch table
 *data members:  seAddress: MACAddress - holds address of entry
 *           port: String - holds port information
 *methods:  addEntry (MACAddress, String) - initializes object with parameters
 *   isEqual(MACAddress):boolean - compares seAddress in object to parameter
 *   getAddress(): MACAddress
 *   getPort():String
 *
 */
public class SwitchEntry {
    private MACAddress seAddress;
    private String port;

    public SwitchEntry () {
        seAddress = new MACAddress();
        port = "no";
    }

    public SwitchEntry (MACAddress address, String port) {
        seAddress = new MACAddress(address);
        this.port = new String(port);
    }

    // note to students...this is not actually used in the assignment - I wrote it to demo that it could be written
    public boolean isEqual (MACAddress rhs) {
        return seAddress.isEqual(rhs);
    }

    public MACAddress getAddress() {
        return seAddress;
    }

    public MACAddress getSeAddress() {
        return seAddress;
    }

    public void setSeAddress(MACAddress seAddress) {
        this.seAddress = seAddress;
    }

    public void setPort(String port) {
        this.port = port;
    }

    public String getPort() {
        return port;
    }

    public String toString() {
        return "address: " + seAddress + " port " + port;
    }

}