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#ifndef __ZMQ_PIPE_HPP_INCLUDED__
#define __ZMQ_PIPE_HPP_INCLUDED__

#include "msg.hpp"
#include "ypipe_base.hpp"
#include "config.hpp"
#include "object.hpp"
#include "stdint.hpp"
#include "array.hpp"
#include "blob.hpp"

namespace zmq
{

    class object_t;
    class pipe_t;

    //  Create a pipepair for bi-directional transfer of messages.
    //  First HWM is for messages passed from first pipe to the second pipe.
    //  Second HWM is for messages passed from second pipe to the first pipe.
    //  Delay specifies how the pipe behaves when the peer terminates. If true
    //  pipe receives all the pending messages before terminating, otherwise it
    //  terminates straight away.
    //  If conflate is true, only the most recently arrived message could be
    //  read (older messages are discarded)
    int pipepair (zmq::object_t *parents_ [2], zmq::pipe_t* pipes_ [2],
        int hwms_ [2], bool conflate_ [2]);

    struct i_pipe_events
    {
        virtual ~i_pipe_events () {}

        virtual void read_activated (zmq::pipe_t *pipe_) = 0;
        virtual void write_activated (zmq::pipe_t *pipe_) = 0;
        virtual void hiccuped (zmq::pipe_t *pipe_) = 0;
        virtual void pipe_terminated (zmq::pipe_t *pipe_) = 0;
    };

    //  Note that pipe can be stored in three different arrays.
    //  The array of inbound pipes (1), the array of outbound pipes (2) and
    //  the generic array of pipes to be deallocated (3).

    class pipe_t :
        public object_t,
        public array_item_t <1>,
        public array_item_t <2>,
        public array_item_t <3>
    {
        //  This allows pipepair to create pipe objects.
        friend int pipepair (zmq::object_t *parents_ [2], zmq::pipe_t* pipes_ [2],
            int hwms_ [2], bool conflate_ [2]);

    public:

        //  Specifies the object to send events to.
        void set_event_sink (i_pipe_events *sink_);

        //  Pipe endpoint can store an routing ID to be used by its clients.
        void set_routing_id (uint32_t routing_id_);
        uint32_t get_routing_id ();

        //  Pipe endpoint can store an opaque ID to be used by its clients.
        void set_identity (const blob_t &identity_);
        blob_t get_identity ();

        blob_t get_credential () const;

        //  Returns true if there is at least one message to read in the pipe.
        bool check_read ();

        //  Reads a message to the underlying pipe.
        bool read (msg_t *msg_);

        //  Checks whether messages can be written to the pipe. If the pipe is
        //  closed or if writing the message would cause high watermark the
        //  function returns false.
        bool check_write ();

        //  Writes a message to the underlying pipe. Returns false if the
        //  message does not pass check_write. If false, the message object
        //  retains ownership of its message buffer.
        bool write (msg_t *msg_);

        //  Remove unfinished parts of the outbound message from the pipe.
        void rollback ();

        //  Flush the messages downstream.
        void flush ();

        //  Temporarily disconnects the inbound message stream and drops
        //  all the messages on the fly. Causes 'hiccuped' event to be generated
        //  in the peer.
        void hiccup ();

        //  Ensure the pipe won't block on receiving pipe_term.
        void set_nodelay ();

        //  Ask pipe to terminate. The termination will happen asynchronously
        //  and user will be notified about actual deallocation by 'terminated'
        //  event. If delay is true, the pending messages will be processed
        //  before actual shutdown.
        void terminate (bool delay_);

        //  Set the high water marks.
        void set_hwms (int inhwm_, int outhwm_);

        //  Set the boost to high water marks, used by inproc sockets so total hwm are sum of connect and bind sockets watermarks
        void set_hwms_boost(int inhwmboost_, int outhwmboost_);

        //  Returns true if HWM is not reached
        bool check_hwm () const;
    private:

        //  Type of the underlying lock-free pipe.
        typedef ypipe_base_t <msg_t> upipe_t;

        //  Command handlers.
        void process_activate_read ();
        void process_activate_write (uint64_t msgs_read_);
        void process_hiccup (void *pipe_);
        void process_pipe_term ();
        void process_pipe_term_ack ();

        //  Handler for delimiter read from the pipe.
        void process_delimiter ();

        //  Constructor is private. Pipe can only be created using
        //  pipepair function.
        pipe_t (object_t *parent_, upipe_t *inpipe_, upipe_t *outpipe_,
            int inhwm_, int outhwm_, bool conflate_);

        //  Pipepair uses this function to let us know about
        //  the peer pipe object.
        void set_peer (pipe_t *pipe_);

        //  Destructor is private. Pipe objects destroy themselves.
        ~pipe_t ();

        //  Underlying pipes for both directions.
        upipe_t *inpipe;
        upipe_t *outpipe;

        //  Can the pipe be read from / written to?
        bool in_active;
        bool out_active;

        //  High watermark for the outbound pipe.
        int hwm;

        //  Low watermark for the inbound pipe.
        int lwm;

        // boosts for high and low watermarks, used with inproc sockets so hwm are sum of send and recv hmws on each side of pipe
        int inhwmboost;
        int outhwmboost;

        //  Number of messages read and written so far.
        uint64_t msgs_read;
        uint64_t msgs_written;

        //  Last received peer's msgs_read. The actual number in the peer
        //  can be higher at the moment.
        uint64_t peers_msgs_read;

        //  The pipe object on the other side of the pipepair.
        pipe_t *peer;

        //  Sink to send events to.
        i_pipe_events *sink;

        //  States of the pipe endpoint:
        //  active: common state before any termination begins,
        //  delimiter_received: delimiter was read from pipe before
        //      term command was received,
        //  waiting_for_delimiter: term command was already received
        //      from the peer but there are still pending messages to read,
        //  term_ack_sent: all pending messages were already read and
        //      all we are waiting for is ack from the peer,
        //  term_req_sent1: 'terminate' was explicitly called by the user,
        //  term_req_sent2: user called 'terminate' and then we've got
        //      term command from the peer as well.
        enum {
            active,
            delimiter_received,
            waiting_for_delimiter,
            term_ack_sent,
            term_req_sent1,
            term_req_sent2
        } state;

        //  If true, we receive all the pending inbound messages before
        //  terminating. If false, we terminate immediately when the peer
        //  asks us to.
        bool delay;

        //  Identity of the writer. Used uniquely by the reader side.
        blob_t identity;

        //  Identity of the writer. Used uniquely by the reader side.
        int routing_id;

        //  Pipe's credential.
        blob_t credential;

        //  Returns true if the message is delimiter; false otherwise.
        static bool is_delimiter (const msg_t &msg_);

        //  Computes appropriate low watermark from the given high watermark.
        static int compute_lwm (int hwm_);

        const bool conflate;

        //  Disable copying.
        pipe_t (const pipe_t&);
        const pipe_t &operator = (const pipe_t&);
    };

}

#endif