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/**
 * @file socket.h
 * @short Network addresses and sockets related classes.
 **/

#ifndef	CCXX_ADDRESS_H_
#define	CCXX_ADDRESS_H_

#ifndef	CCXX_MISSING_H_
#include <cc++/missing.h>
#endif

#ifndef	CCXX_THREAD_H_
#include <cc++/thread.h>
#endif

#ifndef	CCXX_EXCEPTION_H_
#include <cc++/exception.h>
#endif

#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN32__)
#define	__WINSOCK__
#include <winsock2.h>
#endif

#ifdef	CCXX_NAMESPACES
namespace ost {
#endif

// future definition of ipv4 specific classes, now defines

#define	InetAddress	IPV4Address
#define	InetHostAddress	IPV4Host
#define	InetMaskAddress	IPV4Mask
#define	InetMcastAddress IPV4Multicast
#define	InetMcastAddressValidator IPV4MulticastValidator
#define	InetAddrValidator IPV4Validator
#define	BroadcastAddress IPV4Broadcast

/**
 * Transport Protocol Ports.
 */
typedef unsigned short tpport_t;

class __EXPORT IPV4Host;

/**
 * Classes derived from IPV4Address would require an specific
 * validator to pass to the IPV4Address constructor. This is a base
 * class for classes of function objects used by such derived classes.
 *
 * @author Federico Montesino <p5087@quintero.fie.us.es>
 * @short Abstract base class for derived inet addresses validators. 
 */
class __EXPORT IPV4Validator 
{
public:
	/**
	 * Constructor. Does not deal with any state.
	 */
	IPV4Validator() { };

	/**
	 * keeps compilers happy.
	 */
	virtual ~IPV4Validator() {};

	/**
	 * Pure virtual application operator. Apply the validation
	 * algorithm specific to derived classes.  
	 */
	virtual void 
	operator()(const in_addr address) const = 0;
};

/**
 * Class for the function object that validates multicast addresses.
 * Implements a specific application operator to validate multicast
 * addresses.
 *
 * @author Federico Montesino <p5087@quintero.fie.us.es>
 * @short Validating class specialized for multicast addresses.  
 */
class __EXPORT IPV4MulticastValidator: public IPV4Validator
{
public:
	/**
	 * Constructor. Does not deal with any state.
	 */
	IPV4MulticastValidator(){};

	/**
	 * Keeps compilers happy.
	 */
	virtual ~IPV4MulticastValidator(){};

	/**
	 * Application operator. Apply the validation algorithm
	 * specific to multicast addresses
	 */
	void operator()(const in_addr address) const; 
private:
#if __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
	enum {
		MCAST_VALID_MASK = 0xF0000000,
		MCAST_VALID_VALUE = 0xE0000000
	};
#else
	enum { 
		MCAST_VALID_MASK = 0x000000F0,
		MCAST_VALID_VALUE = 0x000000E0 
	};
#endif
};

/**
 *  The network name and address objects are all derived from a common 
 * IPV4Address base class. Specific classes, such as IPV4Host,
 * IPV4Mask, etc, are defined from IPV4Address entirely so that the
 * manner a network address is being used can easily be documented and
 * understood from the code and to avoid common errors and accidental misuse 
 * of the wrong address object.  For example, a "connection" to something
 * that is declared as a "IPV4Host" can be kept type-safe from a
 * "connection" accidently being made to something that was declared a 
 * "IPV4Broadcast".
 * 
 * @author David Sugar <dyfet@ostel.com>
 * @short Internet Address binary data type.
 */
class __EXPORT IPV4Address
{
private:
	// The validator given to an IPV4Address object must not be a
	// transient object, but that must exist at least until the
	// last address object of its kind is deleted. This is an
	// artifact to be able to do specific checks for derived
	// classes inside constructors.
	const InetAddrValidator *validator;

protected:
	struct in_addr * ipaddr;
	size_t addr_count;
	mutable char* hostname;  // hostname for ipaddr[0]. Used by getHostname
#if defined(WIN32)
	static MutexCounter counter;
#else
	static Mutex mutex;
#endif
	/**
	 * Sets the IP address from a string representation of the
	 * numeric address, ie "127.0.0.1"
	 *
	 * @param host The string representation of the IP address
	 * @return true if successful
	 */
	bool setIPAddress(const char *host);

	/**
	 * Used to specify a host name or numeric internet address.
	 *
	 * @param host The string representation of the IP address or
	 *	a hostname, , if NULL, it will default to INADDR_ANY
	 */
	void setAddress(const char *host);

public:
	/**
	 * Create an Internet Address object with an empty (0.0.0.0)
	 * address.
	 *
	 * @param validator optional validator function object, intended for
	 *        derived classes.
	 */
	IPV4Address(const InetAddrValidator *validator = NULL);

	/**
	 * Convert the system internet address data type (struct in_addr)
	 * into a Common C++ IPV4Address object.
	 *
	 * @param addr struct of system used binary internet address.
	 * @param validator optional validator function object, intended for
	 *        derived classes.
	 */
	IPV4Address(struct in_addr addr, const InetAddrValidator *validator = NULL);

	/**
	 * Convert a null terminated ASCII host address string
	 * (example: "127.0.0.1") or host address name (example:
	 * "www.voxilla.org") directly into a Common C++ IPV4Address
	 * object.
	 *
	 * @param address null terminated C string.  
	 * @param validator optional validator function object, intended for
	 *        derived classes.
	 */
	IPV4Address(const char *address, const InetAddrValidator *validator = NULL);

        /**
         * Copy constructor
         */
        IPV4Address(const IPV4Address &rhs);

	/**
	 * Destructor
	 */
	virtual ~IPV4Address();

	/**
	 * Provide a string representation of the value (Internet Address)
	 * held in the IPV4Address object.
	 * 
	 * @return string representation of IPV4Address.
	 */
	const char *getHostname(void) const;

	/**
	 * May be used to verify if a given IPV4Address returned
	 * by another function contains a "valid" address, or "0.0.0.0"
	 * which is often used to mark "invalid" IPV4Address values.
	 *
	 * @return true if address != 0.0.0.0.
	 */
	bool isInetAddress(void) const;

	/**
	 * Provide a low level system usable struct in_addr object from
	 * the contents of IPV4Address.  This is needed for services such
	 * as bind() and connect().
	 * 
	 * @return system binary coded internet address.
	 */
	struct in_addr getAddress(void) const;

	/**
	 * Provide a low level system usable struct in_addr object from
	 * the contents of IPV4Address.  This is needed for services such
	 * as bind() and connect().
	 *
	 * @param i for IPV4Addresses with multiple addresses, returns the
	 *	address at this index.  User should call getAddressCount() 
	 *	to determine the number of address the object contains.
	 * @return system binary coded internet address.  If parameter i is
	 *	out of range, the first address is returned.
	 */
	struct in_addr getAddress(size_t i) const;

	/**
	 * Returns the number of internet addresses that an IPV4Address object
	 * contains.  This usually only happens with IPV4Host objects
	 * where multiple IP addresses are returned for a DNS lookup
	 */
	size_t getAddressCount() const { return addr_count; }

	IPV4Address &operator=(const char *str);
	IPV4Address &operator=(struct in_addr addr);
        IPV4Address &operator=(const IPV4Address &rhs);

        /**
         * Allows assignment from the return of functions like
         * inet_addr() or htonl() 
	 */
	IPV4Address &operator=(unsigned long addr);

	inline IPV4Address &operator=(unsigned int addr)
                {return *this = (unsigned long) addr; }

	inline bool operator!() const
		{return !isInetAddress();};

	/**
	 * Compare two internet addresses to see if they are equal
	 * (if they specify the physical address of the same internet host).
	 * 
	 * If there is more than one IP address in either IPV4Address object,
	 * this will return true if all of the IP addresses in the smaller
	 * are in the larger in any order.
	 */
	bool operator==(const IPV4Address &a) const;

	/**
	 * Compare two internet addresses to see if they are not
	 * equal (if they each refer to unique and different physical
	 * ip addresses).
	 *
	 * This is implimented in terms of operator==
	 */
	bool operator!=(const IPV4Address &a) const;
};	

/**
 * Internet addresses used specifically as masking addresses (such as "
 * 255.255.255.0") are held in the IPV4Mask derived object.  The
 * seperate class is used so that C++ type casting can automatically
 * determine when an IPV4Address object is really a mask address object
 * rather than simply using the base class.  This also allows manipulative
 * operators for address masking to operate only when presented with a
 * Masked address as well as providing cleaner and safer source.
 * 
 * @author David Sugar <dyfet@ostel.com>
 * @short Internet Address Mask such as subnet masks.
 */
class __EXPORT IPV4Mask : public IPV4Address
{
public:
	/**
	 * Create the mask from a null terminated ASCII string such as
	 * "255.255.255.128".
	 * 
	 * @param mask null terminated ASCII mask string.
	 */
	IPV4Mask(const char *mask);

	/**
	 * Masks are usually used to coerce host addresses into a specific
	 * router or class domain.  This can be done by taking the Inet
	 * Host Address object and "and"ing it with an address mask.  This
	 * operation can be directly expressed in C++ through the & operator.
	 * 
	 * @return a internet host address that has been masked.
	 * @param addr host address to be masked by subnet.
	 * @param mask inetnet mask address object to mask by.
	 */
	friend __EXPORT IPV4Host operator&(const IPV4Host &addr, 
					 const IPV4Mask &mask);

        /**
         * Allows assignment from the return of functions like
         * inet_addr() or htonl()
	 */
	IPV4Address &operator=(unsigned long addr) 
        	{ return IPV4Address::operator =(addr); }
};

/**
 * This object is used to hold the actual and valid internet address of a 
 * specific host machine that will be accessed through a socket.
 * 
 * @author David Sugar <dyfet@ostel.com>
 * @short Address of a specific Internet host machine.
 */
class __EXPORT IPV4Host : public IPV4Address
{
public: 
	/**
	 * Create a new host address for a specific internet host.  The
	 * internet host can be specified in a null terminated ASCII
	 * string and include either the physical host address or the
	 * DNS name of a host machine.  Hence, an IPV4Host
	 * ("www.voxilla.org") can be directly declaired in this manner.
	 *
	 * Defaults to the IP address that represents the interface matching
	 * "gethostname()".
	 *
	 * @param host dns or physical address of an Internet host.
	 */
	IPV4Host(const char *host = NULL);

	/**
	 * Convert a system socket binary address such as may be
	 * returned through the accept() call or getsockpeer() into
	 * an internet host address object.
	 *
	 * @param addr binary address of internet host.
	 */
	IPV4Host(struct in_addr addr);

        /**
         * Allows assignment from the return of functions like
         * inet_addr() or htonl() 
	 */
	IPV4Address &operator=(unsigned long addr) 
        { return IPV4Address::operator =(addr); }

	/**
	 * Mask the internet host address object with a network mask address.
	 * This is commonly used to coerce an address by subnet.
	 */
	IPV4Host &operator&=(const IPV4Mask &mask);

	friend class __EXPORT IPV4Mask;
	friend __EXPORT IPV4Host operator&(const IPV4Host &addr, 
					 const IPV4Mask &mask);
};

/**
 * The broadcast address object is used to store the broadcast address for
 * a specific subnet.  This is commonly used for UDP broadcast operations.
 */
class __EXPORT IPV4Broadcast : public IPV4Address
{
public:
	/**
	 * Specify the physical broadcast address to use and create a new
	 * broadcast address object based on a null terminated ASCII
	 * string.
	 * 
	 * @param net null terminated ASCII network address.
	 */
	IPV4Broadcast(const char *net = "255.255.255.255");
};

/**
 * A specialization of IPV4Address that provides address validation
 * for multicast addresses. Whenever its value changes the new value
 * is checked to be in the range from 224.0.0.1 through
 * 239.255.255.255. If it is not, an exception is thrown.
 *
 * @short A multicast network address.
 * @author Federico Montesino <p5087@quintero.fie.us.es>
 */
class __EXPORT IPV4Multicast: public IPV4Address
{
public:
	/**
	 * Create an Internet Multicast Address object with an empty
	 * (0.0.0.0) address. 
	 */
	IPV4Multicast();

	/**
	 * Convert the system internet address data type (struct in_addr)
	 * into a Common C++ IPV4Multicast object.
	 * 
	 * @param address struct of system used binary internet address.
	 */
	IPV4Multicast(const struct in_addr address);

	/**
	 * Convert a null terminated ASCII multicast address string
	 * (example: "224.0.0.1") or multicast name string (example:
	 * "sap.mcast.net") directly into a Common C++
	 * IPV4Multicast object. Works like IPV4Address(const
	 * char*).
	 *
	 * @param address null terminated C string. 
	 */
	IPV4Multicast(const char *address);
	
private:
	/**
	 * Check the address in <code>addr<code> is a valid multicast
	 * address. In case not, throws an exception.
	 *
	 * @param address a system network address 
	 * @return true if validation succeeded
	 */
	static const IPV4MulticastValidator validator;
};

extern __EXPORT std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream &os, const IPV4Address &ia);

inline struct in_addr getaddress(const IPV4Address &ia)
	{return ia.getAddress();}


#ifdef  CCXX_IPV6

class __EXPORT IPV6Host;

/**
 * Classes derived from IPV6Address would require an specific
 * validator to pass to the IPV6Address constructor. This is a base
 * class for classes of function objects used by such derived classes.
 *
 * @author Federico Montesino <p5087@quintero.fie.us.es>
 * @short Abstract base class for derived inet addresses validators. 
 */
class __EXPORT IPV6Validator 
{
public:
	/**
	 * Constructor. Does not deal with any state.
	 */
	IPV6Validator() { };

	/**
	 * Keeps compilers happy.
	 */
	virtual ~IPV6Validator() {};

	/**
	 * Pure virtual application operator. Apply the validation
	 * algorithm specific to derived classes.  
	 */
	virtual void 
	operator()(const in6_addr address) const = 0;
};

/**
 * Class for the function object that validates multicast addresses.
 * Implements a specific application operator to validate multicast
 * addresses.
 *
 * @author Federico Montesino <p5087@quintero.fie.us.es>
 * @short Validating class specialized for multicast addresses.  
 */
class __EXPORT IPV6MulticastValidator: public IPV6Validator
{
public:
	/**
	 * Constructor. Does not deal with any state.
	 */
	IPV6MulticastValidator(){};

	/**
	 * Keeps compilers happy...
	 */
	virtual ~IPV6MulticastValidator(){};

	/**
	 * Application operator. Apply the validation algorithm
	 * specific to multicast addresses
	 */
	void operator()(const in6_addr address) const; 
};

/**
 *  The network name and address objects are all derived from a common 
 * IPV6Address base class. Specific classes, such as IPV4Host,
 * IPV6Mask, etc, are defined from IPV6Address entirely so that the
 * manner a network address is being used can easily be documented and
 * understood from the code and to avoid common errors and accidental misuse 
 * of the wrong address object.  For example, a "connection" to something
 * that is declared as a "IPV6Host" can be kept type-safe from a
 * "connection" accidently being made to something that was declared a 
 * "IPV6Broadcast".
 * 
 * @author David Sugar <dyfet@ostel.com>
 * @short Internet Address binary data type.
 */
class __EXPORT IPV6Address
{
private:
	// The validator given to an IPV4Address object must not be a
	// transient object, but that must exist at least until the
	// last address object of its kind is deleted. This is an
	// artifact to be able to do specific checks for derived
	// classes inside constructors.
	const IPV6Validator *validator;

protected:
	struct in6_addr * ipaddr;
	size_t addr_count;
	mutable char* hostname;  // hostname for ipaddr[0]. Used by getHostname
#if defined(WIN32)
	static MutexCounter counter;
#else
	static Mutex mutex;
#endif
	/**
	 * Sets the IP address from a string representation of the
	 * numeric address, ie "127.0.0.1"
	 *
	 * @param host The string representation of the IP address
	 * @return true if successful
	 */
	bool setIPAddress(const char *host);

	/**
	 * Used to specify a host name or numeric internet address.
	 *
	 * @param host The string representation of the IP address or
	 *	a hostname, , if NULL, it will default to INADDR_ANY
	 */
	void setAddress(const char *host);

public:
	/**
	 * Create an Internet Address object with an empty (0.0.0.0)
	 * address.
	 *
	 * @param validator optional validator function object, intended for
	 *        derived classes.
	 */
	IPV6Address(const IPV6Validator *validator = NULL);

	/**
	 * Convert the system internet address data type (struct in_addr)
	 * into a Common C++ IPV6Address object.
	 *
	 * @param addr struct of system used binary internet address.
	 * @param validator optional validator function object, intended for
	 *        derived classes.
	 */
	IPV6Address(struct in6_addr addr, const IPV6Validator *validator = NULL);

	/**
	 * Convert a null terminated ASCII host address string
	 * (example: "127.0.0.1") or host address name (example:
	 * "www.voxilla.org") directly into a Common C++ IPV6Address
	 * object.
	 *
	 * @param address null terminated C string.  
	 * @param validator optional validator function object, intended for
	 *        derived classes.
	 */
	IPV6Address(const char *address, const IPV6Validator *validator = NULL);

        /**
         * Copy constructor
         */
        IPV6Address(const IPV6Address &rhs);

	/**
	 * Destructor
	 */
	virtual ~IPV6Address();

	/**
	 * Provide a string representation of the value (Internet Address)
	 * held in the IPV6Address object.
	 * 
	 * @return string representation of IPV6Address.
	 */
	const char *getHostname(void) const;

	/**
	 * May be used to verify if a given IPV6Address returned
	 * by another function contains a "valid" address, or "0.0.0.0"
	 * which is often used to mark "invalid" IPV6Address values.
	 *
	 * @return true if address != 0.0.0.0.
	 */
	bool isInetAddress(void) const;

	/**
	 * Provide a low level system usable struct in_addr object from
	 * the contents of IPV6Address.  This is needed for services such
	 * as bind() and connect().
	 * 
	 * @return system binary coded internet address.
	 */
	struct in6_addr getAddress(void) const;

	/**
	 * Provide a low level system usable struct in_addr object from
	 * the contents of IPV6Address.  This is needed for services such
	 * as bind() and connect().
	 *
	 * @param i for IPV6Addresses with multiple addresses, returns the
	 *	address at this index.  User should call getAddressCount() 
	 *	to determine the number of address the object contains.
	 * @return system binary coded internet address.  If parameter i is
	 *	out of range, the first address is returned.
	 */
	struct in6_addr getAddress(size_t i) const;

	/**
	 * Returns the number of internet addresses that an IPV6Address object
	 * contains.  This usually only happens with IPV6Host objects
	 * where multiple IP addresses are returned for a DNS lookup
	 */
	size_t getAddressCount() const { return addr_count; }

	IPV6Address &operator=(const char *str);
	IPV6Address &operator=(struct in6_addr addr);
        IPV6Address &operator=(const IPV6Address &rhs);

	inline bool operator!() const
		{return !isInetAddress();};

	/**
	 * Compare two internet addresses to see if they are equal
	 * (if they specify the physical address of the same internet host).
	 * 
	 * If there is more than one IP address in either IPV6Address object,
	 * this will return true if all of the IP addresses in the smaller
	 * are in the larger in any order.
	 */
	bool operator==(const IPV6Address &a) const;

	/**
	 * Compare two internet addresses to see if they are not
	 * equal (if they each refer to unique and different physical
	 * ip addresses).
	 *
	 * This is implimented in terms of operator==
	 */
	bool operator!=(const IPV6Address &a) const;
};	

/**
 * Internet addresses used specifically as masking addresses (such as "
 * 255.255.255.0") are held in the IPV6Mask derived object.  The
 * seperate class is used so that C++ type casting can automatically
 * determine when an IPV6Address object is really a mask address object
 * rather than simply using the base class.  This also allows manipulative
 * operators for address masking to operate only when presented with a
 * Masked address as well as providing cleaner and safer source.
 * 
 * @author David Sugar <dyfet@ostel.com>
 * @short Internet Address Mask such as subnet masks.
 */
class __EXPORT IPV6Mask : public IPV6Address
{
public:
	/**
	 * Create the mask from a null terminated ASCII string such as
	 * "255.255.255.128".
	 * 
	 * @param mask null terminated ASCII mask string.
	 */
	IPV6Mask(const char *mask);

	/**
	 * Masks are usually used to coerce host addresses into a specific
	 * router or class domain.  This can be done by taking the Inet
	 * Host Address object and "and"ing it with an address mask.  This
	 * operation can be directly expressed in C++ through the & operator.
	 * 
	 * @return a internet host address that has been masked.
	 * @param addr host address to be masked by subnet.
	 * @param mask inetnet mask address object to mask by.
	 */
	friend __EXPORT IPV6Host operator&(const IPV6Host &addr, 
					 const IPV6Mask &mask);
};

/**
 * This object is used to hold the actual and valid internet address of a 
 * specific host machine that will be accessed through a socket.
 * 
 * @author David Sugar <dyfet@ostel.com>
 * @short Address of a specific Internet host machine.
 */
class __EXPORT IPV6Host : public IPV6Address
{
public: 
	/**
	 * Create a new host address for a specific internet host.  The
	 * internet host can be specified in a null terminated ASCII
	 * string and include either the physical host address or the
	 * DNS name of a host machine.  Hence, an IPV6Host
	 * ("www.voxilla.org") can be directly declaired in this manner.
	 *
	 * Defaults to the IP address that represents the interface matching
	 * "gethostname()".
	 *
	 * @param host dns or physical address of an Internet host.
	 */
	IPV6Host(const char *host = NULL);

	/**
	 * Convert a system socket binary address such as may be
	 * returned through the accept() call or getsockpeer() into
	 * an internet host address object.
	 *
	 * @param addr binary address of internet host.
	 */
	IPV6Host(struct in6_addr addr);

	/**
	 * Mask the internet host address object with a network mask address.
	 * This is commonly used to coerce an address by subnet.
	 */
	IPV6Host &operator&=(const IPV6Mask &mask);

	friend class __EXPORT IPV6Mask;
	friend __EXPORT IPV6Host operator&(const IPV6Host &addr, const IPV6Mask &mask);
};

/**
 * The broadcast address object is used to store the broadcast address for
 * a specific subnet.  This is commonly used for UDP broadcast operations.
 */
class __EXPORT IPV6Broadcast : public IPV6Address
{
public:
	/**
	 * Specify the physical broadcast address to use and create a new
	 * broadcast address object based on a null terminated ASCII
	 * string.
	 * 
	 * @param net null terminated ASCII network address.
	 */
	IPV6Broadcast(const char *net = "255.255.255.255");
};

/**
 * A specialization of IPV6Address that provides address validation
 * for multicast addresses. Whenever its value changes the new value
 * is checked to be in the range from 224.0.0.1 through
 * 239.255.255.255. If it is not, an exception is thrown.
 *
 * @short A multicast network address.
 * @author Federico Montesino <p5087@quintero.fie.us.es>
 */
class __EXPORT IPV6Multicast: public IPV6Address
{
public:
	/**
	 * Create an Internet Multicast Address object with an empty
	 * (0.0.0.0) address. 
	 */
	IPV6Multicast();

	/**
	 * Convert the system internet address data type (struct in_addr)
	 * into a Common C++ IPV4Multicast object.
	 * 
	 * @param address struct of system used binary internet address.
	 */
	IPV6Multicast(const struct in6_addr address);

	/**
	 * Convert a null terminated ASCII multicast address string
	 * (example: "224.0.0.1") or multicast name string (example:
	 * "sap.mcast.net") directly into a Common C++
	 * IPV6Multicast object. Works like IPV6Address(const
	 * char*).
	 *
	 * @param address null terminated C string. 
	 */
	IPV6Multicast(const char *address);
	
private:
	/**
	 * Check the address in <code>addr<code> is a valid multicast
	 * address. In case not, throws an exception.
	 *
	 * @param address a system network address 
	 * @return true if validation succeeded
	 */
	static const IPV6MulticastValidator validator;
};

extern __EXPORT std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream &os, const IPV6Address &ia);

inline struct in6_addr getaddress(const IPV6Address &ia)
	{return ia.getAddress();}


#endif

#ifdef	CCXX_NAMESPACES
}
#endif

#endif
/** EMACS **
 * Local variables:
 * mode: c++
 * c-basic-offset: 8
 * End:
 */
