path: root/TAO/tao/NVList.h

// This may look like C, but it's really -*- C++ -*-

//=============================================================================
/**
 *  @file    NVList.h
 *
 *  $Id$
 *
 *  @author  Copyright 1994-1995 by Sun Microsystems Inc.
 *  @author  Aniruddha Gokhale <gokhale@cs.wustl.edu>
 */
//=============================================================================


#ifndef TAO_NVLIST_H
#define TAO_NVLIST_H
#include "ace/pre.h"

#include "tao/orbconf.h"

#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
# pragma once
#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */

#include "ace/Unbounded_Queue.h"
#include "tao/Any.h"

class TAO_InputCDR;

/**
 * @class CORBA_NamedValue
 *
 * @brief NamedValue ... these occur only in "NVList" (named value list) data
 * structures.  The binary form of the data structure is frozen and
 * visible to programs using it (e.g. from C).  The C++ class supports
 * some programming discipline, e.g. to avoid memory leaks.
 * They just represent parameters to calls.  The name is optional, and
 * the value is packaged as an Any.  The flags indicate parameter
 * mode, and some ownership rules for "top level" memory.
 */
class TAO_Export CORBA_NamedValue
{
public:
  /// optional name
  const char *name (void) const;

  /// return the value
  CORBA::Any_ptr value (void) const;

  /// return the parameter mode flag
  CORBA::Flags flags (void) const;

  /// destructor - manages the name and value
  ~CORBA_NamedValue (void);

  // The pseudo object static methods..
  static CORBA_NamedValue* _duplicate (CORBA_NamedValue*);
  static CORBA_NamedValue* _nil (void);

  // = Reference counting.
  CORBA::ULong _incr_refcnt (void);
  CORBA::ULong _decr_refcnt (void);

  // Useful for template programming.
#if !defined(__GNUC__) || __GNUC__ > 2 || __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 8
  typedef CORBA_NamedValue_ptr _ptr_type;
  typedef CORBA_NamedValue_var _var_type;
#endif /* __GNUC__ */

private:
  /// maintains how many references exist to this object
  CORBA::ULong refcount_;

  /// Protects the reference count.
  TAO_SYNCH_MUTEX refcount_lock_;

  /// holds the value
  CORBA::Any any_;

  /// parameter mode flags
  CORBA::Flags flags_;

  /// optional IDL name of the parameter
  char *name_;

  /// private constructor. Cannot be directly instantiated other than
  /// by its friends.
  CORBA_NamedValue (void);

  friend class CORBA_ORB;
  friend class CORBA_NVList;
  friend class CORBA_Request;
};

/**
 * @class CORBA_NamedValue_var
 *
 * @brief The T_var class for NamedValue
 *
 * As any other pseudo object NamedValue must have a T_var class,
 * the interface an semantics are specified in the CORBA spec.
 * = NOTE
 * We use CORBA_NamedValue_ptr as the _ptr type instead of
 * CORBA::NamedValue_ptr, this is an attempt to reduced the cyclic
 * dependencies in TAO.
 */
class TAO_Export CORBA_NamedValue_var
{
public:
  CORBA_NamedValue_var (void); // default constructor
  CORBA_NamedValue_var (CORBA_NamedValue_ptr);
  CORBA_NamedValue_var (const CORBA_NamedValue_var &); // copy constructor
  ~CORBA_NamedValue_var (void); // destructor

  CORBA_NamedValue_var &operator= (CORBA_NamedValue_ptr);
  CORBA_NamedValue_var &operator= (const CORBA_NamedValue_var &);
  CORBA_NamedValue_ptr operator-> (void) const;

  /// in, inout, out, _retn
  operator const CORBA_NamedValue_ptr &() const;
  operator CORBA_NamedValue_ptr &();
  CORBA_NamedValue_ptr in (void) const;
  CORBA_NamedValue_ptr &inout (void);
  CORBA_NamedValue_ptr &out (void);
  CORBA_NamedValue_ptr _retn (void);
  CORBA_NamedValue_ptr ptr (void) const;

private:
  CORBA_NamedValue_ptr ptr_;
};

/**
 * @class CORBA_NamedValue_out
 *
 * @brief The T_out class for NamedValue
 *
 * As any other pseudo object NamedValue must have a T_out class,
 * the interface an semantics are specified in the CORBA spec.
 * = NOTE
 * We use CORBA_NamedValue_ptr as the _ptr type instead of
 * CORBA::NamedValue_ptr, this is an attempt to reduced the cyclic
 * dependencies in TAO.
 */
class TAO_Export CORBA_NamedValue_out
{
public:
  CORBA_NamedValue_out (CORBA_NamedValue_ptr &);
  CORBA_NamedValue_out (CORBA_NamedValue_var &);
  CORBA_NamedValue_out (CORBA_NamedValue_out &);
  CORBA_NamedValue_out &operator= (CORBA_NamedValue_out &);
  CORBA_NamedValue_out &operator= (const CORBA_NamedValue_var &);
  CORBA_NamedValue_out &operator= (CORBA_NamedValue_ptr);
  operator CORBA_NamedValue_ptr &();
  CORBA_NamedValue_ptr &ptr (void);
  CORBA_NamedValue_ptr operator-> (void);

private:
  CORBA_NamedValue_ptr &ptr_;
};

// ****************************************************************

/**
 * @class CORBA_NVList
 *
 * @brief NVList ... this is used in the (client side) DII (Dynamic
 * Invocation Interface) to hold parameters, except for the return
 * parameter. It's used in the same role in the (server side) DSI
 * (Dynamic Skeleton Interface).
 *
 * Each user (client, server) provides the typecode and memory for
 * each parameter using an NVList, then talks to the ORB using a
 * Request or ServerRequest pseudo-object.  The ORB copies data
 * to/from the IPC messages (e.g. IIOP::Request, IIOP::Response)
 * as appropriate.
 */
class TAO_Export CORBA_NVList
{
public:
  /// destructor
  ~CORBA_NVList (void);

  /// return the current number of elements in the list
  CORBA::ULong count (ACE_ENV_SINGLE_ARG_DECL_WITH_DEFAULTS) const;

  /// add an element and just initialize the flags
  CORBA_NamedValue_ptr add (CORBA::Flags
                            ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL_WITH_DEFAULTS);

  /// add an element and initialize its name and flags
  CORBA_NamedValue_ptr add_item (const char *,
                                 CORBA::Flags
                                 ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL_WITH_DEFAULTS);

  /// initializes a value, name, and flags
  CORBA_NamedValue_ptr add_value (const char *,
                                  const CORBA::Any &,
                                  CORBA::Flags
                                  ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL_WITH_DEFAULTS);

  /// just like add_item. In addition, memory management of char * name
  /// is taken over by the NVList
  CORBA_NamedValue_ptr add_item_consume (char *,
                                         CORBA::Flags
                                         ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL_WITH_DEFAULTS);

  /// just like add_value. In addition, the NVList controls the memory
  /// management of the char *name and Any *value parameter
  CORBA_NamedValue_ptr add_value_consume (char *,
                                          CORBA::Any_ptr,
                                          CORBA::Flags
                                          ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL_WITH_DEFAULTS);

  /// retrieve the item at the nth location. Raises Bounds
  CORBA_NamedValue_ptr item (CORBA::ULong n
                             ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL_WITH_DEFAULTS);

  //  CORBA::Status
  /// remove element at index n. Raises Bounds
  void remove (CORBA::ULong n
               ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL_WITH_DEFAULTS);

  // The pseudo object static methods..
  static CORBA_NVList* _duplicate (CORBA_NVList*);
  static CORBA_NVList* _nil (void);

  // = Reference counting.
  CORBA::ULong _incr_refcnt (void);
  CORBA::ULong _decr_refcnt (void);

  // = TAO Extensions:

  /**
   * Set the incoming CDR stream, this is used by TAO to perform lazy
   * evaluation of the NVList in an incoming ServerRequest.
   * The <flag> is used to check which parameters (IN, OUT and/or
   * INOUT) are to be extracted
   */
  void _tao_incoming_cdr (TAO_InputCDR &cdr,
                          int flag,
                          int &lazy_evaluation
                          ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL);

  /// Encode the NVList into the CDR stream. <flag> masks the type of
  /// arguments (IN, OUT or INOUT) that are to be marshaled.
  void _tao_encode (TAO_OutputCDR &cdr,
                    TAO_ORB_Core *orb_core,
                    int flag
                    ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL_WITH_DEFAULTS);

  /// Decode the NVList arguments from the <cdr> stream.
  void _tao_decode (TAO_InputCDR &cdr,
                    int flag
                    ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL);

  /**
   * Return the required alignment to marshal the NVList without any
   * re-alignment.
   * It returns ACE_CDR::MAX_ALIGNMENT to indicate errors.
   */
  ptr_arith_t _tao_target_alignment (void);

  /**
   * If this list is used by a DII request, this will tell us if
   * our CDR stream contains any marshaled arguments (needed for
   * GIOP 1.2).
   */
  CORBA::Boolean _lazy_has_arguments (void) const;

  // Useful for template programming.
#if !defined(__GNUC__) || __GNUC__ > 2 || __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 8
  typedef CORBA_NVList_ptr _ptr_type;
  typedef CORBA_NVList_var _var_type;
#endif /* __GNUC__ */

private:
  /// constructor - cannot be instantiated directly other than through the
  /// ORB::create_list method
  CORBA_NVList (void);

  /// helper to increase the list size. This is used by all the add_
  /// methods of the NVList class
  CORBA_NamedValue_ptr add_element (CORBA::Flags
                                    ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL_WITH_DEFAULTS);

  /// Lazy evaluation routine to fill up the Anys in the NVList from
  /// the CDR stream.
  void evaluate (ACE_ENV_SINGLE_ARG_DECL);

private:
  /// internal list of parameters stored as NamedValues
  ACE_Unbounded_Queue<CORBA_NamedValue_ptr> values_;

  /// maximum length of list
  CORBA::ULong max_;

  /// maintains how many references exist to this object
  CORBA::ULong refcount_;

  /// Protects the reference count.
  TAO_SYNCH_MUTEX refcount_lock_;

  /**
   * When the NVList is used as part of a Server Request we can simply
   * store the CDR buffer and perform lazy evaluation to compute the
   * Anys.
   */
  TAO_InputCDR *incoming_;

  /// The flags used to check which parameters are actually extracted
  /// from the <incoming_> buffer
  int incoming_flag_;

  friend class CORBA_ORB;
  friend class CORBA_Request;
};

/**
 * @class CORBA_NVList_var
 *
 * @brief The T_var class for NVList
 *
 * As any other pseudo object NVList must have a T_var class,
 * the interface an semantics are specified in the CORBA spec.
 * = NOTE
 * We use CORBA_NVList_ptr as the _ptr type instead of
 * CORBA::NVList_ptr, this is an attempt to reduced the cyclic
 * dependencies in TAO.
 */
class TAO_Export CORBA_NVList_var
{
public:
  CORBA_NVList_var (void);
  CORBA_NVList_var (CORBA_NVList_ptr);
  CORBA_NVList_var (const CORBA_NVList_var &);
  ~CORBA_NVList_var (void);

  CORBA_NVList_var &operator= (CORBA_NVList_ptr);
  CORBA_NVList_var &operator= (const CORBA_NVList_var &);
  CORBA_NVList_ptr operator-> (void) const;

  /// in, inout, out, _retn
  operator const CORBA_NVList_ptr &() const;
  operator CORBA_NVList_ptr &();
  CORBA_NVList_ptr in (void) const;
  CORBA_NVList_ptr &inout (void);
  CORBA_NVList_ptr &out (void);
  CORBA_NVList_ptr _retn (void);
  CORBA_NVList_ptr ptr (void) const;

private:
  CORBA_NVList_ptr ptr_;
};

/**
 * @class CORBA_NVList_out
 *
 * @brief The T_out class for NVList
 *
 * As any other pseudo object NVList must have a T_out class,
 * the interface an semantics are specified in the CORBA spec.
 * = NOTE
 * We use CORBA_NVList_ptr as the _ptr type instead of
 * CORBA::NVList_ptr, this is an attempt to reduced the cyclic
 * dependencies in TAO.
 */
class TAO_Export CORBA_NVList_out
{
public:
  CORBA_NVList_out (CORBA_NVList_ptr &);
  CORBA_NVList_out (CORBA_NVList_var &);
  CORBA_NVList_out (CORBA_NVList_out &);
  CORBA_NVList_out &operator= (CORBA_NVList_out &);
  CORBA_NVList_out &operator= (const CORBA_NVList_var &);
  CORBA_NVList_out &operator= (CORBA_NVList_ptr);
  operator CORBA_NVList_ptr &();
  CORBA_NVList_ptr &ptr (void);
  CORBA_NVList_ptr operator-> (void);

private:
  CORBA_NVList_ptr &ptr_;
};

// ****************************************************************

#if defined (__ACE_INLINE__)
# include "tao/NVList.i"
#endif /* __ACE_INLINE__ */

#include "ace/post.h"
#endif /* TAO_NVLIST_H */