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


#include "UIPMC_Profile.h"
#include "tao/CDR.h"
#include "tao/Environment.h"
#include "tao/ORB.h"
#include "tao/ORB_Core.h"
#include "tao/debug.h"
#include "target_specification.h"

#include "miopC.h"
#include "PortableGroupC.h"

ACE_RCSID(tao, UIPMC_Profile, "$Id$")

#if !defined (__ACE_INLINE__)
# include "UIPMC_Profile.i"
#endif /* __ACE_INLINE__ */

static const char prefix_[] = "uipmc";

const char TAO_UIPMC_Profile::object_key_delimiter_ = '/';

char
TAO_UIPMC_Profile::object_key_delimiter (void) const
{
  return TAO_UIPMC_Profile::object_key_delimiter_;
}


TAO_UIPMC_Profile::TAO_UIPMC_Profile (TAO_ORB_Core *orb_core)
  : TAO_Profile (TAO_TAG_UIPMC_PROFILE,
                 orb_core,
                 TAO_GIOP_Version (TAO_DEF_GIOP_MAJOR, TAO_DEF_GIOP_MINOR)),
    endpoint_ (),
    count_ (1),
    tagged_profile_ ()
{
}

TAO_UIPMC_Profile::TAO_UIPMC_Profile (const ACE_INET_Addr &addr,
                                      TAO_ORB_Core *orb_core)
  : TAO_Profile (TAO_TAG_UIPMC_PROFILE,
                 orb_core,
                 TAO_GIOP_Version (TAO_DEF_GIOP_MAJOR, TAO_DEF_GIOP_MINOR)),
    endpoint_ (addr),
    count_ (1),
    tagged_profile_ ()
{
}

TAO_UIPMC_Profile::TAO_UIPMC_Profile (const CORBA::Octet class_d_address[4],
                                      CORBA::UShort port,
                                      TAO_ORB_Core *orb_core)
  : TAO_Profile (TAO_TAG_UIPMC_PROFILE,
                 orb_core,
                 TAO_GIOP_Version (TAO_DEF_GIOP_MAJOR, TAO_DEF_GIOP_MINOR)),
    endpoint_ (class_d_address, port),
    count_ (1),
    tagged_profile_ ()
{
}

/*

TAO_UIPMC_Profile::TAO_UIPMC_Profile (const char *string,
                                      TAO_ORB_Core *orb_core,
                                      CORBA::Environment &ACE_TRY_ENV)
  : TAO_Profile (TAO_TAG_UIPMC_PROFILE,
                 orb_core,
                 TAO_GIOP_Version (TAO_DEF_GIOP_MAJOR, TAO_DEF_GIOP_MINOR)),
    endpoint_ (),
    count_ (1),
    tagged_profile_ ()
{
  this->add_group_component ();
  this->parse_string (string, ACE_TRY_ENV);
  ACE_CHECK;
}

TAO_UIPMC_Profile::TAO_UIPMC_Profile (TAO_ORB_Core *orb_core)
  : TAO_Profile (TAO_TAG_UIPMC_PROFILE,
                 orb_core,
                 TAO_GIOP_Version (TAO_DEF_GIOP_MAJOR, TAO_DEF_GIOP_MINOR)),
    endpoint_ (),
    count_ (1),
    tagged_profile_ ()
{
}
*/

TAO_UIPMC_Profile::~TAO_UIPMC_Profile (void)
{
}

// return codes:
// -1 -> error
//  0 -> can't understand this version
//  1 -> success.

int
TAO_UIPMC_Profile::decode (TAO_InputCDR& cdr)
{
  CORBA::ULong encap_len = cdr.length ();

  // Read and verify major, minor versions, ignoring UIPMC profiles
  // whose versions we don't understand.
  CORBA::Octet major = 0, minor = 0;

  if (!(cdr.read_octet (major)
        && major == TAO_DEF_MIOP_MAJOR
        && cdr.read_octet (minor)))
    {
      if (TAO_debug_level > 0)
        ACE_DEBUG ((LM_DEBUG,
                    ACE_TEXT ("TAO (%P|%t) UIPMC_Profile::decode - v%d.%d\n"),
                    major,
                    minor));
      return -1;
    }

  this->version_.major = major;

  if (minor <= TAO_DEF_MIOP_MINOR)
    this->version_.minor = minor;

  // Decode endpoint.
  CORBA::Short ip_version;
  if (!(cdr.read_short (ip_version)
        && ip_version == MIOP::IPv4))
    {
      if (TAO_debug_level > 0)
        ACE_DEBUG ((LM_DEBUG,
                    ACE_TEXT ("TAO (%P|%t) UIPMC_Profile::decode - Unexpected IP version %d\n"),
                    ip_version));
      return -1;
    }

  /* Read in the IPv4 port and address */
  if (cdr.read_ushort (this->endpoint_.port_) == 0
      || cdr.read_octet_array (this->endpoint_.class_d_address_, 4) == 0)
    {
      if (TAO_debug_level > 0)
        ACE_DEBUG ((LM_DEBUG,
                    ACE_TEXT ("TAO (%P|%t) UIPMC_Profile::decode - ")
                    ACE_TEXT ("error while decoding host/port")));
      return -1;
    }

  if (this->tagged_components_.decode (cdr) == 0)
    return -1;

  if (cdr.length () != 0 && TAO_debug_level)
    // If there is extra data in the profile we are supposed to
    // ignore it, but print a warning just in case...
    ACE_DEBUG ((LM_DEBUG,
                ACE_TEXT ("%d bytes out of %d left after UIPMC profile data\n"),
                cdr.length (),
                encap_len));

  if (cdr.good_bit ())
    {
      // Tell the endpoint to update its cached address.  @@ Frank: Fix this smelly piece of code!
      this->endpoint_.update_object_addr ();

      return 1;
    }

  return -1;
}


void
TAO_UIPMC_Profile::parse_string (const char * /*string*/,
                                 CORBA::Environment &ACE_TRY_ENV)
{
  ACE_THROW (CORBA::INV_OBJREF (
    CORBA_SystemException::_tao_minor_code (
      TAO_DEFAULT_MINOR_CODE,
      EINVAL),
    CORBA::COMPLETED_NO));

/*
  // Remove the "N.n@" version prefix, if it exists, and verify the
  // version is one that we accept.

  // Check for version
  if (isdigit (string [0]) &&
      string[1] == '.' &&
      isdigit (string [2]) &&
      string[3] == '@')
    {
      // @@ This may fail for non-ascii character sets [but take that
      // with a grain of salt]
      this->version_.set_version ((char) (string [0] - '0'),
                                  (char) (string [2] - '0'));
      string += 4;
      // Skip over the "N.n@"
    }

  if (this->version_.major != TAO_DEF_GIOP_MAJOR ||
      this->version_.minor >  TAO_DEF_GIOP_MINOR)
    {
      ACE_THROW_RETURN (CORBA::INV_OBJREF (
                          CORBA_SystemException::_tao_minor_code (
                            TAO_DEFAULT_MINOR_CODE,
                            EINVAL),
                          CORBA::COMPLETED_NO),
                        -1);
    }

  // Pull off the "hostname:port/" part of the objref
  // Copy the string because we are going to modify it...
  CORBA::String_var copy (string);

  char *start = copy.inout ();
  char *cp_pos = ACE_OS::strchr (start, ':');  // Look for a port

  char *okd = ACE_OS::strchr (start, this->object_key_delimiter_);

  if (okd == 0)
    {
      // No object key delimiter!
      ACE_THROW_RETURN (CORBA::INV_OBJREF (
        CORBA_SystemException::_tao_minor_code (
          TAO_DEFAULT_MINOR_CODE,
          EINVAL),
        CORBA::COMPLETED_NO),
        -1);
    }

  // The default port number.
  const char def_port [] = ":683";

  // Length of port.
  CORBA::ULong length = 0;

  // Length of host string.
  CORBA::ULong length_host = 0;

  // Length of <cp>
  CORBA::ULong length_cp =
    ACE_OS::strlen ((const char *)okd) + sizeof (def_port);

  CORBA::String_var cp = CORBA::string_alloc (length_cp);

  if (cp_pos == 0)
    {
      // No host/port delimiter! Dont raise an exception. Use the
      // default port No. 683
      ACE_OS::strcpy (cp, def_port);
      ACE_OS::strcat (cp, okd);

      length =
        ACE_OS::strlen (cp.in ()) -
        ACE_OS::strlen ((const char *)okd) -
        1;

      length_host =
        ACE_OS::strlen (start) +
        sizeof (def_port) -
        ACE_OS::strlen (cp.in ()) -1;
    }
  else
    {
      // The port is specified:
      cp = (const char *)cp_pos;

      length =
        ACE_OS::strlen (cp.in ())
        - ACE_OS::strlen ((const char *)okd) + 1;

      length_host =
        ACE_OS::strlen ((const char *)start)
        - ACE_OS::strlen (cp.in ());
    }

  CORBA::String_var tmp = CORBA::string_alloc (length);

  ACE_OS::strncpy (tmp.inout (), cp.in () + 1, length);
  tmp[length] = '\0';

  this->endpoint_.port_ = (CORBA::UShort) ACE_OS::atoi (tmp.in ());

  tmp = CORBA::string_alloc (length_host);

  ACE_OS::strncpy (tmp.inout (), start, length_host);
  tmp[length_host] = '\0';

  this->endpoint_.host_ = tmp._retn ();

  ACE_INET_Addr host_addr;

  if (ACE_OS::strcmp (this->endpoint_.host_.in (), "") == 0)
    {
      char tmp_host [MAXHOSTNAMELEN + 1];

      // If no host is specified: assign the default host : the local host.
      if (host_addr.get_host_name (tmp_host,
                                   sizeof (tmp_host)) != 0)
        {
          const char *tmp = host_addr.get_host_addr ();
          if (tmp == 0)
            {
              if (TAO_debug_level > 0)
                ACE_DEBUG ((LM_DEBUG,
                            ACE_TEXT ("\n\nTAO (%P|%t) ")
                            ACE_TEXT ("UIPMC_Profile::parse_string ")
                            ACE_TEXT ("- %p\n\n"),
                            ACE_TEXT ("cannot determine hostname")));
              return -1;
            }
          this->endpoint_.host_ = tmp;
        }
      else
        {
          this->endpoint_.host_ = (const char *) tmp_host;
        }
    }

  if (this->endpoint_.object_addr_.set (this->endpoint_.port_,
                                        this->endpoint_.host_.in ()) == -1)
    {
      if (TAO_debug_level > 0)
        {
          ACE_DEBUG ((LM_DEBUG,
                      ACE_TEXT ("%p\n"),
                      ACE_TEXT ("Error Occured !")
                      ACE_TEXT ("TAO (%P|%t) UIPMC_Profile::parse_string - \n")
                      ACE_TEXT ("TAO (%P|%t) ACE_INET_Addr::set () failed")));
        }
      return -1;
    }

  start = ++okd;  // increment past the object key separator

  TAO_ObjectKey::decode_string_to_sequence (this->object_key_, start);

  return 1;
*/
}

CORBA::Boolean
TAO_UIPMC_Profile::is_equivalent (const TAO_Profile *other_profile)
{

  if (other_profile->tag () != TAO_TAG_UIPMC_PROFILE)
    return 0;

  const TAO_UIPMC_Profile *op =
    ACE_dynamic_cast (const TAO_UIPMC_Profile *, other_profile);

  if (!(this->version_ == op->version_
        && this->endpoint_.is_equivalent (&op->endpoint_)))
    return 0;

  return 1;
}

CORBA::ULong
TAO_UIPMC_Profile::hash (CORBA::ULong max,
                        CORBA::Environment &)
{
  // Get the hashvalue for all endpoints.
  CORBA::ULong hashval = this->endpoint_.hash ();

  hashval += this->version_.minor;
  hashval += this->tag ();

  return hashval % max;
}

TAO_Endpoint*
TAO_UIPMC_Profile::endpoint (void)
{
  return &this->endpoint_;
}

int
TAO_UIPMC_Profile::encode_endpoints (void)
{
  return 1;
}

size_t
TAO_UIPMC_Profile::endpoint_count (void)
{
  return 1;
}

char *
TAO_UIPMC_Profile::to_string (CORBA::Environment &)
{
  // @@ Frank: Update to pull out GroupID information...

  u_int buflen = (ACE_OS::strlen (::prefix_) +
                  3 /* "loc" */ +
                  1 /* colon separator */ +
                  2 /* double-slash separator */ +
                  1 /* major version */ +
                  1 /* decimal point */ +
                  1 /* minor version */ +
                  1 /* `@' character */ +
                  15 /* dotted decimal IPv4 address */ +
                  1 /* colon separator */ +
                  5 /* port number */);

  char * buf = CORBA::string_alloc (buflen);

  static const char digits [] = "0123456789";

  ACE_OS::sprintf (buf,
                   "%sloc://%c.%c@%d.%d.%d.%d:%d%c%s",
                   ::prefix_,
                   digits [this->version_.major],
                   digits [this->version_.minor],
                   this->endpoint_.class_d_address_[0],
                   this->endpoint_.class_d_address_[1],
                   this->endpoint_.class_d_address_[2],
                   this->endpoint_.class_d_address_[3],
                   this->endpoint_.port ());
  return buf;
}

const char *
TAO_UIPMC_Profile::prefix (void)
{
  return ::prefix_;
}

int
TAO_UIPMC_Profile::encode (TAO_OutputCDR &stream) const
{
  // UNSIGNED LONG, protocol tag
  stream.write_ulong (this->tag ());

  // Create the encapsulation....
  TAO_OutputCDR encap (ACE_CDR::DEFAULT_BUFSIZE,
                       TAO_ENCAP_BYTE_ORDER,
                       this->orb_core ()->output_cdr_buffer_allocator (),
                       this->orb_core ()->output_cdr_dblock_allocator (),
                       this->orb_core ()->orb_params ()->cdr_memcpy_tradeoff (),
                       this->orb_core ()->to_iso8859 (),
                       this->orb_core ()->to_unicode ());


  // Create the profile body
  this->create_profile_body (encap);

  // write the encapsulation as an octet sequence...

  stream << CORBA::ULong (encap.total_length ());
  stream.write_octet_array_mb (encap.begin ());

  return 1;
}


IOP::TaggedProfile &
TAO_UIPMC_Profile::create_tagged_profile (void)
{
  // Check whether we have already created the TaggedProfile
  if (this->tagged_profile_.profile_data.length () == 0)
    {
      // As we have not created we will now create the TaggedProfile
      this->tagged_profile_.tag = TAO_TAG_UIPMC_PROFILE;

      // Create the encapsulation....
      TAO_OutputCDR encap (ACE_CDR::DEFAULT_BUFSIZE,
                           TAO_ENCAP_BYTE_ORDER,
                           this->orb_core ()->output_cdr_buffer_allocator (),
                           this->orb_core ()->output_cdr_dblock_allocator (),
                           this->orb_core ()->orb_params ()->cdr_memcpy_tradeoff (),
                           this->orb_core ()->to_iso8859 (),
                           this->orb_core ()->to_unicode ());

      // Create the profile body
      this->create_profile_body (encap);

      CORBA::ULong length =
        ACE_static_cast(CORBA::ULong,encap.total_length ());

#if (TAO_NO_COPY_OCTET_SEQUENCES == 1)
      // Place the message block in to the Sequence of Octets that we
      // have
      this->tagged_profile_.profile_data.replace (length,
                                                  encap.begin ());
#else
      this->tagged_profile_.profile_data.length (length);
      CORBA::Octet *buffer =
        this->tagged_profile_.profile_data.get_buffer ();
      for (const ACE_Message_Block *i = encap.begin ();
           i != encap.end ();
           i = i->next ())
        {
          ACE_OS::memcpy (buffer, i->rd_ptr (), i->length ());
          buffer += i->length ();
        }
#endif /* TAO_NO_COPY_OCTET_SEQUENCES == 1 */
    }

  return this->tagged_profile_;
}

void
TAO_UIPMC_Profile::create_profile_body (TAO_OutputCDR &encap) const
{
  encap.write_octet (TAO_ENCAP_BYTE_ORDER);

  // The GIOP version
  // Note: Only GIOP 1.2 and above are supported currently for MIOP.
  encap.write_octet (this->version_.major);
  encap.write_octet (this->version_.minor);

  // IP Version.
  encap.write_short (MIOP::IPv4);

  // The IPv4 port number.
  encap.write_ushort (this->endpoint_.port ());

  // The IPv4 multicast address (MSB first).
  encap.write_octet_array (this->endpoint_.class_d_address_, 4);

  // UIPMC is only supported by versions of GIOP that have tagged components,
  // so unconditionally encode the components.
  this->tagged_components ().encode (encap);
}

/*
int
TAO_UIPMC_Profile::decode_endpoints (void)
{
  IOP::TaggedComponent tagged_component;
  tagged_component.tag = TAO_TAG_ENDPOINTS;

  if (this->tagged_components_.get_component (tagged_component))
    {
      const CORBA::Octet *buf =
        tagged_component.component_data.get_buffer ();

      TAO_InputCDR in_cdr (ACE_reinterpret_cast (const char*, buf),
                           tagged_component.component_data.length ());

      // Extract the Byte Order.
      CORBA::Boolean byte_order;
      if ((in_cdr >> ACE_InputCDR::to_boolean (byte_order)) == 0)
        return -1;
      in_cdr.reset_byte_order (ACE_static_cast(int, byte_order));

      // Extract endpoints sequence.
      TAO_UIPMCEndpointSequence endpoints;

      if ((in_cdr >> endpoints) == 0)
        return -1;

      // Get the priority of the first endpoint (head of the list.
      // It's other data is extracted as part of the standard profile
      // decoding.
      this->endpoint_.priority (endpoints[0].priority);

      // Use information extracted from the tagged component to
      // populate the profile.  Skip the first endpoint, since it is
      // always extracted through standard profile body.  Also, begin
      // from the end of the sequence to preserve endpoint order,
      // since <add_endpoint> method reverses the order of endpoints
      // in the list.
      for (CORBA::ULong i = endpoints.length () - 1;
           i > 0;
           --i)
        {
          TAO_UIPMC_Endpoint *endpoint = 0;
          ACE_NEW_RETURN (endpoint,
                          TAO_UIPMC_Endpoint (endpoints[i].host,
                                             endpoints[i].port,
                                             endpoints[i].priority),
                          -1);

          this->add_endpoint (endpoint);
        }
    }

  return 0;
}
*/

int
TAO_UIPMC_Profile::add_group_component (const char *domain_id,
                                        PortableGroup::ObjectGroupId group_id,
                                        PortableGroup::ObjectGroupRefVersion ref_version)
{
  PortableGroup::TagGroupTaggedComponent group;

  // Encode the data structure.
  group.version.major = TAO_DEF_MIOP_MAJOR;
  group.version.minor = TAO_DEF_MIOP_MINOR;

  group.group_domain_id = CORBA::string_dup (domain_id);
  group.object_group_id = group_id;
  group.object_group_ref_version = ref_version;

  TAO_OutputCDR out_cdr;
  if ((out_cdr << group) == 0)
    return -1;
  CORBA::ULong length = out_cdr.total_length ();

  IOP::TaggedComponent tagged_component;
  tagged_component.tag = TAO_TAG_GROUP;
  tagged_component.component_data.length (length);
  CORBA::Octet *buf =
    tagged_component.component_data.get_buffer ();

  for (const ACE_Message_Block *iterator = out_cdr.begin ();
       iterator != 0;
       iterator = iterator->cont ())
    {
      CORBA::ULong i_length = iterator->length ();
      ACE_OS::memcpy (buf, iterator->rd_ptr (), i_length);

      buf += i_length;
    }

  // Add component with encoded endpoint data to this profile's
  // TaggedComponents.
  this->tagged_components_.set_component (tagged_component);
  return 0;
}

void
TAO_UIPMC_Profile::request_target_specifier (TAO_Target_Specification &target_spec)
{
  // Point the target specifier to our Tagged Profile
  target_spec.target_specifier (this->create_tagged_profile ());
}

int
TAO_UIPMC_Profile::supports_multicast (void) const
{
  // Yes!  We support multicast!
  return 1;
}

int
TAO_UIPMC_Profile::extract_group_component (IOP::TaggedProfile &profile,
                                            PortableGroup::TagGroupTaggedComponent &group)
{
  // Create the decoding stream from the encapsulation in the buffer,
#if (TAO_NO_COPY_OCTET_SEQUENCES == 1)
  TAO_InputCDR cdr (profile.profile_data.mb ());
#else
  TAO_InputCDR cdr (ACE_reinterpret_cast(char*,profile.profile_data.get_buffer ()),
                    profile.profile_data.length ());
#endif /* TAO_NO_COPY_OCTET_SEQUENCES == 1 */

  CORBA::ULong encap_len = cdr.length ();

  // Extract the Byte Order.
  CORBA::Boolean byte_order;
  if ((cdr >> ACE_InputCDR::to_boolean (byte_order)) == 0)
    return -1;
  cdr.reset_byte_order (ACE_static_cast(int, byte_order));

  // Read and verify major, minor versions, ignoring UIPMC profiles
  // whose versions we don't understand.
  CORBA::Octet major, minor;

  // Read the version. We just read it here. We don't*do any*
  // processing.
  if (!(cdr.read_octet (major)
        && cdr.read_octet (minor)))
  {
    if (TAO_debug_level > 0)
      {
        ACE_DEBUG ((LM_DEBUG,
                    ACE_TEXT ("TAO (%P|%t) UIPMC_Profile::decode - v%d.%d\n"),
                    major,
                    minor));
      }
    return -1;
  }

  // Decode endpoint.
  CORBA::Short ip_version;
  if (!(cdr.read_short (ip_version)
        && ip_version == MIOP::IPv4))
    {
      if (TAO_debug_level > 0)
        ACE_DEBUG ((LM_DEBUG,
                    ACE_TEXT ("TAO (%P|%t) UIPMC_Profile::decode - Unexpected IP version %d\n"),
                    ip_version));
      return -1;
    }

  CORBA::Octet class_d_address_[4];
  CORBA::UShort port_;

  /* Read in the IPv4 port and address */
  if (cdr.read_ushort (port_) == 0
      || cdr.read_octet_array (class_d_address_, 4) == 0)
    {
      if (TAO_debug_level > 0)
        ACE_DEBUG ((LM_DEBUG,
                    ACE_TEXT ("TAO (%P|%t) UIPMC_Profile::decode - ")
                    ACE_TEXT ("error while decoding host/port")));
      return -1;
    }

  TAO_Tagged_Components tagged_components;
  if (tagged_components.decode (cdr) == 0)
    return -1;

  IOP::TaggedComponent tagged_component;
  tagged_component.tag = TAO_TAG_GROUP;

  // Try to find it.
  if (tagged_components.get_component (tagged_component) == 0)
    return -1;

  // Found it.
  const CORBA::Octet *buf =
    tagged_component.component_data.get_buffer ();

  TAO_InputCDR in_cdr (ACE_reinterpret_cast (const char*, buf),
                       tagged_component.component_data.length ());

  // Extract the Byte Order.
  if ((in_cdr >> ACE_InputCDR::to_boolean (byte_order)) == 0)
    return -1;
  in_cdr.reset_byte_order (ACE_static_cast(int, byte_order));

  if ((in_cdr >> group) == 0)
    return -1;

  return 0;
}