ln.type/MAC.cs

using System;
using System.Globalization;
namespace ln.type
{
    public class MAC : IComparable<MAC>
    {
        readonly byte[] mac;

        public byte[] Bytes => mac.Slice(0);

        public MAC()
        {
            mac = new byte[6];
        }
        public MAC(byte[] macBytes)
            :this()
        {
            if (macBytes.Length != 6)
                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(macBytes), "MAC bytes need to be exactly 6 bytes");

            Array.Copy(macBytes, 0, this.mac, 0, 6);
        }
        public MAC(string smac)
            :this()
        {
            string[] sbytes = null;
            if (smac.Contains(":"))
                sbytes = smac.Split(':');
            else
                sbytes = smac.Split('-');

            if (sbytes.Length != 6)
                throw new ArgumentException(nameof(smac), "MAC needs 6 bytes");

            for (int n = 0; n < 6; n++)
                mac[n] = Convert.ToByte(sbytes[n], 16);
        }

        public override string ToString()
        {
            return BitConverter.ToString(mac);
        }

        public override int GetHashCode()
        {
            int hash = 0;
            foreach (byte mb in mac)
                hash = (hash << 16) ^ mb;
            return hash;
        }

        public override bool Equals(object obj)
        {
            if (obj is MAC)
            {
                return mac.AreEqual((obj as MAC).mac);
            }
            return false;
        }

        public int CompareTo(MAC other)
        {
            for (int n=0;n<6;n++)
            {
                int d = mac[n] - other.mac[n];
                if (d != 0)
                    return d;
            }
            return 0;
        }
    }
}