ns-process.h

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// ADU and ADU processor
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// $Header: /nfs/jade/vint/CVSROOT/ns-2/common/ns-process.h,v 1.5 2001/11/08 18:12:18 haldar Exp $

#ifndef ns_process_h
#define ns_process_h

#include <assert.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "config.h"

// Application-level data unit types
enum AppDataType {
        // Illegal type
        ADU_ILLEGAL,

        // Old packet data ADU
        PACKET_DATA,

        // HTTP ADUs
        HTTP_DATA,
        HTTP_INVALIDATION,      // Heartbeat that may contain invalidation
        HTTP_UPDATE,            // Pushed page updates (version 1)
        HTTP_PROFORMA,          // Pro forma sent when a direct request is sent
        HTTP_JOIN,
        HTTP_LEAVE,
        HTTP_PUSH,              // Selectively pushed pages 
        HTTP_NORMAL,            // Normal req/resp packets

        // TcpApp ADU
        TCPAPP_STRING,

        // Multimedia ADU
        MEDIA_DATA,
        MEDIA_REQUEST,

        // pub/sub ADU
        PUBSUB,
        
        //Diffusion ADU
        DIFFUSION_DATA,

        // Last ADU
        ADU_LAST

};

// Interface for generic application-level data unit. It should know its 
// size and how to make itself persistent.
class AppData {
private:
        AppDataType type_;      // ADU type
public:
        AppData(AppDataType type) { type_ = type; }
        AppData(AppData& d) { type_ = d.type_; }
        virtual ~AppData() {}

        AppDataType type() const { return type_; }

        // The following two methods MUST be rewrited for EVERY derived classes
        virtual int size() const { return sizeof(AppData); }
        virtual AppData* copy() = 0;
};

// Models any entity that is capable of process an ADU. 
// The basic functionality of this entity is to (1) process data, 
// (2) pass data to another entity, (3) request data from another entity.
class Process : public TclObject {
public: 
        Process() : target_(0) {}
        inline Process*& target() { return target_; }

        // Process incoming data
        virtual void process_data(int size, AppData* data);

        // Request data from the previous application in the chain
        virtual AppData* get_data(int& size, AppData* req_data = 0);

        // Send data to the next application in the chain
        virtual void send_data(int size, AppData* data = 0) {
                if (target_)
                        target_->process_data(size, data);
        }

protected:
        virtual int command(int argc, const char*const* argv);
        Process* target_;
};

#endif // ns_process_h

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