switch to new MPL based Fraunhofer FOKUS Public License
[senf.git] / senf / Packets / Packet.hh
index 25d0f56..4e6147f 100644 (file)
@@ -2,23 +2,28 @@
 //
 // Copyright (C) 2007
 // 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
-// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
+// The contents of this file are subject to the Fraunhofer FOKUS Public License
+// Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 
+// http://senf.berlios.de/license.html
 //
-// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-// GNU General Public License for more details.
+// The Fraunhofer FOKUS Public License Version 1.0 is based on, 
+// but modifies the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1.
+// See the full license text for the amendments.
 //
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-// along with this program; if not, write to the
-// Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-// 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+// Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, 
+// WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License 
+// for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+//
+// The Original Code is Fraunhofer FOKUS code.
+//
+// The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V. 
+// (registered association), Hansastraße 27 c, 80686 Munich, Germany.
+// All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Contributor(s):
+//   Stefan Bund <g0dil@berlios.de>
 
 /** \file
     \brief Packet public header */
@@ -35,7 +40,7 @@
 #include "PacketInterpreter.hh"
 
 //#include "Packet.mpp"
-///////////////////////////////hh.p////////////////////////////////////////
+//-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 namespace senf {
 
@@ -96,7 +101,7 @@ namespace senf {
     template <class PackeType> class ConcretePacket;
 
     ///\addtogroup packet_module
-    ///@{
+    //\{
 
     /** \brief Main %Packet class
 
@@ -142,7 +147,7 @@ namespace senf {
           public boost::equality_comparable<Packet>
     {
     public:
-        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+        //-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         // Types
 
         typedef void type;              ///< Type of the packet.
@@ -150,9 +155,9 @@ namespace senf {
         ///< Unsigned type to represent packet size
         typedef PacketInterpreterBase::factory_t factory_t; ///< Packet factory type (see below)
 
-        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+        //-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         ///\name Structors and default members
-        ///@{
+        //\{
 
         // default copy constructor
         // default copy assignment
@@ -164,9 +169,9 @@ namespace senf {
                                              validity. */
         Packet clone() const;           ///< Create copy packet
                                         /**< clone() will create a complete copy of \c this
-                                             packet. The returned packet will have the same data and
-                                             packet chain. It does however not share any data with
-                                             the original packet. */
+                                             packet. The returned packet will have the same data,
+                                             annotations and packet chain. It does however not
+                                             share any data with the original packet. */
 
         // conversion constructors
 
@@ -177,11 +182,11 @@ namespace senf {
                                              ConcretePacket into a general Packet, loosing the
                                              protocol specific interface. */
 
-        ///@}
-        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+        //\}
+        //-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
         ///\name Interpreter chain access
-        ///@{
+        //\{
 
         Packet      next() const;       ///< Get next packet in chain
                                         /**< \throws InvalidPacketChainException if no next packet
@@ -197,10 +202,9 @@ namespace senf {
                                                  exists */
         template <class OtherPacket> OtherPacket next(NoThrow_t) const;
                                         ///< Get next packet in chain and cast to \a OtherPacket
-                                        /**< \throws std::bad_cast if the next() packet is not of
-                                             type \a OtherPacket
-                                             \returns in - valid() packet if no next packet
-                                                 exists */
+                                        /**< \returns in - valid() packet if no next packet
+                                                 exists or if next() packet is not of
+                                                 type \a OtherPacket */
         template <class OtherPacket> OtherPacket find() const;
                                         ///< Search chain forward for packet of type \a OtherPacket
                                         /**< The search will start with the current packet.
@@ -226,10 +230,9 @@ namespace senf {
                                                  packet exists */
         template <class OtherPacket> OtherPacket prev(NoThrow_t) const;
                                         ///< Get previous packet in chain and cast to \a OtherPacket
-                                        /**< \throws std::bad_cast, if the previous packet is not of
-                                             type \a OtherPacket
-                                             \returns in - valid() packet if no previous packet
-                                                 exists */
+                                        /**< \returns in - valid() packet if no previous packet
+                                                 exists or if the previous packet is not of
+                                                 type \a OtherPacket */
         template <class OtherPacket> OtherPacket rfind() const;
                                         ///< Search chain backwards for packet of type \a OtherPacket
                                         /**< The search will start with the current packet.
@@ -290,6 +293,15 @@ namespace senf {
                                              before.
                                              \throws std::bad_cast if the current packet is not of
                                                  type \a OtherPacket */
+        template <class OtherPacket> OtherPacket as(NoThrow_t) const;
+                                        ///< Cast current packet to the given type
+                                        /**< This operations returns a handle to the same packet
+                                             header/interpreter however upcast to the given
+                                             ConcretePacket type which have been instantiated
+                                             before.
+                                             \warning You must make absolutely sure that the packet
+                                             is of the given type. If not, calling this member
+                                             crashes your program in a unkindly way. */
 
         Packet append(Packet const & packet) const; ///< Append the given packet to \c this packet
                                         /**< This operation will replace the payload section of \c
@@ -302,21 +314,24 @@ namespace senf {
                                                  after \c this in the packet/header/interpreter
                                                  chain. */
 
-        ///@}
+        void reparse() const;           ///< Reparse the payload the packet
+                                        /**< This member will throw away the packet chain after the
+                                             current packet. The payload will be reparsed
+                                             automatically when calling next() */
+        //\}
 
         ///\name Data access
-        ///@{
+        //\{
 
         PacketData & data() const;      ///< Access the packets raw data container
         size_type size() const;         ///< Return size of packet in bytes
                                         /**< This size does \e not include the size of any preceding
                                              headers/packets/interpreters. It does however include
                                              \c this packets payload. */
-
-        ///@}
+        //\}
 
         ///\name Annotations
-        ///@{
+        //\{
 
         template <class Annotation>
         Annotation & annotation();      ///< Get packet annotation
@@ -375,14 +390,19 @@ namespace senf {
                                                  considering that the packetimpl itself uses a pool.
                                           */
 
-        ///@}
-
         template <class Annotation>
         Annotation const & annotation() const; ///< Get packet annotation
                                         /**< \see annotation() */
 
+        void clearAnnotations();        ///< Clear all packet annotations
+                                        /**< All packet annotations will be cleared. Afterwards
+                                             the annotations equates to a new created %packet.
+                                             \warning all references to existing complex
+                                             annotations become invalid. */
+        //\}
+
         ///\name Other methods
-        ///@{
+        //\{
 
         bool operator==(Packet const & other) const; ///< Check for packet identity
                                         /**< Two packet handles compare equal if they really are the
@@ -398,7 +418,7 @@ namespace senf {
                                              when using a packet in a boolean context. */
 
         void finalizeThis();            ///< Update calculated fields
-                                        /**< The finalize() fammily of members will update
+                                        /**< The finalize() family of members will update
                                              calculated packet fields: checksums, size fields and so
                                              on. This includes any field, which can be set from
                                              other information in the packet. Each concrete packet
@@ -413,7 +433,7 @@ namespace senf {
 
         template <class Other>
         void finalizeTo();              ///< Update calculated fields
-                                        /**< The finalize() fammily of members will update
+                                        /**< The finalize() family of members will update
                                              calculated packet fields: checksums, size fields and so
                                              on. This includes any field, which can be set from
                                              other information in the packet. Each concrete packet
@@ -432,7 +452,7 @@ namespace senf {
                                              \endcode */
 
         void finalizeTo(Packet const & other);  ///< Update calculated fields
-                                        /**< The finalize() fammily of members will update
+                                        /**< The finalize() family of members will update
                                              calculated packet fields: checksums, size fields and so
                                              on. This includes any field, which can be set from
                                              other information in the packet. Each concrete packet
@@ -444,7 +464,7 @@ namespace senf {
                                              backwards towards outer packets up to \c this. */
 
         void finalizeAll();             ///< Update calculated fields
-                                        /**< The finalize() fammily of members will update
+                                        /**< The finalize() family of members will update
                                              calculated packet fields: checksums, size fields and so
                                              on. This includes any field, which can be set from
                                              other information in the packet. Each concrete packet
@@ -485,9 +505,13 @@ namespace senf {
 
         unsigned long id() const;       ///< Unique packet id
                                         /**< Get a unique packet id. If two packets have the same
-                                             id, they share the internal data representation.. */
+                                             id, they share the internal data representation. */
+
+        bool is_shared() const;         ///< check if this packet shares data with any another packet handle.
+                                        /**< This method returns true if there is any other packet
+                                             handle pointing to any header in the packet chain. */
 
-        ///@}
+        //\}
 
     protected:
         explicit Packet(PacketInterpreterBase::ptr const & packet);
@@ -495,8 +519,8 @@ namespace senf {
         PacketInterpreterBase::ptr const & ptr() const;
 
     private:
-        Packet checkNext() const;
-        Packet checkLast() const;
+        Packet getNext() const;
+        Packet getLast() const;
 
         PacketInterpreterBase::ptr packet_;
 
@@ -547,15 +571,15 @@ namespace senf {
         : public Packet
     {
     public:
-        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+        //-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         // Types
 
         typedef PacketType type;
         typedef typename PacketType::parser Parser;
 
-        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+        //-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         ///\name Structors and default members
-        ///@{
+        //\{
 
         // default copy constructor
         // default copy assignment
@@ -611,7 +635,7 @@ namespace senf {
                                              into the packet representation. The data will \e not be
                                              validated in any way.
 
-                                             \param[in] range <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/range/index.html">Boost.Range</a>
+                                             \param[in] range <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs/range/index.html">Boost.Range</a>
                                                  of data to construct packet from. */
 #endif
 
@@ -673,7 +697,7 @@ namespace senf {
                                              header/interpreter after \a packet in that packets
                                              interpreter chain.
                                              \param[in] packet Packet to append new packet to.
-                                             \param[in] range <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/range/index.html">Boost.Range</a>
+                                             \param[in] range <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs/range/index.html">Boost.Range</a>
                                                  of data to construct packet from. */
 #endif
 
@@ -708,7 +732,7 @@ namespace senf {
                                                  packet */
         static ConcretePacket createInsertBefore(Packet const & packet, senf::NoInit_t);
                                         ///< Insert uninitialized empty packet before \a packet
-                                        /**< Inserts a completely empty and unitialized packet
+                                        /**< Inserts a completely empty and uninitialized packet
                                              before \a packet into the header/interpreter chain.
                                              \param[in] packet Packet before which to insert the new
                                                  packet */
@@ -717,8 +741,8 @@ namespace senf {
 
         ConcretePacket clone() const;
 
-        ///@}
-        ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+        //\}
+        //-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
         // Field access
 
@@ -739,14 +763,14 @@ namespace senf {
                                              access. The parser class may have any member which is
                                              needed for full packet access (e.g. checksum validation
                                              / recreation ...)
-                                             \see \ref packetparser for the parser interface. */
+                                             \see \ref packetparser for the %parser interface. */
 
         Parser parser() const;          ///< Access packet field parser directly
                                         /**< Access the parser of the packet. This is the same
                                              object returned by the operator->() operator. The
                                              operator however does not allow to access this object
                                              itself, only it's members.
-                                             \see \ref packetparser for the parser interface */
+                                             \see \ref packetparser for the %parser interface */
 
     protected:
 
@@ -755,7 +779,7 @@ namespace senf {
 
         ConcretePacket(typename interpreter::ptr const & packet_);
 
-        typename interpreter::ptr ptr() const;
+        interpreter * ptr() const;
 
         friend class Packet;
         friend class PacketInterpreter<PacketType>;
@@ -770,11 +794,11 @@ namespace senf {
     template <class PacketType, class Parser>
     Parser operator<<(Parser target, ConcretePacket<PacketType> const & packet);
 
-    ///@}
+    //\}
 
 }
 
-///////////////////////////////hh.e////////////////////////////////////////
+//-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 #endif
 #if !defined(HH_SENF_Packets_Packets__decls_) && !defined(HH_SENF_Packets_Packet_i_)
 #define HH_SENF_Packets_Packet_i_