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/**
* 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 unsigned char *input, unsigned int inputLength);
/**
* Encode data and return the encoding. Your derived class should override.
* @param data The Data object to encode.
* @param signedFieldsBeginOffset Return the offset in the encoding of the beginning of the fields which are signed.
* If you are not encoding in order to sign, you can call encodeData(const Data& data) to ignore this returned value.
* @param signedFieldsEndOffset Return the offset in the encoding of the end of the fields which are signed.
* 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, unsigned int *signedFieldsBeginOffset, unsigned int *signedFieldsEndOffset);
/**
* 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)
{
unsigned int 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 signedFieldsBeginOffset Return the offset in the input buffer of the beginning of the fields which are signed.
* If you are not decoding in order to verify, you can call
* decodeData(Data& data, const unsigned char *input, unsigned int inputLength) to ignore this returned value.
* @param signedFieldsEndOffset Return the offset in the input buffer of the end of the fields which are signed.
* If you are not decoding in order to verify, you can call
* decodeData(Data& data, const unsigned char *input, unsigned int inputLength) to ignore this returned value.
* @throw logic_error for unimplemented if the derived class does not override.
*/
virtual void decodeData
(Data& data, const unsigned char *input, unsigned int inputLength, unsigned int *signedFieldsBeginOffset, unsigned int *signedFieldsEndOffset);
void decodeData(Data& data, const unsigned char *input, unsigned int inputLength)
{
unsigned int 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 unsigned char *input, unsigned int 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