src/link.hpp

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#ifndef NDN_LINK_HPP
#define NDN_LINK_HPP

#include "data.hpp"
#include "delegation-list.hpp"

namespace ndn {

/** @brief represents a Link object
 */
class Link : public Data
{
public:
  class Error : public Data::Error
  {
  public:
    explicit
    Error(const std::string& what)
      : Data::Error(what)
    {
    }
  };

  /** @brief Create an empty Link object
   *
   *  Note that in certain contexts that use Link::shared_from_this(), Link must be
   *  created using `make_shared`:
   *
   *      shared_ptr<Link> linkObject = make_shared<Link>();
   */
  Link();

  /** @brief Decode a Link object from a Block
   *  @param wire a TLV block
   *  @param wantSort if false, relative order among delegations is preserved
   *
   *  Note that in certain contexts that use Link::shared_from_this(), Link must be
   *  created using `make_shared`:
   *
   *      shared_ptr<Link> linkObject = make_shared<Link>(block);
   */
  explicit
  Link(const Block& wire, bool wantSort = true);

  /** @brief Create a Link object with the given name and delegations
   *  @param name A reference to the name of the redirected namespace
   *  @param dels Delegations in payload
   *
   *  Note that in certain contexts that use Link::shared_from_this(), Link must be
   *  created using `make_shared`:
   *
   *      shared_ptr<Link> link = make_shared<Link>(name, dels);
   */
  explicit
  Link(const Name& name, std::initializer_list<Delegation> dels = {});

  /** @brief Decode from the wire format
   *  @param wire a TLV block
   *  @param wantSort if false, relative order among delegations is preserved
   */
  void
  wireDecode(const Block& wire, bool wantSort = true);

  /** @brief Get the delegations
   */
  const DelegationList&
  getDelegationList() const
  {
    return m_delList;
  }

  /** @brief Set the delegations
   *  @note This is more efficient than multiple addDelegation and removeDelegation invocations.
   */
  void
  setDelegationList(const DelegationList& dels);

  /** @brief Add a delegation in the format of <Name, Preference>
   *  @param preference The preference of the delegation to be added
   *  @param name The name of the delegation to be added
   *  @note If a delegation with @p name exists, its preference will be updated
   */
  void
  addDelegation(uint32_t preference, const Name& name);

  /** @brief Remove a delegation whose name is @p name
   *  @param name The name of the delegation to be removed
   *  @return true if delegation is removed, otherwise false
   */
  bool
  removeDelegation(const Name& name);

private:
  void
  encodeContent();

private:
  DelegationList m_delList;
};

} // namespace ndn

#endif // NDN_LINK_HPP