apps/ndn-app.h

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 * Author: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 */

#ifndef NDN_APP_H
#define NDN_APP_H

#include "ns3/application.h"
#include "ns3/ptr.h"
#include "ns3/callback.h"
#include "ns3/traced-callback.h"

namespace ns3 {

class Packet;

namespace ndn {

class InterestHeader;
class ContentObjectHeader;
class Face;

/**
 * @ingroup ndn
 * @brief Base class that all NDN applications should be derived from.
 * 
 * The class implements virtual calls onInterest, onNack, and onContentObject
 */
class App: public Application
{
public:
  /**
   * @brief A callback to pass packets to underlying NDN protocol
   */
  typedef Callback<bool, const Ptr<const Packet>&> ProtocolHandler;
  
  static TypeId GetTypeId ();

  /**
   * @brief Default constructor
   */
  App ();
  virtual ~App ();

  /**
   * @brief Register lower layer callback (to send interests from the application)
   */
  void
  RegisterProtocolHandler (ProtocolHandler handler);
  
  /**
   * @brief Method that will be called every time new Interest arrives
   * @param interest Interest header
   * @param packet   "Payload" of the interests packet. The actual payload should be zero, but packet itself
   *                 may be useful to get packet tags
   */
  virtual void
  OnInterest (const Ptr<const InterestHeader> &interest, Ptr<Packet> packet);

  /**
   * @brief Method that will be called every time new NACK arrives
   * @param interest Interest header
   */
  virtual void
  OnNack (const Ptr<const InterestHeader> &interest, Ptr<Packet> packet);
  
  /**
   * @brief Method that will be called every time new ContentObject arrives
   * @param contentObject ContentObject header
   * @param payload payload (potentially virtual) of the ContentObject packet (may include packet tags of original packet)
   */
  virtual void
  OnContentObject (const Ptr<const ContentObjectHeader> &contentObject,
                   Ptr<Packet> payload);
        
protected:
  /**
   * @brief Do cleanup when application is destroyed
   */
  virtual void
  DoDispose ();

  // inherited from Application base class. Originally they were private
  virtual void
  StartApplication ();    ///< @brief Called at time specified by Start

  virtual void
  StopApplication ();     ///< @brief Called at time specified by Stop

protected:
  ProtocolHandler m_protocolHandler; ///< @brief A callback to pass packets to underlying NDN protocol
  bool m_active;  ///< @brief Flag to indicate that application is active (set by StartApplication and StopApplication)
  Ptr<Face> m_face;   ///< @brief automatically created application face through which application communicates

  TracedCallback<Ptr<const InterestHeader>,
                 Ptr<App>, Ptr<Face> > m_receivedInterests; ///< @brief App-level trace of received Interests

  TracedCallback<Ptr<const InterestHeader>,
                 Ptr<App>, Ptr<Face> > m_receivedNacks; ///< @brief App-level trace of received NACKs

  TracedCallback<Ptr<const ContentObjectHeader>, Ptr<const Packet>,
                 Ptr<App>, Ptr<Face> > m_receivedContentObjects; ///< @brief App-level trace of received Data


  TracedCallback<Ptr<const InterestHeader>,
                 Ptr<App>, Ptr<Face> > m_transmittedInterests; ///< @brief App-level trace of transmitted Interests

  TracedCallback<Ptr<const ContentObjectHeader>, Ptr<const Packet>,
                 Ptr<App>, Ptr<Face> > m_transmittedContentObjects; ///< @brief App-level trace of transmitted Data
};

} // namespace ndn
} // namespace ns3

#endif // NDN_APP_H