libt2n: (gerd) more documentation-polishing
[libt2n] / src / client_wrapper.hxx
index 08cd397..cb333db 100644 (file)
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <functional>
 
 #include <boost/config.hpp>
-#include <boost/any.hpp>
 #include <boost/bind.hpp>
 #include <boost/function.hpp>
 #include <boost/preprocessor.hpp>
 #include <client.hxx>
 #include <command_client.hxx>
 
-#ifndef T2NWRAPPER_MAX_ARGS
-#define T2NWRAPPER_MAX_ARGS 9
+#ifndef T2N_SINGLETON_WRAPPER_MAX_ARGS
+#define T2N_SINGLETON_WRAPPER_MAX_ARGS 9
 #endif
 
 namespace libt2n
 {
 
-class ConnectionInitData
+/** @brief provide access to client_connection singletons and call-handling function
+
+    This is an abstact base class for use with T2nSingletonWrapper. It provides access
+    to the singleton-client_connection and offers a handle-method which is used for
+    every call to a method on a t2n-server.
+*/
+class ConnectionWrapper
 {
-    public:
+    private:
+        long long command_timeout_usec;
+        long long hello_timeout_usec;
 
-        virtual std::auto_ptr<client_connection> createConnection()=0;
+    protected:
+        log_level_values log_level;
+        std::ostream *logstream;
+        void set_logging_on_connection(client_connection& c);
 
-        virtual ~ConnectionInitData()
+    public:
+        ConnectionWrapper()
+            : log_level(none), logstream(NULL), 
+              command_timeout_usec(command_client::command_timeout_usec_default),
+              hello_timeout_usec(command_client::hello_timeout_usec_default)
             { }
-};
 
-class TrivialHandler
-{
-    public:
-        static void handle( boost::function< void() > f)
+        virtual ~ConnectionWrapper()
+            { }
+
+        /** @brief return active connection, create new one if not existing
+
+            Return a pointer to an active client_connection. Use detail-data
+            stored within the derived class to create a new connection if needed,
+            otherwise return an alredy active connection. The derived class has
+            to take care of destroying the connection when not needed anymore.
+        */
+        virtual client_connection* get_connection()=0;
+
+        /** @brief this function is called on every execution of a method on a server
+
+            @param stubBase pointer to the command_client executing the call
+            @param f boost::function object containing the method to call and all parameters
+            @retval true if the call was successful and the original return-value of the called function can be used
+                    false if T2nSingletonWrapper has to create a return-value with the default-constructor
+
+            T2nSingletonWrapper will call this function on every execution of a server-side
+            method. This version will just call the function without any special treatment.
+            You can overload this function to implement different error handling strategies.
+        */
+        virtual bool handle(command_client* stubBase, boost::function< void() > f)
         {
             f();
+            return true;
         }
+
+        long long get_command_timeout_usec(void)
+            { return command_timeout_usec; }
+
+        void set_command_timeout_usec(long long _command_timeout_usec)
+            { command_timeout_usec=_command_timeout_usec; }
+
+        long long get_hello_timeout_usec(void)
+            { return hello_timeout_usec; }
+
+        void set_hello_timeout_usec(long long _hello_timeout_usec)
+            { hello_timeout_usec=_hello_timeout_usec; }
+
+        virtual void set_logging(std::ostream *_logstream, log_level_values _log_level);
+
+        std::ostream* get_logstream(log_level_values level);
 };
 
 // contains the internal stuff needed for T2nWrapper
@@ -107,20 +157,36 @@ namespace detail
     };
 } // eo namespace detail
 
-template<
-    class Client,
-    class Handler = TrivialHandler
->
-class T2nWrapper
+class T2nSingletonWrapperMessages
 {
-    private:
+    protected:
+        static const char* NotInitializedMessage;
+};
 
-        std::auto_ptr<client_connection> conndConn;
-        std::auto_ptr<Client> client;
+/** @brief wrap calls to server-side-functions with different error-handling strategies
+
+    Template class to access a process-wide singleton server-connection and to wrap all
+    calls using this connection with an error-handling strategy (e.g. to reconnect when
+    the connection broke). The source looks very complicated due to heavy use of templates,
+    look at the 3rd codegen example to see how to use it.
+
+    @par Example
+    Calling remote methods is usually done via t2n_exec, this saves you from always
+    specifying which T2nSingletonWrapper-template to use when calling T2nSingletonWrapper::exec
+    @code
+    t2n_exec(&cmd_group_t2nexample_client::testfunc)("the answer is %d",42)
+    @endcode
+*/
+template< class Client >
+class T2nSingletonWrapper : public T2nSingletonWrapperMessages
+{
+    private:
+        std::auto_ptr<Client> Stub;
 
-        static std::auto_ptr<T2nWrapper> singletonObject;
-        static std::auto_ptr<ConnectionInitData> initData;
+        static std::auto_ptr<T2nSingletonWrapper> SingletonObject;
+        static std::auto_ptr<ConnectionWrapper> WrappedConnection;
 
+        /// @cond
         // create a prep-method for each possible number of parameters
 #define _GEN_ARG(z,n,d) Arg ## n arg ##n
 #define _GEN_PREP(z,n,d) \
@@ -138,49 +204,76 @@ class T2nWrapper
                 ); \
         } // eo prep
 
-        BOOST_PP_REPEAT( BOOST_PP_ADD(T2NWRAPPER_MAX_ARGS,1) , _GEN_PREP, ~ )
+        BOOST_PP_REPEAT( BOOST_PP_ADD(T2N_SINGLETON_WRAPPER_MAX_ARGS,1) , _GEN_PREP, ~ )
 
 #undef _GEN_PREP
 #undef _GEN_ARG
+        /// @endcond
 
-        static void ensureSingletonThere(void)
+        T2nSingletonWrapper(std::auto_ptr<Client> stub)
         {
-            if (singletonObject.get() == NULL)
-            {
-                // we need to initialize
+            Stub=stub;
+        }
 
-                if (initData.get() == NULL)
-                    throw std::logic_error("T2nWrapper singleton used before setting initData");
+        static void init()
+        {
+            if (WrappedConnection.get() == NULL)
+                throw std::logic_error(NotInitializedMessage);
 
-                std::auto_ptr<client_connection> myConndConn=initData->createConnection();
+            std::auto_ptr<Client> stub(new Client(WrappedConnection->get_connection(),
+                WrappedConnection->get_command_timeout_usec(),
+                WrappedConnection->get_hello_timeout_usec()));
 
-            }
+            SingletonObject=std::auto_ptr<T2nSingletonWrapper>(new T2nSingletonWrapper(stub));
         }
 
         template< typename R >
         static
         typename detail::TypeWrap<R>::type real_exec( boost::function< R(Client*) > f)
         {
-            ensureSingletonThere();
+            ensure_singleton_there();
 
             typename detail::TypeWrap<R>::type result;
-            detail::Call<R> call( boost::bind( f, &(*(singletonObject->client))), result );
-            Handler::handle( call );
+
+            // bind our Client-object and the local result
+            detail::Call<R> call( boost::bind( f, SingletonObject->Stub.get()), result );
+
+            // let the wrapper-handler call the fully-bound function
+            if (!WrappedConnection->handle(SingletonObject->Stub.get(),call))
+            {
+                // create an result with default-constructor if the handler could not
+                // successfully do a call but no exception occured
+                result=typename detail::TypeWrap<R>::type();
+            }
             return result;
         }
 
     public:
 
-        static void setInitData(std::auto_ptr<ConnectionInitData> newInitData)
-            { initData=newInitData; }
-        static ConnectionInitData* getInitData(void)
-            { return initData.get(); }
+        /** @brief tell the wrapper which connection to use
+            @param wrappedConnection the connection to establish when needed
+        */
+        static void set_connection(std::auto_ptr<ConnectionWrapper> wrappedConnection)
+        {
+            WrappedConnection=wrappedConnection;
+
+            // reset the singleton to NULL because the singleton must be constructed with current WrappedConnection
+            if (SingletonObject.get() != NULL)
+                SingletonObject.reset();
+        }
+
+        /// return a pointer to the ConnectionWrapper currently in use
+        static ConnectionWrapper* get_connection_wrapper(void)
+            { return WrappedConnection.get(); }
 
-        T2nWrapper()
+        /// manually establish the connection without actually executing a call
+        static void ensure_singleton_there(void)
         {
-            client=std::auto_ptr<Client>(new Client(*conndConn));
+            if (SingletonObject.get() == NULL)
+                init();
         }
 
+        /// @cond
         // create an exec-method for each possible number of parameters
 #define _GEN_PLACEHOLDER(z,n,d) BOOST_PP_CAT(_,BOOST_PP_ADD(n,1))
 #define _GEN_EXEC(z,n,d) \
@@ -192,21 +285,40 @@ class T2nWrapper
         { \
             boost::function<R(Client*)>(*p)(R(Client::*)( BOOST_PP_ENUM_PARAMS(n,Arg) ) \
                     BOOST_PP_COMMA_IF(n) BOOST_PP_ENUM_PARAMS(n,Arg)) \
-                = &T2nWrapper::template prep<R BOOST_PP_COMMA_IF(n) BOOST_PP_ENUM_PARAMS(n,Arg) >; \
+                = &T2nSingletonWrapper::template prep<R BOOST_PP_COMMA_IF(n) BOOST_PP_ENUM_PARAMS(n,Arg) >; \
             return boost::bind \
             ( \
-                T2nWrapper::template real_exec<R>, \
+                T2nSingletonWrapper::template real_exec<R>, \
                 boost::bind( p, f BOOST_PP_COMMA_IF(n) \
                 BOOST_PP_ENUM(n, _GEN_PLACEHOLDER, ~ ) ) \
             ); \
         } // eo exec
 
-        BOOST_PP_REPEAT( BOOST_PP_ADD(T2NWRAPPER_MAX_ARGS,1), _GEN_EXEC, ~ )
+        BOOST_PP_REPEAT( BOOST_PP_ADD(T2N_SINGLETON_WRAPPER_MAX_ARGS,1), _GEN_EXEC, ~ )
 
 #undef _GEN_EXEC
 #undef _GEN_PLACEHOLDER
+        /// @endcond
 
 };
 
+/// @cond
+// create an t2n_exec-method for each possible number of parameters
+#define _GEN_EXEC(z,n,d) \
+        template< class Client, typename R  BOOST_PP_COMMA_IF(n) BOOST_PP_ENUM_PARAMS(n,typename Arg) > \
+        static boost::function< R( BOOST_PP_ENUM_PARAMS(n,Arg) ) > t2n_exec \
+        ( \
+            R(Client::*f)( BOOST_PP_ENUM_PARAMS(n,Arg) ) \
+        ) \
+        { \
+            return T2nSingletonWrapper<Client>::exec(f); \
+        } // eo exec
+
+        BOOST_PP_REPEAT( BOOST_PP_ADD(T2N_SINGLETON_WRAPPER_MAX_ARGS,1), _GEN_EXEC, ~ )
+
+#undef _GEN_EXEC
+#undef _GEN_PLACEHOLDER
+/// @endcond
+
 }
 #endif