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24 \brief Connectors public header */
26 #ifndef HH_SENF_PPI_Connectors_
27 #define HH_SENF_PPI_Connectors_ 1
31 #include <boost/utility.hpp>
32 #include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>
33 #include <senf/Utils/safe_bool.hh>
34 #include <senf/Utils/Exception.hh>
35 #include <senf/Packets/Packets.hh>
37 #include "detail/Callback.hh"
38 #include "Queueing.hh"
39 #include "ModuleManager.hh"
41 //#include "Connectors.mpp"
42 ///////////////////////////////hh.p////////////////////////////////////////
48 /** \namespace senf::ppi::connector
49 \brief Connector classes
51 A connector has three independent properties
52 \li it may be \e active or \e passive
53 \li it may be an \e input or an \e output
54 \li it has an (optional) packet type
56 \e Active connectors are activated from within the module, \e passive connectors are
57 signaled by the external framework. \e Input connectors receive packets, \e output
58 connectors send packets.
60 All passive connectors call some onRequest callback whenever I/O needs to be performed. All
61 input connectors possess a packet queue.
63 We therefore have 4 connector types each of which is parameterized by the type of packet
64 traversing the connector:
65 \li senf::ppi::connector::ActiveInput
66 \li senf::ppi::connector::ActiveOutput
67 \li senf::ppi::connector::PassiveInput
68 \li senf::ppi::connector::PassiveOutput.
70 Connectors are declared as module data members and are then externally connected to other
73 The connectors each take an optional template argument. If this argument is specified, it
74 must be the type of packet expected or sent on this connector. If it is not specified,
75 packets will be passed using the generic Packet handle.
78 class IpFilter : public senf::ppi::module::Module
80 SENF_PPI_MODULE(SomeModule);
83 senf::ppi::connector::ActiveInput<senf::EthernetPacket> input;
84 senf::ppi::connector::PassiveOutput<senf::IpPacket> output;
88 input.onRequest(&IpFilter::onRequest);
93 // 'input()' will return a senf::EthernetPacket packet handle
94 try { output( input().find<senf::IpPacket>() ); }
95 catch (senf::InvalidPacketChainException & ex) { ; }
101 \section ppi_jacks Jacks
103 A Jack is a packet type aware and possibly packet type converting reference to an arbitrary
104 connector of the same type. Jacks are used in groups to indirectly declare the input's and
111 senf::ppi::module::PassiveQueue queue;
112 senf::ppi::module::RateAnalyzer analyzer;
115 senf::ppi::connector::ActiveInputJack<senf::EthernetPacket> input;
116 senf::ppi::connector::ActiveOutputJack<senf::EthernetPacket> output;
119 : queue (), analyzer (), input (queue.input), output (analyzer.output)
121 senf::ppi::connect(queue, analyzer);
126 The jacks are initialized by passing an arbitrary compatible connector to the jack
127 constructor. A connector is compatible, if
128 \li It has the same input/output active/passive specification
129 \li Either the Jack or the Connector are generic (senf::Packet) or Jack and Connector have
132 Jacks can be used wherever connectors may be used. Jacks may be defined anywhere, not only
133 in modules. It is however important to ensure that the lifetime of the jack does not exceed
134 the lifetime of the referenced connector.
137 senf::ppi::module::Module \n
138 senf::ppi::connect() \n
142 /** \brief Incompatible connectors connected
144 This exception is thrown, when two incompatible connectors are connected. This happens if
145 both connectors of a senf::ppi::connect() statement declare a packet type (the connector
146 template argument) but they don't declare the same packet type.
148 You need to ensure, that both connectors use the same packet type.
150 \see senf::ppi::connect()
152 struct IncompatibleConnectorsException : public senf::Exception
153 { IncompatibleConnectorsException() : senf::Exception("Incompatible connectors") {} };
155 /** \brief Connector base-class
157 This connector provides access to the generic connector facilities. This includes the
158 connection management (access to the connected peer) and the containment management (access
159 to the containing module)
162 : ModuleManager::Initializable, boost::noncopyable
164 SENF_LOG_CLASS_AREA();
165 SENF_LOG_DEFAULT_LEVEL(senf::log::NOTICE);
167 Connector & peer() const; ///< Get peer connected to this connector
168 module::Module & module() const; ///< Get this connectors containing module
170 bool connected() const; ///< \c true, if connector connected, \c false otherwise
172 void disconnect(); ///< Disconnect connector from peer
174 enum TraceState { NO_TRACING, TRACE_IDS, TRACE_CONTENTS };
176 static void tracing(TraceState state);
177 static TraceState tracing();
181 virtual ~Connector();
183 void connect(Connector & target);
185 void trace(Packet const & p, char const * label);
186 void throttleTrace(char const * label, char const * type);
188 void unregisterConnector();
191 virtual std::type_info const & packetTypeID();
193 virtual void v_disconnected() const;
195 void setModule(module::Module & module);
198 module::Module * module_;
200 static TraceState traceState_;
202 friend class module::Module;
205 /** \brief Passive connector base-class
207 A passive connector is a connector which is activated externally whenever an I/O request
208 occurs. Passive connectors are the origin of throttling notifications. Depending on the type
209 of connector (output or input) the respective throttling is called forward or backward
212 Passive connectors always handle two throttling states:
214 - The \e native throttling state is set manually by the module. It is the throttling state
215 originating in the current module
216 - The \e forwarded throttling state is the state as it is received by throttling
219 The accumulative throttling state is generated by combining all sub-states.
221 class PassiveConnector
222 : public virtual Connector
227 template <class Handler>
228 void onRequest(Handler handler);///< Register I/O event handler
229 /**< The registered handler will be called, whenever packets
230 arrive or should be generated by the module depending
231 on the connector type (input or output). The \a handler
232 argument is either an arbitrary callable object or it
233 is a pointer-to-member to a member of the class which
234 holds this input. In the second case, the pointer will
235 automatically be bound to the containing instance.
237 \param[in] handler Handler to call, whenever an I/O
238 operation is to be performed. */
241 bool throttled() const; ///< Get accumulative throttling state
242 bool nativeThrottled() const; ///< Get native throttling state
244 void throttle(); ///< Set native throttling
245 void unthrottle(); ///< Revoke native throttling
247 ActiveConnector & peer() const;
255 virtual void v_init();
257 // Called by the routing to change the throttling state from forwarding routes
258 void notifyThrottle(); ///< Forward a throttle notification to this connector
259 void notifyUnthrottle(); ///< Forward an unthrottle notification to this connector
261 // Internal members to emit throttling notifications to the connected peer
263 void emitUnthrottle();
265 // Called after unthrottling the connector
266 virtual void v_unthrottleEvent();
268 // called by ForwardingRoute to register a new route
269 void registerRoute(ForwardingRoute & route);
270 void unregisterRoute(ForwardingRoute & route);
272 typedef ppi::detail::Callback<>::type Callback;
275 bool remoteThrottled_;
276 bool nativeThrottled_;
278 typedef std::vector<ForwardingRoute*> Routes;
281 friend class senf::ppi::ForwardingRoute;
284 /** \brief Active connector base-class
286 An active connector is a connector which emits I/O requests. Active connectors receive
287 throttling notifications. Depending on the type of connector (input or output) the
288 respective throttling is called forward or backward throttling.
290 Active connectors do not handle any throttling state, they just receive the
291 notifications. These notifications should then either be processed by the module or be
292 forwarded to other connectors.
294 class ActiveConnector
295 : public virtual Connector
297 typedef ppi::detail::Callback<>::type Callback;
301 template <class Handler>
302 void onThrottle(Handler handler); ///< Register throttle notification handler
303 /**< The handler register here will be called, whenever a
304 throttle notification comes in. The \a handler argument
305 is either an arbitrary callable object or it is a
306 pointer-to-member to a member of the class which holds
307 this input. In the second case, the pointer will
308 automatically be bound to the containing instance.
310 \param[in] handler Handler to call on throttle
312 void onThrottle(); ///< Clear throttle notification handler
314 template <class Handler>
315 void onUnthrottle(Handler handler); ///< Register unthrottle notification handler
316 /**< The handler register here will be called, whenever an
317 unthrottle notification comes in. The \a handler
318 argument is either an arbitrary callable object or it
319 is a pointer-to-member to a member of the class which
320 holds this input. In the second case, the pointer will
321 automatically be bound to the containing instance.
323 \param[in] handler Handler to call on unthrottle
325 void onUnthrottle(); ///< Clear unthrottle notification handler
327 bool throttled() const; ///< \c true, if peer() is throttled
329 PassiveConnector & peer() const;
335 virtual void v_init();
337 // called by the peer() to forward throttling notifications
338 void notifyThrottle();
339 void notifyUnthrottle();
341 // called by ForwardingRoute to register a new route
342 void registerRoute(ForwardingRoute & route);
343 void unregisterRoute(ForwardingRoute & route);
345 Callback throttleCallback_;
346 Callback unthrottleCallback_;
348 typedef std::vector<ForwardingRoute*> NotifyRoutes;
349 NotifyRoutes notifyRoutes_;
353 friend class senf::ppi::ForwardingRoute;
354 friend class PassiveConnector;
357 /** \brief Input connector base-class
359 An input connector receives packets. It may be either an ActiveConnector or a
360 PassiveConnector. An input connector contains a packet queue. This queue enables processing
361 packets in batches or generating multiple output packets from a single input packet. The
362 queues have the potential to greatly simplify the module implementations.
364 \implementation Which container to use?
365 \li list has good insertion and deletion properties on both ends but it costs a dynamic
366 memory allocation for every insertion. A very good property is, that iterators stay
367 valid across insertions/deletions
368 \li vector is fast and has good amortized dynamic allocation properties. However, it is
369 quite unusable as a queue
370 \li deque has comparable dynamic allocation properties as vector but also has good
371 insertion/removal properties on both ends.
373 So probably we will use a deque. I'd like a container which keeps iterators intact on
374 insertion/deletion but I believe that list is just to expensive since every packet will
375 be added to the queue before it can be processed.
378 : public virtual Connector
380 typedef std::deque<Packet> Queue;
382 typedef Queue::const_iterator queue_iterator; ///< Iterator type of the embedded queue
383 typedef Queue::size_type size_type; ///< Unsigned type for counting queue elements
386 Packet operator()(); ///< Get a packet
387 /**< This member is the primary method to access received
388 data. On passive connectors, this operator will just
389 dequeue a packet from the packet queue. If the
390 connector is active, the connector will request new
391 packets from the connected module. If the packet
392 request cannot be fulfilled, this is considered to be a
393 logic error in the module implementation and an
394 exception is raised. */
396 Packet read(); ///< Alias for operator()()
398 OutputConnector & peer() const;
400 queue_iterator begin() const; ///< Access queue begin (head)
401 queue_iterator end() const; ///< Access queue past-the-end (tail)
402 Packet peek() const; ///< Return head element from the queue
404 size_type queueSize() const; ///< Return number of elements in the queue
405 bool empty() const; ///< Return queueSize() == 0
411 void enqueue(Packet const & p);
413 virtual void v_requestEvent();
414 virtual void v_enqueueEvent();
415 virtual void v_dequeueEvent();
419 friend class OutputConnector;
422 /** \brief Output connector base-class
424 An output connector sends out packets. It may be either an ActiveConnector or a
425 PassiveConnector. An output connector does \e not have an built-in queueing, it relies on
426 the queueing of the connected input.
428 class OutputConnector
429 : public virtual Connector
432 void operator()(Packet const & p); ///< Send out a packet
434 void write(Packet const & p); ///< Alias for operator()(Packet p)
436 InputConnector & peer() const;
442 /** \brief Combination of PassiveConnector and InputConnector
444 The GenericPassiveInput automatically controls the connectors throttling state using a
445 queueing discipline. The standard queueing discipline is ThresholdQueueing, which throttles
446 the connection whenever the queue length reaches the high threshold and unthrottles the
447 connection when the queue reaches the low threshold. The default queueing discipline is
448 <tt>ThresholdQueueing(1,0)</tt> which will throttle the input whenever the queue is
451 class GenericPassiveInput
452 : public PassiveConnector, public InputConnector,
453 public safe_bool<GenericPassiveInput>
456 GenericActiveOutput & peer() const;
458 bool boolean_test() const; ///< \c true, if ! empty()
460 template <class QDisc>
461 void qdisc(QDisc const & disc); ///< Change the queueing discipline
462 /**< The queueing discipline is a class which provides the
463 QueueingDiscipline interface.
465 \param[in] disc New queueing discipline */
468 GenericPassiveInput();
471 void v_enqueueEvent();
472 void v_dequeueEvent();
473 void v_unthrottleEvent();
475 boost::scoped_ptr<QueueingDiscipline> qdisc_;
478 /** \brief Combination of PassiveConnector and OutputConnector
480 class GenericPassiveOutput
481 : public PassiveConnector, public OutputConnector,
482 public safe_bool<GenericPassiveOutput>
485 GenericActiveInput & peer() const;
487 bool boolean_test() const; ///< Always \c true
489 void connect(GenericActiveInput & target); ///< Internal: Use senf::ppi::connect() instead
491 friend class GenericActiveInput;
494 GenericPassiveOutput();
498 /** \brief Combination of ActiveConnector and InputConnector
500 class GenericActiveInput
501 : public ActiveConnector, public InputConnector,
502 public safe_bool<GenericActiveInput>
505 GenericPassiveOutput & peer() const;
507 bool boolean_test() const; ///< \c true, if ! empty() or ! throttled()
509 void request(); ///< request more packets without dequeuing any packet
512 GenericActiveInput();
515 void v_requestEvent();
518 /** \brief Combination of ActiveConnector and OutputConnector
520 class GenericActiveOutput
521 : public ActiveConnector, public OutputConnector,
522 public safe_bool<GenericActiveOutput>
525 GenericPassiveInput & peer() const;
527 bool boolean_test() const; ///< \c true if peer() is ! throttled()
529 void connect(GenericPassiveInput & target); ///< Internal: Use senf::ppi::connect() instead
532 GenericActiveOutput();
538 # define TypedConnector_Input read
539 # define TypedConnector_Output write
540 # define TypedConnector(pType, dir) \
541 template <class PacketType> \
543 : public Generic ## pType ## dir, \
544 private detail::Typed ## dir ## Mixin<pType ## dir <PacketType>, PacketType> \
546 typedef detail::Typed ## dir ## Mixin<pType ## dir <PacketType>, PacketType> mixin; \
548 using mixin::operator(); \
549 using mixin::TypedConnector_ ## dir ; \
551 virtual std::type_info const & packetTypeID() \
552 { return typeid(typename PacketType::type); } \
553 friend class detail::Typed ## dir ## Mixin<pType ## dir <PacketType>, PacketType>; \
556 class pType ## dir <Packet> : public Generic ## pType ## dir \
559 TypedConnector( Passive, Input );
560 TypedConnector( Passive, Output );
561 TypedConnector( Active, Input );
562 TypedConnector( Active, Output );
564 # undef TypedConnector
565 # undef TypedConnector_Input
566 # undef TypedConnector_Output
570 /** \brief Connector actively reading packets
572 \tparam PacketType Type of packet to read. Defaults to senf::Packet
574 The %ActiveInput %connector template reads data actively from a connected %module. This
575 class is completely implemented via it's base-class, GenericActiveInput, the only
576 difference is that read packets are returned as \a PacketType instead of generic
577 senf::Packet references.
579 \see GenericActiveInput \n
582 template <class PacketType=Packet>
583 class ActiveInput : public GenericActiveInput
586 PacketType operator()(); ///< Read packet
587 /**< \throws std::bad_cast if the %connector receives a
588 Packet which is not of type \a PacketType.
589 \returns newly read packet reference. */
590 PacketType read(); ///< Alias for operator()
593 /** \brief Connector passively receiving packets
595 \tparam PacketType Type of packet to read. Defaults to senf::Packet
597 The %PassiveInput %connector template receives packets sent to it from a connected
598 %module. This class is completely implemented via it's base-class, GenericPassiveInput,
599 the only difference is that read packets are returned as \a PacketType instead of generic
600 senf::Packet references.
602 \see GenericPassiveInput \n
605 template <class PacketType=Packet>
606 class PassiveInput : public GenericPassiveInput
609 PacketType operator()(); ///< Read packet
610 /**< \throws std::bad_cast if the %connector receives a
611 Packet which is not of type \a PacketType.
612 \returns newly read packet reference. */
613 PacketType read(); ///< Alias for operator()
616 /** \brief Connector actively sending packets
618 \tparam PacketType Type of packet to send. Defaults to senf::Packet
620 The %ActiveOutput %connector template sends data actively to a connected %module. This
621 class is completely implemented via it's base-class, GenericActiveOutput, the only
622 difference is that it only sends packets of type \a PacketType.
624 \see GenericActiveOutput \n
627 template <class PacketType=Packet>
628 class ActiveOutput : public GenericActiveOutput
631 operator()(PacketType packet); ///< Send out a packet
632 void write(PacketType packet); ///< Alias for operator()
635 /** \brief Connector passively providing packets
637 \tparam PacketType Type of packet to send. Defaults to senf::Packet
639 The %PassiveOutput %connector template provides data passively to a connected %module
640 whenever signaled. This class is completely implemented via it's base-class,
641 GenericPassiveOutput, the only difference is that it only sends packets of type
644 \see GenericPassiveOutput \n
647 template <class PacketType=Packet>
648 class PassiveOutput : public GenericPassiveOutput
651 operator()(PacketType packet); ///< Send out a packet
652 void write(PacketType packet); ///< Alias for operator()
659 ///////////////////////////////hh.e////////////////////////////////////////
660 #include "Connectors.cci"
661 //#include "Connectors.ct"
662 #include "Connectors.cti"
669 // c-file-style: "senf"
670 // indent-tabs-mode: nil
671 // ispell-local-dictionary: "american"
672 // compile-command: "scons -u test"
673 // comment-column: 40