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diff --git a/TAO/tao/Policy_Validator.h b/TAO/tao/Policy_Validator.h new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..6cc2eb6aab5 --- /dev/null +++ b/TAO/tao/Policy_Validator.h @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +// -*- C++ -*- + +//============================================================================= +/** + * @file Policy_Validator.h + * + * $Id$ + * + * This file contains the declaration for the POA policy validator + * interface. + * + * @author Angelo Corsaro <corsaro@cs.wustl.edu> + * @author Frank Hunleth <fhuntleth@cs.wustl.edu> + */ +//============================================================================= + +#ifndef TAO_POLICY_VALIDATOR_H +#define TAO_POLICY_VALIDATOR_H + +#include /**/ "ace/pre.h" +#include "ace/CORBA_macros.h" + +#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE) +# pragma once +#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */ + +#include /**/ "tao/TAO_Export.h" +#include "tao/Basic_Types.h" + +TAO_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL + +// Forward declarations. +class TAO_Policy_Set; +class TAO_ORB_Core; + +namespace CORBA +{ + typedef ULong PolicyType; + + class Environment; +} + +/** + * @class TAO_Policy_Validator + * + * @brief An abstract class for plugging in different Policy Validator + * mechanisms. + * + * This class was moved from the PortableServer library. The Portable + * Serever library used this abstraction to add policy validators to + * for the policies in the POA. This class seems so much useful for + * passing policy information between different loaded libraries. + */ + +class TAO_Export TAO_Policy_Validator +{ +public: + /// Constructor. + TAO_Policy_Validator (TAO_ORB_Core &orb_core); + + /// Destructor. + virtual ~TAO_Policy_Validator (void); + + /** + * Validate that the policies in the specified set + * are consistent and legal. Throw an appropriate exception + * if that is not the case. + */ + void validate (TAO_Policy_Set &policies + ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL); + + /** + * Add/merge policies. + **/ + void merge_policies (TAO_Policy_Set &policies + ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL); + + /** + * Return whether the specified policy type is legal for the + * current configuration. This is needed since the user can + * potentially specify policies that are unknown to an + * validate () routine, and these need to be caught. + */ + CORBA::Boolean legal_policy (CORBA::PolicyType type); + + /** + * Adds a validator to the "chain of validators". The <code> + * TAO_POA_Policy_Validator </code> implements something that looks + * like a chain of responsability in which different member of the + * chain have the responsability of validating a given set of + * policies. + */ + void add_validator (TAO_Policy_Validator *validator); + + + /** + * Accessor for the stored ORB core reference + */ + TAO_ORB_Core & orb_core() const; + +protected: + virtual void validate_impl (TAO_Policy_Set &policies + ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL) = 0; + + virtual void merge_policies_impl (TAO_Policy_Set &policies + ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL) = 0; + + virtual CORBA::Boolean legal_policy_impl (CORBA::PolicyType type) = 0; + + TAO_ORB_Core &orb_core_; + +private: + TAO_Policy_Validator *next_; +}; + +TAO_END_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL + +#include /**/ "ace/post.h" + +#endif /* TAO_POLICY_VALIDATOR_H */ |