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#ifndef __ZMQ_ENCODER_HPP_INCLUDED__
#define __ZMQ_ENCODER_HPP_INCLUDED__

#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#ifndef NOMINMAX
#define NOMINMAX
#endif
#endif

#include <stddef.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <algorithm>

#include "err.hpp"
#include "msg.hpp"
#include "i_encoder.hpp"

namespace zmq
{

    //  Helper base class for encoders. It implements the state machine that
    //  fills the outgoing buffer. Derived classes should implement individual
    //  state machine actions.

    template <typename T> class encoder_base_t : public i_encoder
    {
    public:

        inline encoder_base_t (size_t bufsize_) :
            write_pos(0),
            to_write(0),
            next(NULL),
            new_msg_flag(false),
            bufsize (bufsize_),
            in_progress (NULL)
        {
            buf = (unsigned char*) malloc (bufsize_);
            alloc_assert (buf);
        }

        //  The destructor doesn't have to be virtual. It is made virtual
        //  just to keep ICC and code checking tools from complaining.
        inline virtual ~encoder_base_t ()
        {
            free (buf);
        }

        //  The function returns a batch of binary data. The data
        //  are filled to a supplied buffer. If no buffer is supplied (data_
        //  points to NULL) decoder object will provide buffer of its own.
        inline size_t encode (unsigned char **data_, size_t size_)
        {
            unsigned char *buffer = !*data_ ? buf : *data_;
            size_t buffersize = !*data_ ? bufsize : size_;

            if (in_progress == NULL)
                return 0;

            size_t pos = 0;
            while (pos < buffersize) {

                //  If there are no more data to return, run the state machine.
                //  If there are still no data, return what we already have
                //  in the buffer.
                if (!to_write) {
                    if (new_msg_flag) {
                        int rc = in_progress->close ();
                        errno_assert (rc == 0);
                        rc = in_progress->init ();
                        errno_assert (rc == 0);
                        in_progress = NULL;
                        break;
                    }
                    (static_cast <T*> (this)->*next) ();
                }

                //  If there are no data in the buffer yet and we are able to
                //  fill whole buffer in a single go, let's use zero-copy.
                //  There's no disadvantage to it as we cannot stuck multiple
                //  messages into the buffer anyway. Note that subsequent
                //  write(s) are non-blocking, thus each single write writes
                //  at most SO_SNDBUF bytes at once not depending on how large
                //  is the chunk returned from here.
                //  As a consequence, large messages being sent won't block
                //  other engines running in the same I/O thread for excessive
                //  amounts of time.
                if (!pos && !*data_ && to_write >= buffersize) {
                    *data_ = write_pos;
                    pos = to_write;
                    write_pos = NULL;
                    to_write = 0;
                    return pos;
                }

                //  Copy data to the buffer. If the buffer is full, return.
                size_t to_copy = std::min (to_write, buffersize - pos);
                memcpy (buffer + pos, write_pos, to_copy);
                pos += to_copy;
                write_pos += to_copy;
                to_write -= to_copy;
            }

            *data_ = buffer;
            return pos;
        }

        void load_msg (msg_t *msg_)
        {
            zmq_assert (in_progress == NULL);
            in_progress = msg_;
            (static_cast <T*> (this)->*next) ();
        }

    protected:

        //  Prototype of state machine action.
        typedef void (T::*step_t) ();

        //  This function should be called from derived class to write the data
        //  to the buffer and schedule next state machine action.
        inline void next_step (void *write_pos_, size_t to_write_,
            step_t next_, bool new_msg_flag_)
        {
            write_pos = (unsigned char*) write_pos_;
            to_write = to_write_;
            next = next_;
            new_msg_flag = new_msg_flag_;
        }

    private:

        //  Where to get the data to write from.
        unsigned char *write_pos;

        //  How much data to write before next step should be executed.
        size_t to_write;

        //  Next step. If set to NULL, it means that associated data stream
        //  is dead.
        step_t next;

        bool new_msg_flag;

        //  The buffer for encoded data.
        size_t bufsize;
        unsigned char *buf;

        encoder_base_t (const encoder_base_t&);
        void operator = (const encoder_base_t&);

    protected:

        msg_t *in_progress;

    };
}

#endif