diff -r 000000000000 -r 2b3e5ec03512 servlib/naming/Scheme.h
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+++ b/servlib/naming/Scheme.h	Thu Apr 21 14:57:45 2011 +0100
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+/*
+ *    Copyright 2005-2006 Intel Corporation
+ * 
+ *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ *    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *    limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _SCHEME_H_
+#define _SCHEME_H_
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include <oasys/util/URI.h>
+#include "EndpointID.h"
+
+namespace dtn {
+
+typedef oasys::URI URI;
+
+class EndpointID;
+class EndpointIDPattern;
+
+/**
+ * The base class for various endpoint id schemes. The class provides
+ * two pure virtual methods -- validate() and match() -- that are
+ * overridden by the various scheme implementations.
+ */
+class Scheme {
+public:
+    /**
+     * Destructor -- should be called only at shutdown time.
+     */
+    virtual ~Scheme();
+
+    /**
+     * Validate that the SSP within the given URI is legitimate for
+     * this scheme. If the 'is_pattern' paraemeter is true, then the
+     * ssp is being validated as an EndpointIDPattern.
+     *
+     * @return true if valid
+     */
+    virtual bool validate(const URI& uri, bool is_pattern = false) = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * Match the pattern to the endpoint id in a scheme-specific
+     * manner.
+     */
+    virtual bool match(const EndpointIDPattern& pattern,
+                       const EndpointID& eid) = 0;
+    
+    /**
+     * Append the given service tag to the uri in a scheme-specific
+     * manner. By default, the scheme is not capable of this.
+     *
+     * @return true if this scheme is capable of service tags and the
+     * tag is a legal one, false otherwise.
+     */
+    virtual bool append_service_tag(URI* uri, const char* tag)
+    {
+        (void)uri;
+        (void)tag;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Append wildcard to the uri in a scheme-specific manner. The
+     * default scheme is not capable of this.
+     *
+     * @return true if this scheme is capable of wildcards and the
+     * wildcard is successfully appended, else false.
+     */
+    virtual bool append_service_wildcard(URI* uri)
+    {
+        (void)uri;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reduce URI to node ID in a scheme specific manner. The default
+     * scheme is not capable of this.
+     *
+     * @return true if this scheme is capable of this reduction and 
+     * the reduction is successful, else false.
+     */
+    virtual bool remove_service_tag(URI* uri)
+    {
+        (void)uri;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Copy of the EndpointID's type structure for determining if the
+     * endpoint is, is not, or may be a singleton.
+     */
+    typedef EndpointID::singleton_info_t singleton_info_t;
+    
+    /**
+     * Check if the given URI is a singleton endpoint id.
+     */
+    virtual singleton_info_t is_singleton(const URI& uri) = 0;
+};
+    
+}
+
+#endif /* _SCHEME_H_ */