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@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // $Id$
 //
 // Copyright (C) 2006
-// Fraunhofer Institut fuer offene Kommunikationssysteme (FOKUS)
-// Kompetenzzentrum fuer Satelitenkommunikation (SatCom)
-//     Stefan Bund <stefan.bund@fokus.fraunhofer.de>
+// Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS) 
+// Competence Center NETwork research (NET), St. Augustin, GERMANY 
+//     Stefan Bund <g0dil@berlios.de>
 //
 // This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 
 // Custom includes
 #include <boost/call_traits.hpp>
+#include <boost/range.hpp>
+#include <boost/utility.hpp>
+#include <boost/type_traits.hpp>
 #include "SocketHandle.hh"
 
 //#include "ClientSocketHandle.mpp"
@@ -45,20 +48,23 @@ namespace senf {
 
         This class provides the client side policy interface of the socket
         abstraction. ClientSocketHandle defines the complete policy interface. It does not implement
-        any functionality itself however. All calls are forward to the following policy classes:
+        any functionality itself however. The following table shows, to which policy members each
+        group of ClientSocketHandle members is forwardd. The last collumn shows, on which other
+        policies this member-group depends <em>in the default policy classes</em>. If you define
+        your own policy classes, the dependencies are up to you.
 
         <table class="senf">
-        <tr><th>ClientSocketHandle member</th> <th>Policy member</th></tr>
-        <tr><td>read()</td>       <td>ReadPolicy::read (\ref senf::ReadPolicyBase)</td></tr>
-        <tr><td>readfrom()</td>   <td>ReadPolicy::readfrom (\ref senf::ReadPolicyBase)</td></tr>
-        <tr><td>write()</td>      <td>WritePolicy::write (\ref senf::WritePolicyBase)</td></tr>
-        <tr><td>writeto()</td>    <td>WritePolicy::writeto (\ref senf::WritePolicyBase)</td></tr>
-        <tr><td>connect()</td>    <td>AddressingPolicy::connect (\ref senf::AddressingPolicyBase)</td></tr>
-        <tr><td>bind()</td>       <td>AddressingPolicy::bind (\ref senf::AddressingPolicyBase)</td></tr>
-        <tr><td>peer()</td>       <td>AddressingPolicy::peer (\ref senf::AddressingPolicyBase)</td></tr>
-        <tr><td>local()</td>      <td>AddressingPolicy::local (\ref senf::AddressingPolicyBase)</td></tr>
-        <tr><td>rcvbuf()</td>     <td>BufferingPolicy::sndbuf (\ref senf::BufferingPolicyBase)</td></tr>
-        <tr><td>sndbuf()</td>     <td>BufferingPolicy::rcvbuf (\ref senf::BufferingPolicyBase)</td></tr>
+        <tr><th>ClientSocketHandle member</th> <th>Policy member</th> <th>Other policies</th></tr>
+        <tr><td>read()</td>       <td>ReadPolicy::read (\ref senf::ReadPolicyBase)</td>                  <td></td></tr>
+        <tr><td>readfrom()</td>   <td>ReadPolicy::readfrom (\ref senf::ReadPolicyBase)</td>              <td>UnconnectedCommunicationPolicy</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>write()</td>      <td>WritePolicy::write (\ref senf::WritePolicyBase)</td>               <td>ConnectedCommunicationPolicy</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>writeto()</td>    <td>WritePolicy::writeto (\ref senf::WritePolicyBase)</td>             <td>UnconnectedCommunicationPolicy</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>connect()</td>    <td>AddressingPolicy::connect (\ref senf::AddressingPolicyBase)</td>   <td></td></tr>
+        <tr><td>bind()</td>       <td>AddressingPolicy::bind (\ref senf::AddressingPolicyBase)</td>      <td></td></tr>
+        <tr><td>peer()</td>       <td>AddressingPolicy::peer (\ref senf::AddressingPolicyBase)</td>      <td></td></tr>
+        <tr><td>local()</td>      <td>AddressingPolicy::local (\ref senf::AddressingPolicyBase)</td>     <td></td></tr>
+        <tr><td>rcvbuf()</td>     <td>BufferingPolicy::sndbuf (\ref senf::BufferingPolicyBase)</td>      <td></td></tr>
+        <tr><td>sndbuf()</td>     <td>BufferingPolicy::rcvbuf (\ref senf::BufferingPolicyBase)</td>      <td></td></tr>
         </table>
 
         It is important to note, that not all members are always accessible. Which are depends on
@@ -78,13 +84,6 @@ namespace senf {
         typelist of Poclicy classes which can be accessed. You use protocol<ProtocolClass>() to
         access a protocol class. \c Policies can of course be underspecified or even empty.
 
-        \idea add more flexible read/write members for a) boost::arrays and arrays of other types b)
-        std::vector (which uses contiguous memory ..) c) other random-access containers (we should
-        use some configurable trait class to identify containers with contiguous storage). Probably
-        we should just use a generic Boost.Range interface. Here we again come to the point: make
-        all except the most basic members be non-member algorithms ? this would make the
-        configuration of such extenden members more flexible.
-
         \see \ref policy_group \n
              \ref protocol_group
       */
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ namespace senf {
         /** Depending on the type of \c Address, this will be either <tt>Address</tt> or <tt>Address
             const &</tt>. See <a
             href="http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/call_traits.htm">call_traits documentation in
-            the Boost.Utility library\endlink.</a>
+            the Boost.Utility library.</a>
          */
         typedef typename boost::call_traits<Address>::param_type AddressParam;
         /// Corresponding server socket handle with the same policy
@@ -115,19 +114,31 @@ namespace senf {
         ///\name Structors and default members
         ///@{
 
-        // no default constructor
+        // default default constructor
         // default copy constructor
         // default copy assignment
         // default destructor
 
+        // here to implement
+        ClientSocketHandle();
+
         // conversion constructors
+#       ifndef DOXYGEN
         template <class OtherPolicy>
         ClientSocketHandle(ClientSocketHandle<OtherPolicy> other,
                            typename SocketHandle<Policy>::template IsCompatible<OtherPolicy>::type * = 0);
+#       else
+        ClientSocketHandle(ClientSocketHandle<OtherPolicy> other);
+#       endif
 
+#       ifndef DOXYGEN
         template <class OtherPolicy>
         typename SocketHandle<Policy>::template IsCompatible<OtherPolicy>::type const &
         operator=(ClientSocketHandle<OtherPolicy> other);
+#       else
+        template <class OtherPolicy>
+        OtherPolicy const & operator=(ClientSocketHandle<OtherPolicy> other);
+#       endif        
 
         ///@}
         ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -139,27 +150,27 @@ namespace senf {
         /** \brief Read data from socket
 
             If the sockets \c FramingPolicy is \c DatagramFramingPolicy, every read() command will
-            return a single datagram. If the sockets FramingPolicy is StreamFraming, the operation will
-            return as much data as possible from the socket buffer. However it cannot be guaranteed,
-            that the socket buffer will be empty after read() returns.
+            return a single datagram. If the sockets FramingPolicy is StreamFraming, the operation
+            will return as much data as possible from the socket buffer. However it cannot be
+            guaranteed, that the socket buffer will be empty after read() returns.
 
             \attention If the space available for the data read is limited, the read will return no
-            more than that amount of data. For a datagram socket, a full datagram is still dequed
+            more than that amount of data. For a datagram socket, a full datagram is still dequeued
             from the socket buffer, the remainder of the datagram will be lost.
 
-            There are three variants of read which differ in how they return the read string.
+            There are several variants of read which differ in how they return the read string.
 
-            \throws senf::SystemException
+            If the further document doesn't tell something differently, on a blocking socket the
+            members will \e always return some data (as long as the socket has not been closed at
+            the other end) and will block, if no data is available now. If you do not want to block,
+            you \e must make the socket non-blocking (using FileHandle::blocking()).
+
+            \throws senf::SystemException 
 
 
             This variant will read up to \c limit bytes from the
             socket and return them as a \c std::string object.
 
-            On a blocking socket, this member will \e always return some data (as long as the socket
-            has not been closed at the other end) and will block, if no data is available now. If
-            you do not want to block, you \e must make the socket non-blocking (using
-            FileHandle::blocking()).
-
             \param[in] limit Maximum number of bytes to read or 0 if unlimited.
             \returns data read
 
@@ -167,64 +178,127 @@ namespace senf {
             \c recv.
         */
         std::string  read         (unsigned limit=0);
-        void         read         (std::string & buffer, unsigned limit=0);
-                                        ///< Read data into string buffer
-                                        /**< On a blocking socket, this member will \e always return
-                                           some data (as long as the socket has not been closed at
-                                           the other end) and will block, if no data is available
-                                           now. If you do not want to block, you \e must make the
-                                           socket non-blocking (using FileHandle::blocking()).
-                                           \param[out] buffer data read
-                                           \param[in] limit Maximum number of buytes to read or 0
-                                           if unlimited
-                                           \see \ref read() */
-        unsigned     read         (char * buffer, unsigned size);
+        template <class ForwardWritableRange>
+#       ifndef DOXYGEN
+        typename boost::range_iterator<ForwardWritableRange>::type
+                     read         (ForwardWritableRange const & range,
+                                   typename boost::disable_if< boost::is_convertible<ForwardWritableRange,unsigned> >::type * = 0);
+#       else
+        typename boost::range_iterator<ForwardWritableRange>::type
+                     read         (ForwardWritableRange const & range);
+                                        ///< Read data into range
+                                        /**< Read data into the given range. At most
+                                             <tt>boost::size(range)</tt> characters are read. The
+                                             data read will start at the beginning of the
+                                             range. read returns a past-the-end iterator after the
+                                             last character read. This iterator will point to
+                                             somewhere within the input range.
+                                             \param[in,out] range Range to store data in 
+                                             \returns past-the-end iterator pointer to after the
+                                                 last read character 
+                                             \see \ref read() \n
+                                                  <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/range/index.html">Boost.Range</a> */
+#       endif
+#       ifndef DOXYGEN
+        template <class ForwardWritableRange>
+        typename boost::range_iterator<ForwardWritableRange>::type
+                     read         (ForwardWritableRange & range,
+                                   typename boost::disable_if< boost::is_convertible<ForwardWritableRange,unsigned> >::type * = 0);
+#       else
+        template <class ForwardWritableRange>
+        typename boost::range_iterator<ForwardWritableRange>::type
+                     read         (ForwardWritableRange & range);
+                                        ///< Read data into range
+                                        /**< \see read(ForwardWritableRange const &) \n
+                                                  read() \n
+                                                  <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/range/index.html">Boost.Range</a>  */
+#       endif
+        template <class Sequence>
+        void         read         (Sequence & container, unsigned limit);
+                                        ///< Read data into container
+                                        /**< The data read is written into the given container. Old
+                                             data in the container will be removed. For this to
+                                             work, the container must be a model of 'Sequence' as
+                                             defined in the STL documentation
+                                             \param[out] container Container to write data to
+                                             \param[in] limit Maximum number of characters to read 
+                                             \see \ref read() */
+        char *       read         (char * start, char * end);
                                         ///< Read data into memory area
-                                        /**< This variant will read data into the memory area at \c
-                                           buffer of size \c size. This is the most performant
-                                           version of read().
-                                           \param[in] buffer address of buffer to store data at
-                                           \param[in] size size of memory buffer
-                                           \returns Number of bytes read
-                                           \see \ref read() */
+                                        /**< This variant will read data into the memory area from
+                                             \a start to before \a end. This is guaranteed to be the
+                                             most efficient version  of read().
+                                             \param[in] start address of buffer to store data at
+                                             \param[in] end address one past the end of the buffer
+                                             \returns pointer past the end of the data read
+                                             \see \ref read() */
 
         /** \brief Read data from unconnected socket returning address
 
-            This member behaves like read() but should only be available, if the sockets \c
-            CommunicationPolicy is \c UnconnectedCommunicationPolicy and the \c AddressingPolicy is
-            not \c NoAddressingPolicy. The readfrom() family will in addition to the data return the
-            address of the sender.
+            The readfrom() group of member behaves like \ref read() but should only be available, if
+            the sockets \c CommunicationPolicy is \c UnconnectedCommunicationPolicy and the \c
+            AddressingPolicy is not \c NoAddressingPolicy. readfrom() will in addition to the data
+            return the address of the sender.
 
             \throws senf::SystemException
 
+
             This variant will return the data read and the address as a std::pair.
 
             \returns \c std::pair of data read (a string) and the peers address
 
-            \fixme Add \c limit argument
-
             \implementation The readfrom() family of members will use \c recvfrom from the BSD
             socket API.
          */
         std::pair<std::string, Address>
-                     readfrom     ();
-        void         readfrom     (std::string & buffer, Address & from);
-                                        ///< Read data into string buffer
-                                        /**< This variant will return the result in the locations
-                                           passed in
-                                           \param[out] buffer data read
-                                           \param[out] from peer address
-                                           \see \ref readfrom() */
-        unsigned     readfrom     (char * buffer, unsigned size, Address & from);
-                                        ///< Read data into memory byffer
-                                        /**< This variant will read data into the memory area at \c
-                                           buffer of size \c size. This is the most performant
-                                           version of readfrom().
-                                           \param[in] buffer address of buffer to store data at
-                                           \param[in] size size of bnuffer
-                                           \param[out] from peer address
-                                           \returns Number of bytes read
-                                           \see \ref readfrom() */
+                     readfrom     (unsigned limit=0);
+        template <class ForwardWritableRange>
+        typename boost::range_iterator<ForwardWritableRange const>::type
+                     readfrom     (ForwardWritableRange const & range, Address & from);
+                                        ///< Read data into range
+                                        /**< Read data into the given range. At most
+                                             <tt>boost::size(range)</tt> characters are read. The
+                                             data read will start at the beginning of the
+                                             range. read returns a past-the-end iterator after the
+                                             last character read. This iterator will point to
+                                             somewhere within the input range.
+                                             \param[in,out] range Range to store data in 
+                                             \param[out] from peers address from which the data was
+                                                 received
+                                             \returns past-the-end iterator pointer to after the
+                                                 last read character 
+                                             \see \ref readfrom() \n
+                                                  <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/range/index.html">Boost.Range</a>  */
+        template <class ForwardWritableRange>
+        typename boost::range_iterator<ForwardWritableRange>::type
+                     readfrom     (ForwardWritableRange & range, Address & from);
+                                        ///< Read data into range
+                                        /**< \see readfrom(ForwardWritableRange const&,Address&) \n
+                                                  readfrom()  \n
+                                                  <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/range/index.html">Boost.Range</a> */
+        template <class Sequence>
+        void         readfrom     (Sequence & container, Address & from, unsigned limit);
+                                        ///< Read data into container
+                                        /**< The data read is written into the given container. Old
+                                             data in the container will be removed. For this to
+                                             work, the container must be a model of 'Sequence' as
+                                             defined in the STL documentation
+                                             \param[out] container Container to write data to
+                                             \param[in] limit Maximum number of characters to read 
+                                             \param[out] from peers address from which the data was
+                                                 received
+                                             \see \ref readfrom() */
+        char *       readfrom     (char * start, char * end, Address & from);
+                                        ///< Read data into memory buffer
+                                        /**< This variant will read data into the memory area from
+                                             \a start to before \a end. This is guaranteed to be the
+                                             most efficient version  of readfrom().
+                                             \param[in] start address of buffer to store data at
+                                             \param[in] end address one past the end of the buffer
+                                             \param[out] from peers address from which the data was
+                                                 received
+                                             \returns pointer past the end of the data read
+                                             \see \ref read() */
 
 
         /** \brief Write data to socket
@@ -235,25 +309,28 @@ namespace senf {
 
             A single write call might depending on the circumstances write only part of the data.
 
-            There are two variants of thie member
+            There are two variants of this member
 
             \throws senf::SystemException
 
 
-            This variant will write out the string \c data.
+            This variant will write out the range \c data.
 
-            \param[in] data Data to write
-            \returns number of bytes written
+            \param[in] range Data to write
+            \returns past-the-end iterator after last element written
             \implementation The write() family of members will use POSIX \c write calls, not \c
                 send.
          */
-        unsigned     write        (std::string const & data);
-        unsigned     write        (char const * buffer, unsigned size);
+        template <class ForwardReadableRange>
+        typename boost::range_const_iterator<ForwardReadableRange const>::type
+                     write        (ForwardReadableRange const & range);
+        char const * write        (char const * start, char const * end);
                                         ///< Write data to socket from memory buffer
-                                        /**< \param[in] buffer address of buffer to write
-                                           \param[in] size amount of data to write
-                                           \returns Number of bytes written
-                                           \see \ref write() */
+                                        /**< \param[in] start beginning of area to write
+                                             \param[in] end past-the-end pointer to area to write
+                                             \returns past-the-end pointer after last byte written
+                                             \see \ref write() \n
+                                                  <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/range/index.html">Boost.Range</a>  */
 
         /** \brief Write data to unconnected socket
 
@@ -267,20 +344,23 @@ namespace senf {
             \throw senf::SystemException
 
 
-            This variant will send the string \c data to the peer \c addr.
+            This variant will send the range \c range to peer \c addr.
 
             \param[in] addr Address of peer to send data to
-            \param[in] data data to send
+            \param[in] range data to send
             \returns Number of bytes written
          */
-        unsigned     writeto      (AddressParam addr, std::string const & data);
-        unsigned     writeto      (AddressParam addr, char const * buffer, unsigned size);
+        template <class ForwardReadableRange>
+        typename boost::range_const_iterator<ForwardReadableRange const>::type
+                     writeto      (AddressParam addr, ForwardReadableRange const & range);
+        char const * writeto      (AddressParam addr, char const * start, char const * end);
                                         ///< Write data from memory buffer to unconnected socket
-                                        /**< \param[in] addr Address o fpeer to send data to
-                                           \param[in] buffer address of buffer to write
-                                           \param[in] size amount of data to write
-                                           \returns Number of bytes written
-                                           \see \ref writeto() */
+                                        /**< \param[in] addr Address of peer to send data to
+                                             \param[in] start address of buffer to write
+                                             \param[in] end past-the-end pointer after data to write
+                                             \returns past-the-end iterator after last byte written
+                                             \see \ref writeto() \n
+                                                  <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/range/index.html">Boost.Range</a>  */
 
         ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         ///\name Addressing
@@ -394,4 +474,6 @@ namespace senf {
 // c-file-style: "senf"
 // indent-tabs-mode: nil
 // ispell-local-dictionary: "american"
+// compile-command: "scons -u test"
+// comment-column: 40
 // End: