core/counter.hpp

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#ifndef NFD_CORE_COUNTER_HPP
#define NFD_CORE_COUNTER_HPP

#include "common.hpp"

namespace nfd {

/** \brief represents a counter that encloses an integer value
 *
 *  SimpleCounter is noncopyable, because increment should be called on the counter,
 *  not a copy of it; it's implicitly convertible to an integral type to be observed
 */
class SimpleCounter
{
public:
  typedef uint64_t rep;

  constexpr
  SimpleCounter()
    : m_value(0)
  {
  }

  SimpleCounter(const SimpleCounter&) = delete;

  SimpleCounter&
  operator=(const SimpleCounter&) = delete;

  /** \brief observe the counter
   */
  operator rep() const
  {
    return m_value;
  }

  /** \brief replace the counter value
   */
  void
  set(rep value)
  {
    m_value = value;
  }

protected:
  rep m_value;
};

/** \brief represents a counter of number of packets
 *
 *  \warning The counter value may wrap after exceeding the range of underlying integer type.
 */
class PacketCounter : public SimpleCounter
{
public:
  /** \brief increment the counter by one
   */
  PacketCounter&
  operator++()
  {
    ++m_value;
    return *this;
  }
  // postfix ++ operator is not provided because it's not needed
};

/** \brief represents a counter of number of bytes
 *
 *  \warning The counter value may wrap after exceeding the range of underlying integer type.
 */
class ByteCounter : public SimpleCounter
{
public:
  /** \brief increase the counter
   */
  ByteCounter&
  operator+=(rep n)
  {
    m_value += n;
    return *this;
  }
};

/** \brief provides a counter that observes the size of a table
 *  \tparam T a type that provides a size() const member function
 */
template<typename T>
class SizeCounter
{
public:
  typedef size_t rep;

  constexpr
  SizeCounter(const T& table)
    : m_table(table)
  {
  }

  SizeCounter(const SizeCounter&) = delete;

  SizeCounter&
  operator=(const SizeCounter&) = delete;

  /** \brief observe the counter
   */
  operator rep() const
  {
    return m_table.size();
  }

private:
  const T& m_table;
};

} // namespace nfd

#endif // NFD_CORE_COUNTER_HPP