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1 // $Id:PacketSocketHandle.hh 218 2007-03-20 14:39:32Z tho $
2 //
3 // Copyright (C) 2006
4 // Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS) 
5 // Competence Center NETwork research (NET), St. Augustin, GERMANY 
6 //     Stefan Bund <g0dil@berlios.de>
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22
23 /** \file
24     \brief PacketProtocol and PacketSocketHandle public header
25
26     \todo Implement global promisc() helper based on ioctl() interface.
27  */
28
29 #ifndef HH_PacketSocketHandle_
30 #define HH_PacketSocketHandle_ 1
31
32 // Custom includes
33 #include "../../../Socket/SocketPolicy.hh"
34 #include "../../../Socket/SocketProtocol.hh"
35 #include "../../../Socket/ProtocolClientSocketHandle.hh"
36 #include "../../../Socket/FramingPolicy.hh"
37 #include "../../../Socket/CommunicationPolicy.hh"
38 #include "../../../Socket/ReadWritePolicy.hh"
39 #include "../../../Socket/BufferingPolicy.hh"
40 #include "../../../Socket/Protocols/BSDSocketProtocol.hh"
41 #include "LLAddressing.hh"
42
43 //#include "PacketSocketHandle.mpp"
44 //#include "PacketSocketHandle.ih"
45 ///////////////////////////////hh.p////////////////////////////////////////
46
47 namespace senf {
48
49     /// \addtogroup concrete_protocol_group
50     /// @{
51
52     typedef MakeSocketPolicy<
53         LLAddressingPolicy,
54         DatagramFramingPolicy,
55         UnconnectedCommunicationPolicy,
56         ReadablePolicy,
57         WriteablePolicy,
58         SocketBufferingPolicy
59         >::policy Packet_Policy;        ///< Policy of PacketProtocol
60
61     /** \brief Raw Packet-Socket access (Linux)
62
63         \par Socket Handle typedefs:
64         \ref PacketSocketHandle (ProtocolClientSocketHandle)
65
66         \par Policy Interface:
67         ClientSocketHandle::read(), ClientSocketHandle::readfrom(), ClientSocketHandle::writeto(),
68         ClientSocketHandle::bind(), ClientSocketHandle::local(), ClientSocketHandle::rcvbuf(),
69         ClientSocketHandle::sndbuf()
70
71         \par Address Type:
72         LLSocketAddress
73
74         The PacketProtocol provides access to the linux packet socket API. This API gives access to
75         the low level network packets. The packet socket allows read() and write() operations. The
76         PacketProtocol has no concept of a server socket.
77
78         This class is utilized as the protocol class of the ProtocolClientSocketHandle via the
79         Socket Handle typedefs above.
80      */
81     class PacketProtocol
82         : public ConcreteSocketProtocol<Packet_Policy>,
83           public BSDSocketProtocol,
84           public senf::pool_alloc_mixin<PacketProtocol>
85     {
86     public:
87         enum SocketType { RawSocket, DatagramSocket };
88                                         ///< Socket types
89
90         ///\name Constructors
91         ///@{
92         void init_client(SocketType type = RawSocket, int protocol = -1) const;
93                                         ///< Create packet socket
94                                         /**< The new socket will receive all packets of the given
95                                              IEEE 802.3 \a protocol. The socket will receive all
96                                              packets, if \a protocol is -1.
97
98                                              If \a type is \c RawSocket, the packet will include the
99                                              link-level header (the Ethernet header). Sent packets
100                                              must already include a well formed ll header.
101
102                                              If \a type is \c DatagramSocket, the link level header
103                                              will not be part of the packet data. The ll header will
104                                              be removed from received packets and a correct ll
105                                              header will be created on sent packets.
106
107                                              \param[in] type socket type
108                                              \param[in] protocol IEEE 802.3 protocol number */
109                                         /**< \note This member is implicitly called from the
110                                              ProtocolClientSocketHandle::ProtocolClientSocketHandle()
111                                              constructor */
112         ///@}
113
114         ///\name Protocol Interface
115         ///@{
116
117         void mcAdd(std::string const & interface, MACAddress const & address) const;
118                                         ///< Enable reception of a multicast group
119                                         /**< mcAdd will join a new multicast group.
120
121                                              \param[in] interface interface with which to join
122                                              \param[in] address multicast address to join
123
124                                              \see \ref LLSocketAddress */
125         void mcDrop(std::string const & interface, MACAddress const & address) const;
126                                         ///< Disable reception of a multicast group
127                                         /**< \see \ref mcAdd() */
128         ///@}
129
130         ///\name Abstract Interface Implementation
131         ///@{
132
133         std::auto_ptr<SocketProtocol> clone() const;
134         unsigned available() const;
135         bool eof() const;
136
137         ///@}
138     };
139
140     typedef ProtocolClientSocketHandle<PacketProtocol> PacketSocketHandle;
141                                         ///< SocketHandle of the PacketProtocol
142                                         /**< \related PacketPrototol */
143
144     /// @}
145 }
146
147 ///////////////////////////////hh.e////////////////////////////////////////
148 //#include "PacketSocketHandle.cci"
149 //#include "PacketSocketHandle.ct"
150 //#include "PacketSocketHandle.cti"
151 //#include "PacketSocketHandle.mpp"
152 #endif
153
154 \f
155 // Local Variables:
156 // mode: c++
157 // fill-column: 100
158 // c-file-style: "senf"
159 // indent-tabs-mode: nil
160 // ispell-local-dictionary: "american"
161 // compile-command: "scons -u test"
162 // comment-column: 40
163 // End: