ccnx: small reorganization and extension
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; c-file-style: "gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2013 University of California, Los Angeles
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ *
+ * Author: Zhenkai Zhu <zhenkai@cs.ucla.edu>
+ * Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
+ */
+
+#ifndef CCNX_CCNX_CHARBUF_H
+#define CCNX_CCNX_CHARBUF_H
+
+#include "ccnx-common.h"
+#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
+
+namespace Ccnx {
+
+class CcnxCharbuf;
+typedef boost::shared_ptr<CcnxCharbuf> CcnxCharbufPtr;
+
+// This class is mostly used in CcnxWrapper; users should not be directly using this class
+// The main purpose of this class to is avoid manually create and destroy charbuf everytime
+class CcnxCharbuf
+{
+public:
+ CcnxCharbuf();
+ CcnxCharbuf(ccn_charbuf *buf);
+ CcnxCharbuf(const CcnxCharbuf &other);
+ CcnxCharbuf(const void *buf, size_t length);
+ ~CcnxCharbuf();
+
+ // expose internal data structure, use with caution!!
+ ccn_charbuf *
+ getBuf() { return m_buf; }
+
+ const ccn_charbuf *
+ getBuf() const { return m_buf; }
+
+ const unsigned char *
+ buf () const
+ { return m_buf->buf; }
+
+ size_t
+ length () const
+ { return m_buf->length; }
+
+private:
+ void init(ccn_charbuf *buf);
+
+protected:
+ ccn_charbuf *m_buf;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // CCNX_CCNX_CHARBUF_H