kea/src/lib/datasrc/memory/zone_table_segment.h

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#ifndef ZONE_TABLE_SEGMENT_H
#define ZONE_TABLE_SEGMENT_H

#include <exceptions/exceptions.h>

#include <dns/rrclass.h>

#include <datasrc/memory/zone_table.h>
#include <datasrc/memory/load_action.h>

#include <cc/data.h>
#include <util/memory_segment.h>

#include <boost/interprocess/offset_ptr.hpp>

#include <cstdlib>
#include <string>

namespace isc {
// Some forward declarations
namespace dns {
class Name;
class RRClass;
}
namespace datasrc {
namespace memory {
class ZoneWriter;

/// \brief Exception thrown when unknown or unsupported type of zone table
/// segment is specified.
class UnknownSegmentType : public Exception {
public:
    UnknownSegmentType(const char* file, size_t line, const char* what) :
        Exception(file, line, what)
    {}
};

/// \brief Memory-management independent entry point that contains a
/// pointer to a zone table in memory.
///
/// An instance of this type lives inside a ZoneTableSegment
/// implementation. It contains an offset pointer to the zone table (a
/// map from domain names to zone locators) in memory.
struct ZoneTableHeader {
public:
    ZoneTableHeader(ZoneTable* zone_table) :
        table_(zone_table)
    {}

    /// \brief Returns a pointer to the underlying zone table.
    ZoneTable* getTable() {
        return (table_.get());
    }

    /// \brief const version of \c getTable().
    const ZoneTable* getTable() const {
        return (table_.get());
    }
private:
    boost::interprocess::offset_ptr<ZoneTable> table_;
};

/// \brief Manages a ZoneTableHeader, an entry point into a table of
/// zones
///
/// This class specifies an interface for derived implementations which
/// return a pointer to an object of type ZoneTableHeader, an entry
/// point into a table of zones regardless of the underlying memory
/// management implementation. Derived classes would implement the
/// interface for specific memory-implementation behavior.
class ZoneTableSegment {
protected:
    /// \brief Protected constructor
    ///
    /// An instance implementing this interface is expected to be
    /// created by the factory method (\c create()), so this constructor
    /// is protected.
    ZoneTableSegment(const isc::dns::RRClass&)
    {}
public:
    /// \brief Destructor
    virtual ~ZoneTableSegment() {}

    /// \brief Return the ZoneTableHeader for the zone table segment.
    virtual ZoneTableHeader& getHeader() = 0;

    /// \brief const version of \c getHeader().
    virtual const ZoneTableHeader& getHeader() const = 0;

    /// \brief Return the MemorySegment for the zone table segment.
    virtual isc::util::MemorySegment& getMemorySegment() = 0;

    /// \brief Return true if the segment is writable.
    ///
    /// The user of the zone table segment will load or update zones
    /// into the segment only for writable ones.  The precise definition
    /// of "writability" differs in different derived classes (see
    /// derived class documentation).  In general, however, the user
    /// should only rely on this interface rather than assume a specific
    /// definition for a specific type of segment.
    virtual bool isWritable() const = 0;

    /// \brief Create an instance depending on the memory segment model
    ///
    /// This is a factory method to create a derived ZoneTableSegment
    /// object based on the \c config passed. The method returns a
    /// dynamically-allocated object. The caller is responsible for
    /// destroying it with \c ZoneTableSegment::destroy().
    ///
    /// \throw UnknownSegmentType The memory segment type specified in
    /// \c config is not known or not supported in this implementation.
    ///
    /// \param rrclass The RR class of the zones to be maintained in the table.
    /// \param type The memory segment type used for the zone table segment.
    /// \return Returns a ZoneTableSegment object of the specified type.
    static ZoneTableSegment* create(const isc::dns::RRClass& rrclass,
                                    const std::string& type);

    /// \brief Destroy a ZoneTableSegment
    ///
    /// This method destroys the passed ZoneTableSegment. It must be
    /// passed a segment previously created by \c ZoneTableSegment::create().
    ///
    /// \param segment The segment to destroy.
    static void destroy(ZoneTableSegment* segment);
};

} // namespace memory
} // namespace datasrc
} // namespace isc

#endif // ZONE_TABLE_SEGMENT_H

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