Class CommunityUtil


  • public final class CommunityUtil
    extends Object
    Object representation of a RFC1997 Community tag. Communities are a way for the advertising entity to attach semantic meaning/policy to advertised objects.
    • Field Detail

      • NO_EXPORT

        public static final Community NO_EXPORT
        NO_EXPORT community. All routes received carrying a communities attribute containing this value MUST NOT be advertised outside a BGP confederation boundary (a stand-alone autonomous system that is not part of a confederation should be considered a confederation itself).
      • NO_ADVERTISE

        public static final Community NO_ADVERTISE
        NO_ADVERTISE community. All routes received carrying a communities attribute containing this value MUST NOT be advertised to other BGP peers.
      • NO_EXPORT_SUBCONFED

        public static final Community NO_EXPORT_SUBCONFED
        NO_EXPORT_SUBCONFED community. All routes received carrying a communities attribute containing this value MUST NOT be advertised to external BGP peers (this includes peers in other members autonomous systems inside a BGP confederation).
      • LLGR_STALE

        public static final Community LLGR_STALE
        LLGR_STALE community can be used to mark stale routes retained for a longer period of time. Such long-lived stale routes are to be handled according to the procedures specified in https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-uttaro-idr-bgp-persistence-04#section-4.
      • NO_LLGR

        public static final Community NO_LLGR
        NO_LLGR community can be used to mark routes which a BGP speaker does not want treated according to procedures, as detailed in https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-uttaro-idr-bgp-persistence-04#section-4.
    • Constructor Detail

    • Method Detail

      • create

        public Community create​(long asn,
                                int semantics)
        Creates a new Community given AS number value and semantics using generated CommunitiesBuilder.
        Parameters:
        asn - long
        semantics - int
        Returns:
        new Community
      • create

        public static Community create​(ReferenceCache refCache,
                                       long asn,
                                       int semantics)
        Creates a new Community given AS number value and semantics using generated CommunitiesBuilder.
        Parameters:
        refCache - reference cache to use
        asn - long
        semantics - int
        Returns:
        new Community
      • valueOf

        public Community valueOf​(String string)
        Creates a Community from its String representation.
        Parameters:
        string - String representation of a community
        Returns:
        new Community
      • valueOf

        public static Community valueOf​(ReferenceCache refCache,
                                        String string)
        Creates a Community from its String representation.
        Parameters:
        refCache - reference cache to use
        string - String representation of a community
        Returns:
        new Community