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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 - present.  Boling Consulting Solutions (bcsw.net)
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+package omci
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+	me "github.com/cboling/omci/generated"
+	"github.com/google/gopacket"
+	"github.com/google/gopacket/layers"
+)
+
+type MeBasePacket struct {
+	EntityClass    me.ClassID
+	EntityInstance uint16
+
+	gopacket.Layer
+	layers.BaseLayer
+	MsgLayerType gopacket.LayerType
+}
+
+func (msg *MeBasePacket) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("ClassID: %v, InstanceId: %d/%#x",
+		msg.EntityClass, msg.EntityInstance, msg.EntityInstance)
+}
+
+// CanDecode returns the set of layer types that this DecodingLayer can decode
+func (msg *MeBasePacket) CanDecode() gopacket.LayerClass {
+	return msg.MsgLayerType
+}
+
+// LayerType returns MsgLayerType. It partially satisfies Layer and SerializableLayer
+func (msg *MeBasePacket) LayerType() gopacket.LayerType {
+	return msg.MsgLayerType
+}
+
+// LayerContents returns the bytes of the packet layer.
+func (msg *MeBasePacket) LayerContents() []byte {
+	return msg.Contents
+}
+
+// LayerPayload returns the bytes contained within the packet layer
+func (msg *MeBasePacket) LayerPayload() []byte {
+	return msg.Payload
+}
+
+// NextLayerType returns the layer type contained by this DecodingLayer
+func (msg *MeBasePacket) NextLayerType() gopacket.LayerType {
+	return gopacket.LayerTypeZero
+}
+
+// DecodeFromBytes decodes the given bytes into this layer
+func (msg *MeBasePacket) DecodeFromBytes(data []byte, p gopacket.PacketBuilder) error {
+	// Note: Base OMCI frame already checked for frame with at least 10 octets
+	msg.EntityClass = me.ClassID(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[0:]))
+	msg.EntityInstance = binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[2:])
+	msg.BaseLayer = layers.BaseLayer{Contents: data[:4], Payload: data[4:]}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// SerializeTo provides serialization of this message layer
+func (msg *MeBasePacket) SerializeTo(b gopacket.SerializeBuffer) error {
+	// Add class ID and entity ID
+	bytes, err := b.PrependBytes(4)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(bytes, uint16(msg.EntityClass))
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(bytes[2:], msg.EntityInstance)
+	return nil
+}
+
+type layerDecodingLayer interface {
+	gopacket.Layer
+	DecodeFromBytes([]byte, gopacket.PacketBuilder) error
+	NextLayerType() gopacket.LayerType
+}
+
+func decodingLayerDecoder(d layerDecodingLayer, data []byte, p gopacket.PacketBuilder) error {
+	err := d.DecodeFromBytes(data, p)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	p.AddLayer(d)
+	next := d.NextLayerType()
+	if next == gopacket.LayerTypeZero {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return p.NextDecoder(next)
+}