SingularityViewer/indra/llmessage/llservice.h

/** 
 * @file llservice.h
 * @author Phoenix
 * @date 2004-11-21
 * @brief Declaration file for LLService and related classes.
 *
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#ifndef LL_LLSERVICE_H
#define LL_LLSERVICE_H

#include <string>
#include <map>
//#include <boost/intrusive_ptr.hpp>
//#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>

//#include "llframetimer.h"
#include "lliopipe.h"
#include "llchainio.h"

#if 0
class LLServiceCreator;
/**
 * intrusive pointer support
 */
namespace boost
{
	void intrusive_ptr_add_ref(LLServiceCreator* p);
	void intrusive_ptr_release(LLServiceCreator* p);
};
#endif

/** 
 * @class LLServiceCreator
 * @brief This class is an abstract base class for classes which create
 * new <code>LLService</code> instances.
 *
 * Derive classes from this class which appropriately implement the
 * <code>operator()</code> and destructor.
 * @see LLService
 */
#if 0
class LLServiceCreator
{
public:
	typedef boost::intrusive_ptr<LLService> service_t;
	virtual ~LLServiceCreator() {}
	virtual service_t activate() = 0;
	virtual void discard() = 0;

protected:
	LLServiceCreator() : mReferenceCount(0)
	{
	}

private:
	friend void boost::intrusive_ptr_add_ref(LLServiceCreator* p);
	friend void boost::intrusive_ptr_release(LLServiceCreator* p);
	U32 mReferenceCount;
};
#endif

#if 0
namespace boost
{
	inline void intrusive_ptr_add_ref(LLServiceCreator* p)
	{
		++p->mReferenceCount;
	}
	inline void intrusive_ptr_release(LLServiceCreator* p)
	{
		if(p && 0 == --p->mReferenceCount)
		{
			delete p;
		}
	}
};
#endif

/** 
 * @class LLService
 * @brief This class is the base class for the service classes.
 * @see LLIOPipe
 *
 * The services map a string to a chain factory with a known interface
 * at the front of the chain. So, to activate a service, call
 * <code>activate()</code> with the name of the service needed which
 * will call the associated factory, and return a pointer to the
 * known interface.
 * <b>NOTE:</b> If you are implementing a service factory, it is
 * vitally important that the service pipe is at the front of the
 * chain.
 */
class LLService : public LLIOPipe
{
public:
	//typedef boost::intrusive_ptr<LLServiceCreator> creator_t;
	//typedef boost::intrusive_ptr<LLService> service_t;
	typedef boost::shared_ptr<LLChainIOFactory> creator_t;

	/** 
	 * @brief This method is used to register a protocol name with a
	 * a functor that creates the service.
	 *
	 * THOROUGH_DESCRIPTION
	 * @param aParameter A brief description of aParameter.
	 * @return Returns true if a service was successfully registered.
	 */
	static bool registerCreator(const std::string& name, creator_t fn);

	/** 
	 * @brief This method connects to a service by name.
	 *
	 * @param name The name of the service to connect to.
	 * @param chain The constructed chain including the service instance.
	 * @param context Context for the activation.
	 * @return An instance of the service for use or NULL on failure.
	 */
	static LLIOPipe* activate(
		const std::string& name,
		LLPumpIO::chain_t& chain,
		LLSD context);

	/** 
	 * @brief 
	 *
	 * @param name The name of the service to discard.
	 * @return true if service creator was found and discarded.
	 */
	static bool discard(const std::string& name);

protected:
	// The creation factory static data.
	typedef std::map<std::string, creator_t> creators_t;
	static creators_t sCreatorFunctors;

protected:
	// construction & destruction. since this class is an abstract
	// base class, it is up to Service implementations to actually
	// deal with construction and not a public method. How that
	// construction takes place will be handled by the service
	// creators.
	LLService();
	virtual ~LLService();

protected:
	// This frame timer records how long this service has
	// existed. Useful for derived services to give themselves a
	// lifetime and expiration.
	// *NOTE: Phoenix - This functionaity has been moved to the
	// pump. 2005-12-13
	//LLFrameTimer mTimer;

	// Since services are designed in an 'ask now, respond later'
	// idiom which probably crosses thread boundaries, almost all
	// services will need a handle to a response pipe. It will usually
	// be the job of the service author to derive a useful
	// implementation of response, and up to the service subscriber to
	// further derive that class to do something useful when the
	// response comes in.
	LLIOPipe::ptr_t mResponse;
};


#endif // LL_LLSERVICE_H