Added SignedBlob.
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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Regents of the University of California.
+ * @author: Zhenkai Zhu <zhenkai@cs.ucla.edu>
+ * @author: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
+ * @author: Jeff Thompson <jefft0@remap.ucla.edu>
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NDN_SIGNED_BLOB_HPP
+#define NDN_SIGNED_BLOB_HPP
+
+#include "blob.hpp"
+
+namespace ndn {
+
+/**
+ * A SignedBlob extends Blob to keep the offsets of a signed portion (e.g., the bytes of Data packet).
+ */
+class SignedBlob : public Blob {
+public:
+ /**
+ * Create a new SignedBlob with an immutable copy of the given array.
+ * @param value A pointer to the byte array which is copied.
+ * @param valueLength The length of value.
+ * @param signedPortionBeginOffset The offset in the encoding of the beginning of the signed portion.
+ * @param signedPortionEndOffset The offset in the encoding of the end of the signed portion.
+ */
+ SignedBlob
+ (const unsigned char* value, unsigned int valueLength, unsigned int signedPortionBeginOffset, unsigned int signedPortionEndOffset)
+ : Blob(value, valueLength), signedPortionBeginOffset_(signedPortionBeginOffset), signedPortionEndOffset_(signedPortionEndOffset)
+ {
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Create a new SignedBlob with an immutable copy of the array in the given vector.
+ * If you want to transfer the array without copying, the the vector has to start as a
+ * ptr_lib::shared_ptr<std::vector<unsigned char> > and you can use the SignedBlob constructor with this type.
+ * @param value A reference to a vector which is copied.
+ * @param signedPortionBeginOffset The offset in the encoding of the beginning of the signed portion.
+ * @param signedPortionEndOffset The offset in the encoding of the end of the signed portion.
+ */
+ SignedBlob
+ (const std::vector<unsigned char> &value, unsigned int signedPortionBeginOffset, unsigned int signedPortionEndOffset)
+ : Blob(value), signedPortionBeginOffset_(signedPortionBeginOffset), signedPortionEndOffset_(signedPortionEndOffset)
+ {
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Create a new SignedBlob to point to an existing byte array. IMPORTANT: After calling this constructor,
+ * if you keep a pointer to the array then you must treat the array as immutable and promise not to change it.
+ * @param value A pointer to a vector with the byte array. This takes another reference and does not copy the bytes.
+ * @param signedPortionBeginOffset The offset in the array of the beginning of the signed portion.
+ * @param signedPortionEndOffset The offset in the array of the end of the signed portion.
+ */
+ SignedBlob
+ (const ptr_lib::shared_ptr<std::vector<unsigned char> > &value,
+ unsigned int signedPortionBeginOffset, unsigned int signedPortionEndOffset)
+ : Blob(value), signedPortionBeginOffset_(signedPortionBeginOffset), signedPortionEndOffset_(signedPortionEndOffset)
+ {
+ }
+ SignedBlob
+ (const ptr_lib::shared_ptr<const std::vector<unsigned char> > &value,
+ unsigned int signedPortionBeginOffset, unsigned int signedPortionEndOffset)
+ : Blob(value), signedPortionBeginOffset_(signedPortionBeginOffset), signedPortionEndOffset_(signedPortionEndOffset)
+ {
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Return the length of the signed portion of the immutable byte array, or 0 of the pointer to the array is null.
+ */
+ unsigned int signedSize() const
+ {
+ if (*this)
+ return signedPortionEndOffset_ - signedPortionBeginOffset_;
+ else
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Return a const pointer to the first byte of the signed portion of the immutable byte array, or 0 if the
+ * pointer to the array is null.
+ */
+ const unsigned char* signedBuf() const
+ {
+ if (*this)
+ return &(*this)->front() + signedPortionBeginOffset_;
+ else
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Return the offset in the array of the beginning of the signed portion.
+ */
+ unsigned int getSignedPortionBeginOffset() { return signedPortionBeginOffset_; }
+
+ /**
+ * Return the offset in the array of the end of the signed portion.
+ */
+ unsigned int getSignedPortionEndOffset() { return signedPortionEndOffset_; }
+
+private:
+ unsigned int signedPortionBeginOffset_;
+ unsigned int signedPortionEndOffset_;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif