stringify: add 'utf-8' type

to be used for of-wire port name etc.

Signed-off-by: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamamoto@valinux.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ryu/lib/stringify.py b/ryu/lib/stringify.py
index a575e8ee..a88cc22c 100644
--- a/ryu/lib/stringify.py
+++ b/ryu/lib/stringify.py
@@ -60,8 +60,19 @@ class AsciiStringType(TypeDescr):
         return v.encode('ascii')
 
 
+class Utf8StringType(TypeDescr):
+    @staticmethod
+    def encode(v):
+        return unicode(v, 'utf-8')
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def decode(v):
+        return v.encode('utf-8')
+
+
 _types = {
     'ascii': AsciiStringType,
+    'utf-8': Utf8StringType,
 }