src/link.hpp

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#ifndef NDN_LINK_HPP
#define NDN_LINK_HPP

#include "data.hpp"
#include <set>

namespace ndn {

const size_t INVALID_SELECTED_DELEGATION_INDEX = std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max();

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

  // The ordering is based on the preference number and needs to be preserved
  typedef std::set<std::pair<uint32_t, Name>> DelegationSet;

  /**
   * @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>();
   *
   * Otherwise, Link::shared_from_this() will throw std::bad_weak_ptr.
   */
  Link() = default;

  /**
   * @brief Create a Link object from a Block
   *
   * 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);
   *
   * Otherwise, Link::shared_from_this() will throw std::bad_weak_ptr.
   */
  explicit
  Link(const Block& block);

  /**
   * @brief Create a Link object with the given name
   *
   * @param name A reference to the name of the redirected namespace
   *
   * 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);
   *
   * Otherwise, Link::shared_from_this() will throw std::bad_weak_ptr.
   */
  explicit
  Link(const Name& name);

 /**
   * @brief Create a Link object with the given name and pairs of <Preference, Name>
   *
   * @param name A reference to the name of the redirected namespace
   * @param links A reference to the list of pairs of the redirected namespace
   * along with its priority
   *
   * 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, links);
   *
   * Otherwise, Link::shared_from_this() will throw std::bad_weak_ptr.
   */
  Link(const Name& name, std::initializer_list<std::pair<uint32_t, Name>> links);

  /**
   * @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);

  /**
   * @brief Get the pairs of <Name, Preference>
   * @return a set of delegations
   */
  const DelegationSet&
  getDelegations() const;

  /**
   * @brief Decode from the wire format
   */
  void
  wireDecode(const Block& wire);

protected:
  /** \brief prepend Link object as a Content block to the encoder
   *
   *  The outermost Content element is not part of Link object structure.
   */
  template<encoding::Tag TAG>
  size_t
  encodeContent(EncodingImpl<TAG>& encoder) const;

  void
  encodeContent();

  void
  decodeContent();

private:
  bool
  removeDelegationNoEncode(const Name& name);

private:
  DelegationSet m_delegations;
};

} // namespace ndn

#endif // NDN_LINK_HPP