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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <hicn/transport/portability/portability.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace utils {
+
+static TRANSPORT_ALWAYS_INLINE int convertStringToMacAddress(
+    const std::string& mac_address, uint8_t* mac_byte_array) {
+  const char* mac = mac_address.c_str();
+
+  sscanf(mac, "%hhx:%hhx:%hhx:%hhx:%hhx:%hhx", &mac_byte_array[0],
+         &mac_byte_array[1], &mac_byte_array[2], &mac_byte_array[3],
+         &mac_byte_array[4], &mac_byte_array[5]);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+}  // namespace utils
+\ No newline at end of file