udp-socket.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2006 Georgia Tech Research Corporation
 *               2007 INRIA
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation;
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
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 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 *
 * Authors: George F. Riley<riley@ece.gatech.edu>
 *          Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
 */
 
#ifndef UDP_SOCKET_H
#define UDP_SOCKET_H
 
#include "ns3/callback.h"
#include "ns3/object.h"
#include "ns3/ptr.h"
#include "ns3/socket.h"
#include "ns3/traced-callback.h"
 
namespace ns3
{
 
class Node;
class Packet;
 
/**
 * \ingroup socket
 * \ingroup udp
 *
 * \brief (abstract) base class of all UdpSockets
 *
 * This class exists solely for hosting UdpSocket attributes that can
 * be reused across different implementations, and for declaring
 * UDP-specific multicast API.
 */
class UdpSocket : public Socket
{
  public:
    /**
     * Get the type ID.
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    UdpSocket();
    ~UdpSocket() override;
 
    /**
     * \brief Corresponds to socket option MCAST_JOIN_GROUP
     *
     * \param interface interface number, or 0
     * \param groupAddress multicast group address
     * \returns on success, zero is returned.  On error, -1 is returned,
     *          and errno is set appropriately
     *
     * Enable reception of multicast datagrams for this socket on the
     * interface number specified.  If zero is specified as
     * the interface, then a single local interface is chosen by
     * system.  In the future, this function will generate trigger IGMP
     * joins as necessary when IGMP is implemented, but for now, this
     * just enables multicast datagram reception in the system if not already
     * enabled for this interface/groupAddress combination.
     *
     * \attention IGMP is not yet implemented in ns-3
     *
     * This function may be called repeatedly on a given socket but each
     * join must be for a different multicast address, or for the same
     * multicast address but on a different interface from previous joins.
     * This enables host multihoming, and the ability to join the same
     * group on different interfaces.
     */
    virtual int MulticastJoinGroup(uint32_t interface, const Address& groupAddress) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \brief Corresponds to socket option MCAST_LEAVE_GROUP
     *
     * \param interface interface number, or 0
     * \param groupAddress multicast group address
     * \returns on success, zero is returned.  On error, -1 is returned,
     *          and errno is set appropriately
     *
     * Disable reception of multicast datagrams for this socket on the
     * interface number specified.  If zero is specified as
     * the interfaceIndex, then a single local interface is chosen by
     * system.  In the future, this function will generate trigger IGMP
     * leaves as necessary when IGMP is implemented, but for now, this
     * just disables multicast datagram reception in the system if this
     * socket is the last for this interface/groupAddress combination.
     *
     * \attention IGMP is not yet implemented in ns-3
     */
    virtual int MulticastLeaveGroup(uint32_t interface, const Address& groupAddress) = 0;
 
  private:
    // Indirect the attribute setting and getting through private virtual methods
    /**
     * \brief Set the receiving buffer size
     * \param size the buffer size
     */
    virtual void SetRcvBufSize(uint32_t size) = 0;
    /**
     * \brief Get the receiving buffer size
     * \returns the buffer size
     */
    virtual uint32_t GetRcvBufSize() const = 0;
    /**
     * \brief Set the IP multicast TTL
     * \param ipTtl the IP multicast TTL
     */
    virtual void SetIpMulticastTtl(uint8_t ipTtl) = 0;
    /**
     * \brief Get the IP multicast TTL
     * \returns the IP multicast TTL
     */
    virtual uint8_t GetIpMulticastTtl() const = 0;
    /**
     * \brief Set the IP multicast interface
     * \param ipIf the IP multicast interface
     */
    virtual void SetIpMulticastIf(int32_t ipIf) = 0;
    /**
     * \brief Get the IP multicast interface
     * \returns the IP multicast interface
     */
    virtual int32_t GetIpMulticastIf() const = 0;
    /**
     * \brief Set the IP multicast loop capability
     *
     * This means that the socket will receive the packets
     * sent by itself on a multicast address.
     * Equivalent to setsockopt  IP_MULTICAST_LOOP
     *
     * \param loop the IP multicast loop capability
     */
    virtual void SetIpMulticastLoop(bool loop) = 0;
    /**
     * \brief Get the IP multicast loop capability
     *
     * This means that the socket will receive the packets
     * sent by itself on a multicast address.
     * Equivalent to setsockopt  IP_MULTICAST_LOOP
     *
     * \returns the IP multicast loop capability
     */
    virtual bool GetIpMulticastLoop() const = 0;
    /**
     * \brief Set the MTU discover capability
     *
     * \param discover the MTU discover capability
     */
    virtual void SetMtuDiscover(bool discover) = 0;
    /**
     * \brief Get the MTU discover capability
     *
     * \returns the MTU discover capability
     */
    virtual bool GetMtuDiscover() const = 0;
};
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* UDP_SOCKET_H */