src/security/transform/transform-base.hpp

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#ifndef NDN_CXX_SECURITY_TRANSFORM_BASE_HPP
#define NDN_CXX_SECURITY_TRANSFORM_BASE_HPP

#include "../../common.hpp"

namespace ndn {
namespace security {
namespace transform {

/**
 * @file transform-base.hpp
 *
 * There are three types of module in a transformation chain: Source, Transform, and Sink.
 * The ideal usage of the transformation would be:
 *
 *   source(...) >> transform1(...) >> transform2(...) >> sink(...);
 *
 * When error happens in a module, the module will throw out a transform::Error, one
 * can get the location of the module through the getIndex() method of transform::Error.
 */

/**
 * @brief Base class of transformation error
 */
class Error : public std::runtime_error
{
public:
  Error(size_t index, const std::string& what);

  size_t
  getIndex() const
  {
    return m_index;
  }

private:
  size_t m_index;
};

/**
 * @brief The downstream interface of a transformation module
 *
 * A module can accept input through this interface
 */
class Downstream
{
public:
  /**
   * @brief Accept input data and perform transformation.
   *
   * An upstream module should call this method to write data into this module.
   * The written data will be transformed and the result will be written into the next
   * downstream module.
   *
   * An upstream module can keep calling this method to until end() is called, which
   * indicates the end of input.  After that, calling this method will cause Error.
   *
   * If a Downstream implementation expects structured input (e.g., hex decoding requires byte-pair),
   * it should not return less than size if final portion of input is not a complete record.
   *
   * @return number of bytes that has been written into this module
   * @throws Error if this module is closed or transformation error happens.
   */
  size_t
  write(const uint8_t* buf, size_t size);

  /**
   * @brief Close the input interface of a module.
   *
   * This method will notify this module that there is no more input and that the module
   * should finalize transformation.
   *
   * Although end() can be invoked multiple times, only the first invocation takes effect.
   */
  void
  end();

  /**
   * @brief Check if the input interface of a module is closed.
   */
  bool
  isEnd() const
  {
    return m_isEnd;
  }

  /**
   * @brief Set the module index.
   */
  void
  setIndex(size_t index)
  {
    m_index = index;
  }

  /**
   * @brief Get the module index.
   */
  size_t
  getIndex() const
  {
    return m_index;
  }

protected:
  Downstream();

private:
  /**
   * @brief Internal implementation of write method
   */
  virtual size_t
  doWrite(const uint8_t* buf, size_t size) = 0;

  /**
   * @brief Internal implementation of end method
   */
  virtual void
  doEnd() = 0;

private:
  bool m_isEnd;
  size_t m_index;
};

/**
 * @brief The upstream interface of a transformation module
 *
 * A module can construct subsequent transformation chain through this interface.
 */
class Upstream
{
protected:
  Upstream();

protected:
  /**
   * @brief connect to next transformation module
   */
  void
  appendChain(unique_ptr<Downstream> tail);

  Downstream*
  getNext()
  {
    return m_next.get();
  }

protected:
  unique_ptr<Downstream> m_next;
};

/**
 * @brief Abstraction of an intermediate transformation module
 */
class Transform : public Upstream,
                  public Downstream,
                  noncopyable
{
};

/**
 * @brief Abstraction of the transformation sink module
 *
 * This module does not have next module and can only accept input data
 */
class Sink : public Downstream,
             noncopyable
{
};

/**
 * @brief Abstraction of the transformation source module
 *
 * This module can only accept input data from constructor
 */
class Source : public Upstream,
               noncopyable
{
public:
  /**
   * @brief Connect to an intermediate transformation module.
   */
  Source&
  operator>>(unique_ptr<Transform> transform);

  /**
   * @brief Connect to the last transformation module.
   *
   * This method will trigger the source to pump data into the transformation pipeline.
   */
  void
  operator>>(unique_ptr<Sink> sink);

protected:
  Source();

  /**
   * @brief Pump all data into next transformation module.
   */
  void
  pump();

  /**
   * @brief Get the source module index (should always be 0).
   */
  size_t
  getIndex() const
  {
    return 0;
  }

private:
  /**
   * @brief Internal implementation of pump().
   */
  virtual void
  doPump() = 0;

private:
  size_t m_nModules; // count of modules in the chain starting from this Source
};

} // namespace transform
} // namespace security
} // namespace ndn

#endif // NDN_CXX_SECURITY_TRANSFORM_BASE_HPP