object.cc

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2007 INRIA, Gustavo Carneiro
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 *
 * Authors: Gustavo Carneiro <gjcarneiro@gmail.com>,
 *          Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
 */
 
#include "object.h"
 
#include "assert.h"
#include "attribute.h"
#include "log.h"
#include "object-factory.h"
#include "string.h"
 
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <sstream>
#include <vector>
 
/**
 * @file
 * @ingroup object
 * ns3::Object class implementation.
 */
 
namespace ns3
{
 
NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE("Object");
 
/*********************************************************************
 *         The Object implementation
 *********************************************************************/
 
NS_OBJECT_ENSURE_REGISTERED(Object);
 
Object::AggregateIterator::AggregateIterator()
    : m_object(nullptr),
      m_current(0)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
}
 
bool
Object::AggregateIterator::HasNext() const
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    return (m_current < m_object->m_aggregates->n) ||
           (m_uniAggrIter != m_object->m_unidirectionalAggregates.end());
}
 
Ptr<const Object>
Object::AggregateIterator::Next()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    if (m_current < m_object->m_aggregates->n)
    {
        Object* object = m_object->m_aggregates->buffer[m_current];
        m_current++;
        return object;
    }
    else if (m_uniAggrIter != m_object->m_unidirectionalAggregates.end())
    {
        auto object = *m_uniAggrIter;
        m_uniAggrIter++;
        return object;
    }
    return nullptr;
}
 
Object::AggregateIterator::AggregateIterator(Ptr<const Object> object)
    : m_object(object),
      m_current(0)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << object);
    m_uniAggrIter = object->m_unidirectionalAggregates.begin();
}
 
TypeId
Object::GetInstanceTypeId() const
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    return m_tid;
}
 
TypeId
Object::GetTypeId()
{
    static TypeId tid = TypeId("ns3::Object").SetParent<ObjectBase>().SetGroupName("Core");
    return tid;
}
 
Object::Object()
    : m_tid(Object::GetTypeId()),
      m_disposed(false),
      m_initialized(false),
      m_aggregates((Aggregates*)std::malloc(sizeof(Aggregates))),
      m_getObjectCount(0)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    m_aggregates->n = 1;
    m_aggregates->buffer[0] = this;
}
 
Object::~Object()
{
    // remove this object from the aggregate list
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    uint32_t n = m_aggregates->n;
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        Object* current = m_aggregates->buffer[i];
        if (current == this)
        {
            std::memmove(&m_aggregates->buffer[i],
                         &m_aggregates->buffer[i + 1],
                         sizeof(Object*) * (m_aggregates->n - (i + 1)));
            m_aggregates->n--;
        }
    }
    // finally, if all objects have been removed from the list,
    // delete the aggregate list
    if (m_aggregates->n == 0)
    {
        std::free(m_aggregates);
    }
    m_aggregates = nullptr;
    m_unidirectionalAggregates.clear();
}
 
Object::Object(const Object& o)
    : m_tid(o.m_tid),
      m_disposed(false),
      m_initialized(false),
      m_aggregates((Aggregates*)std::malloc(sizeof(Aggregates))),
      m_getObjectCount(0)
{
    m_aggregates->n = 1;
    m_aggregates->buffer[0] = this;
}
 
void
Object::Construct(const AttributeConstructionList& attributes)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << &attributes);
    ConstructSelf(attributes);
}
 
Ptr<Object>
Object::DoGetObject(TypeId tid) const
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << tid);
    NS_ASSERT(CheckLoose());
 
    // First check if the object is in the normal aggregates.
    uint32_t n = m_aggregates->n;
    TypeId objectTid = Object::GetTypeId();
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        Object* current = m_aggregates->buffer[i];
        TypeId cur = current->GetInstanceTypeId();
        while (cur != tid && cur != objectTid)
        {
            cur = cur.GetParent();
        }
        if (cur == tid)
        {
            // This is an attempt to 'cache' the result of this lookup.
            // the idea is that if we perform a lookup for a TypeId on this object,
            // we are likely to perform the same lookup later so, we make sure
            // that the aggregate array is sorted by the number of accesses
            // to each object.
 
            // first, increment the access count
            current->m_getObjectCount++;
            // then, update the sort
            UpdateSortedArray(m_aggregates, i);
            // finally, return the match
            return const_cast<Object*>(current);
        }
    }
 
    // Next check if it's a unidirectional aggregate
    for (auto& uniItem : m_unidirectionalAggregates)
    {
        TypeId cur = uniItem->GetInstanceTypeId();
        while (cur != tid && cur != objectTid)
        {
            cur = cur.GetParent();
        }
        if (cur == tid)
        {
            return uniItem;
        }
    }
    return nullptr;
}
 
void
Object::Initialize()
{
    /**
     * Note: the code here is a bit tricky because we need to protect ourselves from
     * modifications in the aggregate array while DoInitialize is called. The user's
     * implementation of the DoInitialize method could call GetObject (which could
     * reorder the array) and it could call AggregateObject which would add an
     * object at the end of the array. To be safe, we restart iteration over the
     * array whenever we call some user code, just in case.
     */
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
restart:
    uint32_t n = m_aggregates->n;
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        Object* current = m_aggregates->buffer[i];
        if (!current->m_initialized)
        {
            current->DoInitialize();
            current->m_initialized = true;
            goto restart;
        }
    }
 
    // note: no need to restart because unidirectionally aggregated objects
    // can not change the status of the actual object.
    for (auto& uniItem : m_unidirectionalAggregates)
    {
        if (!uniItem->m_initialized)
        {
            uniItem->DoInitialize();
            uniItem->m_initialized = true;
        }
    }
}
 
bool
Object::IsInitialized() const
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    return m_initialized;
}
 
void
Object::Dispose()
{
    /**
     * Note: the code here is a bit tricky because we need to protect ourselves from
     * modifications in the aggregate array while DoDispose is called. The user's
     * DoDispose implementation could call GetObject (which could reorder the array)
     * and it could call AggregateObject which would add an object at the end of the array.
     * So, to be safe, we restart the iteration over the array whenever we call some
     * user code.
     */
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
restart:
    uint32_t n = m_aggregates->n;
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        Object* current = m_aggregates->buffer[i];
        if (!current->m_disposed)
        {
            current->DoDispose();
            current->m_disposed = true;
            goto restart;
        }
    }
 
    // note: no need to restart because unidirectionally aggregated objects
    // can not change the status of the actual object.
    for (auto& uniItem : m_unidirectionalAggregates)
    {
        if (!uniItem->m_disposed && uniItem->GetReferenceCount() == 1)
        {
            uniItem->DoDispose();
            uniItem->m_disposed = true;
        }
    }
}
 
void
Object::UpdateSortedArray(Aggregates* aggregates, uint32_t j) const
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << aggregates << j);
    while (j > 0 &&
           aggregates->buffer[j]->m_getObjectCount > aggregates->buffer[j - 1]->m_getObjectCount)
    {
        Object* tmp = aggregates->buffer[j - 1];
        aggregates->buffer[j - 1] = aggregates->buffer[j];
        aggregates->buffer[j] = tmp;
        j--;
    }
}
 
void
Object::AggregateObject(Ptr<Object> o)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << o);
    NS_ASSERT(!m_disposed);
    NS_ASSERT(!o->m_disposed);
    NS_ASSERT(CheckLoose());
    NS_ASSERT(o->CheckLoose());
 
    Object* other = PeekPointer(o);
    // first create the new aggregate buffer.
    uint32_t total = m_aggregates->n + other->m_aggregates->n;
    auto aggregates = (Aggregates*)std::malloc(sizeof(Aggregates) + (total - 1) * sizeof(Object*));
    aggregates->n = total;
 
    // copy our buffer to the new buffer
    std::memcpy(&aggregates->buffer[0],
                &m_aggregates->buffer[0],
                m_aggregates->n * sizeof(Object*));
 
    // append the other buffer into the new buffer too
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < other->m_aggregates->n; i++)
    {
        aggregates->buffer[m_aggregates->n + i] = other->m_aggregates->buffer[i];
        const TypeId typeId = other->m_aggregates->buffer[i]->GetInstanceTypeId();
        // note: DoGetObject scans also the unidirectional aggregates
        if (DoGetObject(typeId))
        {
            NS_FATAL_ERROR("Object::AggregateObject(): "
                           "Multiple aggregation of objects of type "
                           << other->GetInstanceTypeId() << " on objects of type "
                           << GetInstanceTypeId());
        }
        UpdateSortedArray(aggregates, m_aggregates->n + i);
    }
 
    // keep track of the old aggregate buffers for the iteration
    // of NotifyNewAggregates
    Aggregates* a = m_aggregates;
    Aggregates* b = other->m_aggregates;
 
    // Then, assign the new aggregation buffer to every object
    uint32_t n = aggregates->n;
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        Object* current = aggregates->buffer[i];
        current->m_aggregates = aggregates;
    }
 
    // Finally, call NotifyNewAggregate on all the objects aggregates together.
    // We purposely use the old aggregate buffers to iterate over the objects
    // because this allows us to assume that they will not change from under
    // our feet, even if our users call AggregateObject from within their
    // NotifyNewAggregate method.
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < a->n; i++)
    {
        Object* current = a->buffer[i];
        current->NotifyNewAggregate();
    }
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < b->n; i++)
    {
        Object* current = b->buffer[i];
        current->NotifyNewAggregate();
    }
 
    // Now that we are done with them, we can free our old aggregate buffers
    std::free(a);
    std::free(b);
}
 
void
Object::UnidirectionalAggregateObject(Ptr<Object> o)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << o);
    NS_ASSERT(!m_disposed);
    NS_ASSERT(!o->m_disposed);
    NS_ASSERT(CheckLoose());
    NS_ASSERT(o->CheckLoose());
 
    Object* other = PeekPointer(o);
 
    const TypeId typeId = other->GetInstanceTypeId();
    // note: DoGetObject scans also the unidirectional aggregates
    if (DoGetObject(typeId))
    {
        NS_FATAL_ERROR("Object::UnidirectionalAggregateObject(): "
                       "Multiple aggregation of objects of type "
                       << other->GetInstanceTypeId() << " on objects of type "
                       << GetInstanceTypeId());
    }
 
    m_unidirectionalAggregates.emplace_back(other);
 
    // Finally, call NotifyNewAggregate on all the objects aggregates by this object.
    // We skip the aggregated Object and its aggregates because they are not
    // mutually aggregated to the others.
    // Unfortunately, we have to make a copy of the aggregated objects, because
    // NotifyNewAggregate might change it...
 
    std::list<Object*> aggregates;
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < m_aggregates->n; i++)
    {
        aggregates.emplace_back(m_aggregates->buffer[i]);
    }
    for (auto& item : aggregates)
    {
        item->NotifyNewAggregate();
    }
}
 
/*
 * This function must be implemented in the stack that needs to notify
 * other stacks connected to the node of their presence in the node.
 */
void
Object::NotifyNewAggregate()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
}
 
Object::AggregateIterator
Object::GetAggregateIterator() const
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    return AggregateIterator(this);
}
 
void
Object::SetTypeId(TypeId tid)
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this << tid);
    NS_ASSERT(Check());
    m_tid = tid;
}
 
void
Object::DoDispose()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    NS_ASSERT(!m_disposed);
}
 
void
Object::DoInitialize()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    NS_ASSERT(!m_initialized);
}
 
bool
Object::Check() const
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    return (GetReferenceCount() > 0);
}
 
/* In some cases, when an event is scheduled against a subclass of
 * Object, and if no one owns a reference directly to this object, the
 * object is alive, has a refcount of zero and the method ran when the
 * event expires runs against the raw pointer which means that we are
 * manipulating an object with a refcount of zero.  So, instead we
 * check the aggregate reference count.
 */
bool
Object::CheckLoose() const
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    bool nonZeroRefCount = false;
    uint32_t n = m_aggregates->n;
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        Object* current = m_aggregates->buffer[i];
        if (current->GetReferenceCount())
        {
            nonZeroRefCount = true;
            break;
        }
    }
    return nonZeroRefCount;
}
 
void
Object::DoDelete()
{
    // check if we really need to die
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < m_aggregates->n; i++)
    {
        Object* current = m_aggregates->buffer[i];
        if (current->GetReferenceCount() > 0)
        {
            return;
        }
    }
 
    // Now, we know that we are alone to use this aggregate so,
    // we can dispose and delete everything safely.
 
    uint32_t n = m_aggregates->n;
    // Ensure we are disposed.
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        Object* current = m_aggregates->buffer[i];
        if (!current->m_disposed)
        {
            current->DoDispose();
        }
    }
 
    // Now, actually delete all objects
    Aggregates* aggregates = m_aggregates;
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        // There is a trick here: each time we call delete below,
        // the deleted object is removed from the aggregate buffer
        // in the destructor so, the index of the next element to
        // lookup is always zero
        Object* current = aggregates->buffer[0];
        delete current;
    }
}
} // namespace ns3