ndn::Block Class Reference

Represents a TLV element of NDN packet format. More...

#include <ndn-cxx/encoding/block.hpp>

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Classes

class  Error
 

Public Types

using element_const_iterator = element_container::const_iterator
 
using element_container = std::vector< Block >
 
using element_iterator = element_container::iterator
 

Public Member Functions

 Block ()
 Create an empty Block. More...
 
 Block (const Block &)
 Copy constructor. More...
 
 Block (Block &&) noexcept
 Move constructor. More...
 
 Block (const EncodingBuffer &buffer)
 Parse Block from an EncodingBuffer. More...
 
 Block (const ConstBufferPtr &buffer)
 Parse Block from a wire Buffer. More...
 
 Block (ConstBufferPtr buffer, Buffer::const_iterator begin, Buffer::const_iterator end, bool verifyLength=true)
 Parse Block within boundaries of a wire Buffer. More...
 
 Block (const Block &block, Buffer::const_iterator begin, Buffer::const_iterator end, bool verifyLength=true)
 Parse Block within boundaries of an existing Block, reusing underlying wire Buffer. More...
 
 Block (ConstBufferPtr buffer, uint32_t type, Buffer::const_iterator begin, Buffer::const_iterator end, Buffer::const_iterator valueBegin, Buffer::const_iterator valueEnd)
 Create a Block from a wire Buffer without parsing. More...
 
 Block (const uint8_t *buf, size_t bufSize)
 Parse Block from a raw buffer. More...
 
 Block (uint32_t type)
 Create an empty Block with specified TLV-TYPE. More...
 
 Block (uint32_t type, ConstBufferPtr value)
 Create a Block with specified TLV-TYPE and TLV-VALUE. More...
 
 Block (uint32_t type, const Block &value)
 Create a Block with specified TLV-TYPE and TLV-VALUE. More...
 
Buffer::const_iterator begin () const
 Get begin iterator of encoded wire. More...
 
Block blockFromValue () const
 
const element_containerelements () const
 Get container of sub elements. More...
 
element_const_iterator elements_begin () const
 Equivalent to elements().begin() More...
 
element_const_iterator elements_end () const
 Equivalent to elements().end() More...
 
size_t elements_size () const
 Equivalent to elements().size() More...
 
bool empty () const
 Check if the Block is empty. More...
 
void encode ()
 Encode sub elements into TLV-VALUE. More...
 
Buffer::const_iterator end () const
 Get end iterator of encoded wire. More...
 
element_iterator erase (element_const_iterator position)
 Erase a sub element. More...
 
element_iterator erase (element_const_iterator first, element_const_iterator last)
 Erase a range of sub elements. More...
 
element_const_iterator find (uint32_t type) const
 Find the first sub element of specified TLV-TYPE. More...
 
const Blockget (uint32_t type) const
 Get the first sub element of specified TLV-TYPE. More...
 
shared_ptr< const BuffergetBuffer () const
 Get underlying buffer. More...
 
bool hasValue () const
 Get begin iterator of TLV-VALUE. More...
 
bool hasWire () const
 Check if the Block has fully encoded wire. More...
 
element_iterator insert (element_const_iterator pos, const Block &element)
 Insert a sub element. More...
 
 operator boost::asio::const_buffer () const
 Implicit conversion to const_buffer. More...
 
Blockoperator= (const Block &)
 Copy assignment operator. More...
 
Blockoperator= (Block &&) noexcept
 Move assignment operator. More...
 
void parse () const
 Parse TLV-VALUE into sub elements. More...
 
void push_back (const Block &element)
 Append a sub element. More...
 
void remove (uint32_t type)
 Remove all sub elements of specified TLV-TYPE. More...
 
void reset ()
 Reset wire buffer of the element. More...
 
void resetWire ()
 Reset wire buffer but keep TLV-TYPE and sub elements (if any) More...
 
size_t size () const
 Get size of encoded wire, including Type-Length-Value. More...
 
uint32_t type () const
 Get TLV-TYPE. More...
 
const uint8_t * value () const
 Get pointer to TLV-VALUE. More...
 
Buffer::const_iterator value_begin () const
 Get begin iterator of TLV-VALUE. More...
 
Buffer::const_iterator value_end () const
 Get end iterator of TLV-VALUE. More...
 
size_t value_size () const
 Get size of TLV-VALUE aka TLV-LENGTH. More...
 
const uint8_t * wire () const
 Get pointer to encoded wire. More...
 

Static Public Member Functions

static std::tuple< bool, BlockfromBuffer (ConstBufferPtr buffer, size_t offset)
 Try to parse Block from a wire buffer. More...
 
static std::tuple< bool, BlockfromBuffer (const uint8_t *buf, size_t bufSize)
 Try to parse Block from a raw buffer. More...
 
static Block fromStream (std::istream &is)
 Parse Block from an input stream. More...
 

Protected Attributes

Buffer::const_iterator m_begin
 
shared_ptr< const Bufferm_buffer
 underlying buffer storing TLV-VALUE and possibly TLV-TYPE and TLV-LENGTH fields More...
 
element_container m_elements
 sub elements More...
 
Buffer::const_iterator m_end
 
size_t m_size = 0
 total size including Type-Length-Value More...
 
uint32_t m_type = std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max()
 TLV-TYPE. More...
 
Buffer::const_iterator m_valueBegin
 
Buffer::const_iterator m_valueEnd
 

Friends

std::ostream & operator<< (std::ostream &os, const Block &block)
 Print block to os. More...
 

Detailed Description

Represents a TLV element of NDN packet format.

See also
https://named-data.net/doc/ndn-tlv/tlv.html

Definition at line 42 of file block.hpp.

Member Typedef Documentation

using ndn::Block::element_const_iterator = element_container::const_iterator

Definition at line 47 of file block.hpp.

using ndn::Block::element_container = std::vector<Block>

Definition at line 45 of file block.hpp.

using ndn::Block::element_iterator = element_container::iterator

Definition at line 46 of file block.hpp.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ndn::Block::Block ( )
default

Create an empty Block.

ndn::Block::Block ( const Block )
default

Copy constructor.

ndn::Block::Block ( Block &&  )
inlinedefaultnoexcept

Move constructor.

ndn::Block::Block ( const EncodingBuffer &  buffer)
explicit

Parse Block from an EncodingBuffer.

Parameters
bufferan EncodingBuffer containing one TLV element
Exceptions
tlv::ErrorType-Length parsing fails, or TLV-LENGTH does not match size of TLV-VALUE

Definition at line 50 of file block.cpp.

ndn::Block::Block ( const ConstBufferPtr buffer)
explicit

Parse Block from a wire Buffer.

Parameters
buffera Buffer containing one TLV element
Note
This constructor takes shared ownership of buffer.
Exceptions
tlv::ErrorType-Length parsing fails, or TLV-LENGTH does not match size of TLV-VALUE

Definition at line 55 of file block.cpp.

ndn::Block::Block ( ConstBufferPtr  buffer,
Buffer::const_iterator  begin,
Buffer::const_iterator  end,
bool  verifyLength = true 
)

Parse Block within boundaries of a wire Buffer.

Parameters
buffera Buffer containing an TLV element at [begin,end)
beginbegin position of the TLV element within buffer
endend position of the TLV element within buffer
verifyLengthif true, check TLV-LENGTH equals size of TLV-VALUE
Exceptions
std::invalid_argumentbuffer is empty, or [begin,end) range are not within buffer
tlv::ErrorType-Length parsing fails, or TLV-LENGTH does not match size of TLV-VALUE
Note
This overload automatically detects TLV-TYPE and position of TLV-VALUE.

Definition at line 60 of file block.cpp.

ndn::Block::Block ( const Block block,
Buffer::const_iterator  begin,
Buffer::const_iterator  end,
bool  verifyLength = true 
)

Parse Block within boundaries of an existing Block, reusing underlying wire Buffer.

Parameters
blocka Block whose buffer contains an TLV element at [begin,end)
beginbegin position of the TLV element within block
endend position of the TLV element within block
verifyLengthif true, check TLV-LENGTH equals size of TLV-VALUE
Exceptions
std::invalid_argument[begin,end) range are not within block
tlv::ErrorType-Length parsing fails, or TLV-LENGTH does not match size of TLV-VALUE

Definition at line 89 of file block.cpp.

ndn::Block::Block ( ConstBufferPtr  buffer,
uint32_t  type,
Buffer::const_iterator  begin,
Buffer::const_iterator  end,
Buffer::const_iterator  valueBegin,
Buffer::const_iterator  valueEnd 
)

Create a Block from a wire Buffer without parsing.

Parameters
buffera Buffer containing an TLV element at [begin,end)
typeTLV-TYPE
beginbegin position of the TLV element within buffer
endend position of the TLV element within buffer
valueBeginbegin position of TLV-VALUE within buffer
valueEndend position of TLV-VALUE within buffer

Definition at line 95 of file block.cpp.

ndn::Block::Block ( const uint8_t *  buf,
size_t  bufSize 
)

Parse Block from a raw buffer.

Parameters
bufpointer to the first octet of an TLV element
bufSizesize of the raw buffer; may be more than size of the TLV element
Exceptions
tlv::ErrorType-Length parsing fails, or size of TLV-VALUE exceeds bufSize
Note
This overload copies the TLV element into an internal wire buffer.

Definition at line 108 of file block.cpp.

ndn::Block::Block ( uint32_t  type)
explicit

Create an empty Block with specified TLV-TYPE.

Parameters
typeTLV-TYPE

Definition at line 132 of file block.cpp.

ndn::Block::Block ( uint32_t  type,
ConstBufferPtr  value 
)

Create a Block with specified TLV-TYPE and TLV-VALUE.

Parameters
typeTLV-TYPE
valuea Buffer containing the TLV-VALUE

Definition at line 138 of file block.cpp.

ndn::Block::Block ( uint32_t  type,
const Block value 
)

Create a Block with specified TLV-TYPE and TLV-VALUE.

Parameters
typeTLV-TYPE
valuea Block to be nested as TLV-VALUE

Definition at line 149 of file block.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

Buffer::const_iterator ndn::Block::begin ( ) const

Get begin iterator of encoded wire.

Precondition
hasWire() == true

Definition at line 271 of file block.cpp.

Block ndn::Block::blockFromValue ( ) const

Definition at line 322 of file block.cpp.

const element_container& ndn::Block::elements ( ) const
inline

Get container of sub elements.

Precondition
parse() has been executed

Definition at line 361 of file block.hpp.

element_const_iterator ndn::Block::elements_begin ( ) const
inline

Equivalent to elements().begin()

Definition at line 369 of file block.hpp.

element_const_iterator ndn::Block::elements_end ( ) const
inline

Equivalent to elements().end()

Definition at line 377 of file block.hpp.

size_t ndn::Block::elements_size ( ) const
inline

Equivalent to elements().size()

Definition at line 385 of file block.hpp.

bool ndn::Block::empty ( ) const
inline

Check if the Block is empty.

A Block is "empty" only if it is default-constructed. A Block with zero-length TLV-VALUE is not considered empty.

Definition at line 187 of file block.hpp.

void ndn::Block::encode ( )

Encode sub elements into TLV-VALUE.

Postcondition
TLV-VALUE contains sub elements from elements()

Definition at line 361 of file block.cpp.

Buffer::const_iterator ndn::Block::end ( ) const

Get end iterator of encoded wire.

Precondition
hasWire() == true

Definition at line 280 of file block.cpp.

Block::element_iterator ndn::Block::erase ( Block::element_const_iterator  position)

Erase a sub element.

Definition at line 451 of file block.cpp.

Erase a range of sub elements.

Definition at line 458 of file block.cpp.

Block::element_const_iterator ndn::Block::find ( uint32_t  type) const

Find the first sub element of specified TLV-TYPE.

Precondition
parse() has been executed
Returns
iterator in elements() to the found sub element, otherwise elements_end()

Definition at line 434 of file block.cpp.

std::tuple< bool, Block > ndn::Block::fromBuffer ( ConstBufferPtr  buffer,
size_t  offset 
)
static

Try to parse Block from a wire buffer.

Parameters
buffera Buffer containing an TLV element at offset offset
offsetbegin position of the TLV element within buffer
Note
This function does not throw exceptions upon decoding failure.
Returns
true and the Block if parsing succeeds; otherwise false

Definition at line 193 of file block.cpp.

std::tuple< bool, Block > ndn::Block::fromBuffer ( const uint8_t *  buf,
size_t  bufSize 
)
static

Try to parse Block from a raw buffer.

Parameters
bufpointer to the first octet of an TLV element
bufSizesize of the raw buffer; may be more than size of the TLV element
Note
This function does not throw exceptions upon decoding failure.
This overload copies the TLV element into an internal wire buffer.
Returns
true and the Block if parsing succeeds; otherwise false

Definition at line 219 of file block.cpp.

Block ndn::Block::fromStream ( std::istream &  is)
static

Parse Block from an input stream.

Exceptions
tlv::ErrorTLV-LENGTH is zero or exceeds upper bound
Warning
If decoding fails, bytes are still consumed from the input stream.

Definition at line 161 of file block.cpp.

const Block & ndn::Block::get ( uint32_t  type) const

Get the first sub element of specified TLV-TYPE.

Precondition
parse() has been executed
Exceptions
Errorsub element of type does not exist

Definition at line 422 of file block.cpp.

shared_ptr<const Buffer> ndn::Block::getBuffer ( ) const
inline

Get underlying buffer.

Definition at line 240 of file block.hpp.

bool ndn::Block::hasValue ( ) const
inline

Get begin iterator of TLV-VALUE.

This property reflects whether the underlying buffer contains TLV-VALUE. If this is false, TLV-VALUE has zero-length. If this is true, TLV-VALUE may be zero-length.

Definition at line 260 of file block.hpp.

bool ndn::Block::hasWire ( ) const

Check if the Block has fully encoded wire.

A Block has fully encoded wire if the underlying buffer exists and contains full Type-Length-Value instead of just TLV-VALUE field.

Definition at line 249 of file block.cpp.

Block::element_iterator ndn::Block::insert ( Block::element_const_iterator  pos,
const Block element 
)

Insert a sub element.

Parameters
posposition of new sub element
elementnew sub element
Returns
iterator in elements() to the new sub element

Definition at line 472 of file block.cpp.

ndn::Block::operator boost::asio::const_buffer ( ) const

Implicit conversion to const_buffer.

Definition at line 480 of file block.cpp.

Block & ndn::Block::operator= ( const Block )
default

Copy assignment operator.

Block & ndn::Block::operator= ( Block &&  )
inlinedefaultnoexcept

Move assignment operator.

void ndn::Block::parse ( ) const

Parse TLV-VALUE into sub elements.

Postcondition
elements() reflects sub elements found in TLV-VALUE
Exceptions
tlv::ErrorTLV-VALUE is not a sequence of TLV elements
Note
This method does not perform recursive parsing.
This method has no effect if elements() is already populated.
This method is not really const, but it does not modify any data.

Definition at line 333 of file block.cpp.

void ndn::Block::push_back ( const Block element)

Append a sub element.

Definition at line 465 of file block.cpp.

void ndn::Block::remove ( uint32_t  type)

Remove all sub elements of specified TLV-TYPE.

Precondition
parse() has been executed
Postcondition
find(type) == elements_end()

Definition at line 441 of file block.cpp.

void ndn::Block::reset ( )

Reset wire buffer of the element.

Postcondition
empty() == true

Definition at line 255 of file block.cpp.

void ndn::Block::resetWire ( )

Reset wire buffer but keep TLV-TYPE and sub elements (if any)

Postcondition
hasWire() == false
hasValue() == false

Definition at line 264 of file block.cpp.

size_t ndn::Block::size ( ) const

Get size of encoded wire, including Type-Length-Value.

Precondition
empty() == false

Definition at line 298 of file block.cpp.

uint32_t ndn::Block::type ( ) const
inline

Get TLV-TYPE.

Definition at line 249 of file block.hpp.

const uint8_t * ndn::Block::value ( ) const

Get pointer to TLV-VALUE.

Definition at line 310 of file block.cpp.

Buffer::const_iterator ndn::Block::value_begin ( ) const
inline

Get begin iterator of TLV-VALUE.

Precondition
hasValue() == true

Definition at line 269 of file block.hpp.

Buffer::const_iterator ndn::Block::value_end ( ) const
inline

Get end iterator of TLV-VALUE.

Precondition
hasValue() == true

Definition at line 278 of file block.hpp.

size_t ndn::Block::value_size ( ) const

Get size of TLV-VALUE aka TLV-LENGTH.

Definition at line 316 of file block.cpp.

const uint8_t * ndn::Block::wire ( ) const

Get pointer to encoded wire.

Precondition
hasWire() == true

Definition at line 289 of file block.cpp.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

std::ostream& operator<< ( std::ostream &  os,
const Block block 
)
friend

Print block to os.

Default-constructed block is printed as: [invalid]. Zero-length block is printed as: TT[empty], where TT is TLV-TYPE in decimal. Non-zero-length block on which Block::parse is not called is printed as: TT[LL]=VVVV, where LL is TLV-LENGTH in decimal, and VVVV is TLV-VALUE is hexadecimal. Block on which Block::parse has been called in printed as: TT[LL]={SUB,SUB}, where SUB is a sub-element printed using this format.

Definition at line 495 of file block.cpp.

Member Data Documentation

Buffer::const_iterator ndn::Block::m_begin
protected
See also
m_buffer

Definition at line 423 of file block.hpp.

shared_ptr<const Buffer> ndn::Block::m_buffer
protected

underlying buffer storing TLV-VALUE and possibly TLV-TYPE and TLV-LENGTH fields

If m_buffer is nullptr, this is an empty Block with TLV-TYPE given in m_type. Otherwise,

  • [m_valueBegin, m_valueEnd) point to TLV-VALUE within m_buffer.
  • If m_begin != m_end, [m_begin,m_end) point to Type-Length-Value of this Block within m_buffer. Otherwise, m_buffer does not contain TLV-TYPE and TLV-LENGTH fields.

Definition at line 422 of file block.hpp.

element_container ndn::Block::m_elements
mutableprotected

sub elements

This field is valid only if parse() has been executed.

Definition at line 441 of file block.hpp.

Buffer::const_iterator ndn::Block::m_end
protected
See also
m_buffer

Definition at line 424 of file block.hpp.

size_t ndn::Block::m_size = 0
protected

total size including Type-Length-Value

This field is valid only if empty() is false.

Definition at line 435 of file block.hpp.

uint32_t ndn::Block::m_type = std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max()
protected

TLV-TYPE.

Definition at line 429 of file block.hpp.

Buffer::const_iterator ndn::Block::m_valueBegin
protected
See also
m_buffer

Definition at line 426 of file block.hpp.

Buffer::const_iterator ndn::Block::m_valueEnd
protected
See also
m_buffer

Definition at line 427 of file block.hpp.