Adds a function to convert TCP flags into a string

src/internet/model/tcp-header.cc

@@ -51,6 +51,31 @@ TcpHeader::~TcpHeader ()
 {
 }
 
+std::string
+TcpHeader::FlagsToString(const uint8_t& flags, const std::string& delimiter)
+{
+  static const char* flagNames[8] = {
+    "FIN",
+    "SYN",
+    "RST",
+    "PSH",
+    "ACK",
+    "URG",
+    "ECE",
+    "CWR"
+  };
+  std::string flagsDescription = "";
+  for(int i = 0; i < 8; ++i)
+  {
+    if( flags & (1 << i) )
+    {
+      if(flagsDescription.length() > 0) flagsDescription += delimiter;
+      flagsDescription.append(flagNames[i]);
+    }
+  }
+  return flagsDescription;
+}
+
 void
 TcpHeader::EnableChecksums (void)
 {
@@ -250,41 +275,7 @@ TcpHeader::Print (std::ostream &os)  const
 
   if (m_flags != 0)
     {
-      os<<" [";
-      if ((m_flags & FIN) != 0)
-        {
-          os<<" FIN ";
-        }
-      if ((m_flags & SYN) != 0)
-        {
-          os<<" SYN ";
-        }
-      if ((m_flags & RST) != 0)
-        {
-          os<<" RST ";
-        }
-      if ((m_flags & PSH) != 0)
-        {
-          os<<" PSH ";
-        }
-      if ((m_flags & ACK) != 0)
-        {
-          os<<" ACK ";
-        }
-      if ((m_flags & URG) != 0)
-        {
-          os<<" URG ";
-        }
-      if ((m_flags & ECE) != 0)
-        {
-          os<<" ECE ";
-        }
-      if ((m_flags & CWR) != 0)
-        {
-          os<<" CWR ";
-        }
-
-      os<<"]";
+      os<<" [" << FlagsToString(m_flags) <<"]";
     }
 
   os<<" Seq="<<m_sequenceNumber<<" Ack="<<m_ackNumber<<" Win="<<m_windowSize;

src/internet/model/tcp-header.h

@@ -41,12 +41,22 @@ namespace ns3 {
  * as methods for serialization to and deserialization from a byte buffer.
  */
 
-class TcpHeader : public Header 
+class TcpHeader : public Header
 {
 public:
   TcpHeader ();
   virtual ~TcpHeader ();
 
+  /**
+   * \brief Converts an integer into a human readable list of Tcp flags
+   *
+   * \param flags List of TCP flags to convert to a readable string
+   * \param delimiter String to insert between flags
+   *
+   * \return the generated string
+   **/
+  static std::string FlagsToString(const uint8_t& flags, const std::string& delimiter="|");
+
   /**
    * \brief Enable checksum calculation for TCP
    *