src/interest-filter.hpp

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#ifndef NDN_INTEREST_FILTER_HPP
#define NDN_INTEREST_FILTER_HPP

#include "name.hpp"

namespace ndn {

class RegexPatternListMatcher;

/**
 * @brief declares the set of Interests a producer can serve,
 *        which starts with a name prefix, plus an optional regular expression
 */
class InterestFilter
{
public:
  class Error : public std::runtime_error
  {
  public:
    explicit
    Error(const std::string& what)
      : std::runtime_error(what)
    {
    }
  };

  /**
   * @brief Construct an InterestFilter to match Interests by prefix
   *
   * This filter matches Interests whose name start with the given prefix.
   *
   * @note InterestFilter is implicitly convertible from Name.
   */
  InterestFilter(const Name& prefix);

  /**
   * @brief Construct an InterestFilter to match Interests by prefix
   *
   * This filter matches Interests whose name start with the given prefix.
   *
   * @param prefixUri name prefix, interpreted as ndn URI
   * @note InterestFilter is implicitly convertible from null-terminated byte string.
   */
  InterestFilter(const char* prefixUri);

  /**
   * @brief Construct an InterestFilter to match Interests by prefix
   *
   * This filter matches Interests whose name start with the given prefix.
   *
   * @param prefixUri name prefix, interpreted as ndn URI
   * @note InterestFilter is implicitly convertible from std::string.
   */
  InterestFilter(const std::string& prefixUri);

  /**
   * @brief Construct an InterestFilter to match Interests by prefix and regular expression
   *
   * This filter matches Interests whose name start with the given prefix and
   * the remaining components match the given regular expression.
   * For example, the following InterestFilter:
   *
   *    InterestFilter("/hello", "<world><>+")
   *
   * matches Interests whose name has prefix `/hello` followed by component `world`
   * and has at least one more component after it, such as:
   *
   *    /hello/world/%21
   *    /hello/world/x/y/z
   *
   * Note that regular expression will need to match all components (e.g., there are
   * implicit heading `^` and trailing `$` symbols in the regular expression).
   */
  InterestFilter(const Name& prefix, const std::string& regexFilter);

  /**
   * @brief Implicit conversion to Name
   * @note This allows InterestCallback to be declared with `Name` rather than `InterestFilter`,
   *       but this does not work if InterestFilter has regular expression.
   */
  operator const Name&() const;

  /**
   * @brief Check if specified Interest name matches the filter
   */
  bool
  doesMatch(const Name& name) const;

  const Name&
  getPrefix() const
  {
    return m_prefix;
  }

  bool
  hasRegexFilter() const
  {
    return m_regexFilter != nullptr;
  }

  const RegexPatternListMatcher&
  getRegexFilter() const
  {
    return *m_regexFilter;
  }

private:
  Name m_prefix;
  shared_ptr<RegexPatternListMatcher> m_regexFilter;
};

std::ostream&
operator<<(std::ostream& os, const InterestFilter& filter);

} // namespace ndn

#endif // NDN_INTEREST_FILTER_HPP