/**
 * Copyright (C) 2013 Regents of the University of California.
 * @author: Jeff Thompson <jefft0@remap.ucla.edu>
 * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
 */

#ifndef NDN_WIREFORMAT_HPP
#define NDN_WIREFORMAT_HPP

#include "../common.hpp"
#include "../util/blob.hpp"

namespace ndn {
  
class Interest;
class Data;
class ForwardingEntry;
  
class WireFormat {
public:
  /**
   * Encode interest and return the encoding.  Your derived class should override.
   * @param interest The Interest object to encode.
   * @return A Blob containing the encoding.
   * @throw logic_error for unimplemented if the derived class does not override.
   */
  virtual Blob 
  encodeInterest(const Interest& interest);
  
  /**
   * Decode input as an interest and set the fields of the interest object.  Your derived class should override.
   * @param interest The Interest object whose fields are updated.
   * @param input A pointer to the input buffer to decode.
   * @param inputLength The number of bytes in input.
   * @throw logic_error for unimplemented if the derived class does not override.
   */
  virtual void 
  decodeInterest(Interest& interest, const uint8_t *input, size_t inputLength);

  /**
   * Encode data and return the encoding.  Your derived class should override.
   * @param data The Data object to encode.
   * @param signedPortionBeginOffset Return the offset in the encoding of the beginning of the signed portion.
   * If you are not encoding in order to sign, you can call encodeData(const Data& data) to ignore this returned value.
   * @param signedPortionEndOffset Return the offset in the encoding of the end of the signed portion.
   * If you are not encoding in order to sign, you can call encodeData(const Data& data) to ignore this returned value.
   * @return A Blob containing the encoding.
   * @throw logic_error for unimplemented if the derived class does not override.
   */
  virtual Blob 
  encodeData
    (const Data& data, size_t *signedPortionBeginOffset, size_t *signedPortionEndOffset);

  /**
   * Encode data and return the encoding.
   * @param data The Data object to encode.
   * @return A Blob containing the encoding.
   * @throw logic_error for unimplemented if the derived class does not override.
   */
  Blob 
  encodeData(const Data& data)
  {
    size_t dummyBeginOffset, dummyEndOffset;
    return encodeData(data, &dummyBeginOffset, &dummyEndOffset);
  }

  /**
   * Decode input as a data packet and set the fields in the data object.  Your derived class should override.
   * @param data The Data object whose fields are updated.
   * @param input A pointer to the input buffer to decode.
   * @param inputLength The number of bytes in input.
   * @param signedPortionBeginOffset Return the offset in the input buffer of the beginning of the signed portion.
   * If you are not decoding in order to verify, you can call 
   * decodeData(Data& data, const uint8_t *input, size_t inputLength) to ignore this returned value.
   * @param signedPortionEndOffset Return the offset in the input buffer of the end of the signed portion.
   * If you are not decoding in order to verify, you can call 
   * decodeData(Data& data, const uint8_t *input, size_t inputLength) to ignore this returned value.
   * @throw logic_error for unimplemented if the derived class does not override.
   */  
  virtual void 
  decodeData
    (Data& data, const uint8_t *input, size_t inputLength, size_t *signedPortionBeginOffset, size_t *signedPortionEndOffset);

  void 
  decodeData(Data& data, const uint8_t *input, size_t inputLength)
  {
    size_t dummyBeginOffset, dummyEndOffset;
    decodeData(data, input, inputLength, &dummyBeginOffset, &dummyEndOffset);
  }
  
  /**
   * Encode forwardingEntry and return the encoding.  Your derived class should override.
   * @param forwardingEntry The ForwardingEntry object to encode.
   * @return A Blob containing the encoding.
   * @throw logic_error for unimplemented if the derived class does not override.
   */
  virtual Blob 
  encodeForwardingEntry(const ForwardingEntry& forwardingEntry);
  
  /**
   * Decode input as a forwarding entry and set the fields of the forwardingEntry object.  Your derived class should override.
   * @param forwardingEntry The ForwardingEntry object whose fields are updated.
   * @param input A pointer to the input buffer to decode.
   * @param inputLength The number of bytes in input.
   * @throw logic_error for unimplemented if the derived class does not override.
   */
  virtual void 
  decodeForwardingEntry(ForwardingEntry& forwardingEntry, const uint8_t *input, size_t inputLength);

  /**
   * Set the static default WireFormat used by default encoding and decoding methods.
   * @param wireFormat A Pointer to an object of a subclass of WireFormat.  This does not make a copy and
   * the caller must ensure that the object remains allocated.
   */
  static void 
  setDefaultWireFormat(WireFormat *wireFormat) 
  {
    defaultWireFormat_ = wireFormat;
  }
  
  /**
   * Return the default WireFormat used by default encoding and decoding methods which was set with
   * setDefaultWireFormat.
   * @return A pointer to the WireFormat object.
   */
  static WireFormat*
  getDefaultWireFormat();
  
private:
  /**
   * This is implemented by only one of the subclasses of WireFormat to return a new object used
   * as the initial value for the default WireFormat.  If the application doesn't include that class, then the application
   * needs to include another subclass which defines WireFormat::newInitialDefaultWireFormat.
   * @return a new object, which is held by a shared_ptr and freed when the application exits.
   */
  static WireFormat*
  newInitialDefaultWireFormat();
  
  static WireFormat *defaultWireFormat_;
};

}

#endif