model/ndn-name.h

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 * Author: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 *         Ilya Moiseenko <iliamo@cs.ucla.edu>
 */

#ifndef _NDN_NAME_H_
#define _NDN_NAME_H_

#include "ns3/simple-ref-count.h"
#include "ns3/attribute.h"
#include "ns3/attribute-helper.h"

#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
#include <list>
#include "ns3/object.h"
#include "ns3/buffer.h"

#include <boost/ref.hpp>

namespace ns3 {
namespace ndn {

/**
 * \ingroup ndn
 * \brief Hierarchical NDN name
 * A Name element represents a hierarchical name for Ndn content.
 * It simply contains a sequence of Component elements.
 * Each Component element contains a sequence of zero or more bytes.
 * There are no restrictions on what byte sequences may be used.
 * The Name element in an Interest is often referred to with the term name prefix or simply prefix.
 */
class Name : public SimpleRefCount<Name>
{
public:
  typedef std::list<std::string>::iterator       iterator;
  typedef std::list<std::string>::const_iterator const_iterator;

  /**
   * \brief Constructor
   * Creates a prefix with zero components (can be looked as root "/")
   */
  Name ();

  /**
   * \brief Constructor
   * Creates a prefix from a list of strings where every string represents a prefix component
   * @param[in] components A list of strings
   */
  Name (const std::list<boost::reference_wrapper<const std::string> > &components);

  /**
   * \brief Constructor
   * Creates a prefix from a list of strings where every string represents a prefix component
   * @param[in] components A list of strings
   */
  Name (const std::list<std::string> &components);
  
  /**
   * @brief Constructor
   * Creates a prefix from the string (string is parsed using operator>>)
   * @param[in] prefix A string representation of a prefix
   */
  Name (const std::string &prefix);

  /**
   * @brief Constructor
   * Creates a prefix from the string (string is parsed using operator>>)
   * @param[in] prefix A string representation of a prefix
   */
  Name (const char *prefix);

  /**
   * \brief Generic Add method
   * Appends object of type T to the list of components
   * @param[in] value The object to be appended
   */
  template<class T>
  inline Name&
  Add (const T &value);

  /**
   * \brief Generic constructor operator
   * The object of type T will be appended to the list of components
   */
  template<class T>
  inline Name&
  operator () (const T &value);

  /**
   * \brief Get a name
   * Returns a list of components (strings)
   */
  const std::list<std::string> &
  GetComponents () const;

  /**
   * @brief Helper call to get the last component of the name
   */
  std::string
  GetLastComponent () const;

  /**
   * \brief Get subcomponents of the name, starting with first component
   * @param[in] num Number of components to return. Valid value is in range [1, GetComponents ().size ()]
   */
  std::list<boost::reference_wrapper<const std::string> >
  GetSubComponents (size_t num) const;

  /**
   * @brief Get prefix of the name, containing less  minusComponents right components
   */
  Name
  cut (size_t minusComponents) const;

  /**
   * \brief Print name
   * @param[in] os Stream to print
   */
  void Print (std::ostream &os) const;

  /**
   * \brief Returns the size of Name
   */
  inline size_t
  size () const;

  /**
   * @brief Get read-write begin() iterator
   */
  inline iterator
  begin ();

  /**
   * @brief Get read-only begin() iterator
   */
  inline const_iterator
  begin () const;

  /**
   * @brief Get read-write end() iterator
   */
  inline iterator
  end ();

  /**
   * @brief Get read-only end() iterator
   */
  inline const_iterator
  end () const;

  /**
   * \brief Equality operator for Name
   */
  inline bool
  operator== (const Name &prefix) const;

  /**
   * \brief Less than operator for Name
   */
  inline bool
  operator< (const Name &prefix) const;

  typedef std::string partial_type;

private:
  std::list<std::string> m_prefix;                              ///< \brief a list of strings (components)
};

/**
 * \brief Print out name components separated by slashes, e.g., /first/second/third
 */
std::ostream &
operator << (std::ostream &os, const Name &components);

/**
 * \brief Read components from input and add them to components. Will read input stream till eof
 * Substrings separated by slashes will become separate components
 */
std::istream &
operator >> (std::istream &is, Name &components);

/**
 * \brief Returns the size of Name object
 */
size_t
Name::size () const
{
  return m_prefix.size ();
}

Name::iterator
Name::begin ()
{
  return m_prefix.begin ();
}

/**
 * @brief Get read-only begin() iterator
 */
Name::const_iterator
Name::begin () const
{
  return m_prefix.begin ();
}

/**
 * @brief Get read-write end() iterator
 */
Name::iterator
Name::end ()
{
  return m_prefix.end ();
}

/**
 * @brief Get read-only end() iterator
 */
Name::const_iterator
Name::end () const
{
  return m_prefix.end ();
}


/**
 * \brief Generic constructor operator
 * The object of type T will be appended to the list of components
 */
template<class T>
Name&
Name::operator () (const T &value)
{
  return Add (value);
}

/**
 * \brief Generic Add method
 * Appends object of type T to the list of components
 * @param[in] value The object to be appended
 */
template<class T>
Name&
Name::Add (const T &value)
{
  std::ostringstream os;
  os << value;
  m_prefix.push_back (os.str ());

  return *this;
}

/**
 * \brief Equality operator for Name
 */
bool
Name::operator== (const Name &prefix) const
{
  if (m_prefix.size () != prefix.m_prefix.size ())
    return false;

  return std::equal (m_prefix.begin (), m_prefix.end (), prefix.m_prefix.begin ());
}

/**
 * \brief Less than operator for Name
 */
bool
Name::operator< (const Name &prefix) const
{
  return std::lexicographical_compare (m_prefix.begin (), m_prefix.end (),
                                       prefix.m_prefix.begin (), prefix.m_prefix.end ());
}

ATTRIBUTE_HELPER_HEADER (Name);

// for backwards compatibility
typedef Name NameComponents;

} // namespace ndn
} // namespace ns3

#endif // _NDN_NAME_H_