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#ifndef KRESOLVERWORKERBASE_H
#define KRESOLVERWORKERBASE_H

#include "kresolver.h"

// forward declarations
class QString;
template <class T> class QValueList;

namespace KNetwork {

  namespace Internal
  {
    class KResolverThread;
    struct InputData;
  }

/** @internal
 * This class is the base functionality for a resolver worker. That is,
 * the class that does the actual work.
 *
 * In the future, this class might be exposed to allow plug-ins. So, try and 
 * make it binary compatible.
 *
 * Note that hostnames are still encoded in Unicode at this point. It's up to
 * the worker class to decide which encoding to use. In the case of DNS, 
 * an ASCII Compatible Encoding (ACE) must be used. 
 * See @ref KResolver::domainToAscii. 
 *
 * Also specially note that the run method in this class is called in a
 * thread that is not the program's main thread. So do not do anything there
 * that you shouldn't!
 *
 * @class KResolverWorkerBase kresolverworkerbase.h kresolverworkerbase.h
 */
class KResolverWorkerBase
{
public:

  /**
   * Helper class for locking the resolver subsystem. 
   * Similar to QMutexLocker.
   * 
   * @author Luís Pedro Coelho
   * @since 3.4
   */
  class ResolverLocker
  {
  public:
    /** 
     * Constructor. Acquires a lock.
     */
    ResolverLocker(KResolverWorkerBase* parent)
      : parent( parent ) 
    {
      parent->acquireResolver();
    }

    /** 
     * Destructor. Releases the lock.
     */
    ~ResolverLocker() 
    {
      parent->releaseResolver();
    }

    /**
     * Releases the lock and then reacquires it.
     * It may be necessary to call this if the resolving function
     * decides to retry.
     */
    void openClose() 
    {
      parent->releaseResolver();
      parent->acquireResolver();
    }

  private:
    /// @internal
    KResolverWorkerBase* parent;
  };
private:
  // this will be like our d pointer
  KNetwork::Internal::KResolverThread *th;
  const KNetwork::Internal::InputData *input;
  friend class KNetwork::Internal::KResolverThread;
  friend class KNetwork::Internal::KResolverManager;
  friend class KResolverWorkerBase::ResolverLocker;

  int m_finished : 1;
  int m_reserved : 31;		// reserved

public:
  /**
   * Derived classes will put their resolved data in this list, or will
   * leave it empty in case of error.
   *
   * Status and error codes should also be stored in this object (the
   * @ref setError function does that).
   */
  KResolverResults results;

public:
  // default constructor
  KResolverWorkerBase();

  // virtual destructor
  virtual ~KResolverWorkerBase();

  /**
   * This is the hostname to be looked for
   */
  QString nodeName() const;

  /**
   * And this is the service name
   */
  QString serviceName() const;

  /**
   * gets the flags
   */
  int flags() const;

  /**
   * gets the family mask
   */
  int familyMask() const;

  /**
   * gets the socket type
   */
  int socketType() const;

  /**
   * gets the protocol number
   */
  int protocol() const;

  /**
   * gets the protocol name, if applicable
   */
  QCString protocolName() const;

  /**
   * Call this function to indicate that processing
   * has finished. This is useful in the preprocessing
   * stage, to indicate that @ref run doesn't have to be
   * called.
   */
  void finished();

protected:
  // like a QThread
  /**
   * This is the function that should be overriden in derived classes.
   * 
   * Derived classes will do their blocking job in this function and return
   * either success or failure to work (not the lookup). That is, whether the
   * lookup result was a domain found or not, if we got our answer, we should
   * indicate success. The error itself must be set with @ref setError.
   *
   * \b Important: this function gets called in a separate thread!
   * 
   * @return true on success
   */
  virtual bool run() = 0;

  /**
   * This function gets called during pre processing for this class and you must
   * override it.
   *
   * \b Important: this function gets called in the main event thread. And it MUST
   * NOT block.
   *
   * This function can be used for an object to determine if it will be able
   * to resolve the given data or not even before launching into a blocking
   * operation. This function should return true if the object is capable of
   * handling this kind of data; false otherwise. Note that the return value
   * of 'true' means that the object's blocking answer will be considered authoritative.
   *
   * This function MUST NOT queue further requests. Leave that to @ref run.
   *
   * This function is pure virtual; you must override it.
   *
   * @return true on success
   */
  virtual bool preprocess() = 0;

  /**
   * This function gets called during post processing for this class.
   *
   * \b Important: this function gets called in the main event thread. And it MUST
   * NOT block.
   *
   * @returns true on success
   */
  virtual bool postprocess();

  /**
   * Sets the error
   */
  inline void setError(int errorcode, int syserror = 0)
  { results.setError(errorcode, syserror); }

  /**
   * Enqueue the given resolver for post-processing.
   *
   * Use this function to make the manager call for another resolution.
   * This is suitable for workers that do post-processing.
   *
   * The manager will make sure that any requests enqueued by this function
   * are done before calling the postprocessing function, which you should 
   * override.
   *
   * \b Important: do use KResolver's own enqueueing functions (i.e., @ref KResolver::start). 
   * Instead, use this function.
   *
   * @returns true on successful queueing or false if a problem ocurred
   */
  bool enqueue(KResolver* other);

  /**
   * @overload
   */
  bool enqueue(KResolverWorkerBase* worker);

  /**
   * Checks the resolver subsystem status.
   * @returns true if the resolver subsystem changed, false otherwise.
   *          If this function returns true, it might be necessary to
   *          restart the resolution altogether.
   * @since 3.4
   */
  bool checkResolver();

  /**
   * This function has to be called from the resolver workers that require
   * use of the DNS resolver code (i.e., res_* functions, generally in
   * libresolv). It indicates that the function is starting a resolution
   * and that the resolver backend shouldn't change asynchronously.
   *
   * If any pending res_init's are required, they will be performed before 
   * this function returns.
   *
   * @since 3.4
   */
  void acquireResolver();

  /**
   * This function is the counterpart for @ref acquireResolver: the worker
   * thread indicates that it's done with the resolver.
   *
   * @since 3.4
   */
  void releaseResolver();

};

/** @internal
 * This class provides functionality for creating and registering worker classes.
 *
 * @class KResolverWorkerFactoryBase kresolverworkerbase.h kresolverworkerbase.h
 */
class KResolverWorkerFactoryBase
{
public:
  virtual KResolverWorkerBase* create() const = 0;

  /**
   * Wrapper call to register workers
   *
   * It is NOT thread-safe!
   */
  static void registerNewWorker(KResolverWorkerFactoryBase* factory);
};

/** @internal
 * This class provides functionality for creating and registering worker classes.
 *
 * @class KResolverWorkerFactory kresolverworkerbase.h kresolverworkerbase.h
 */
template<class Worker>
class KResolverWorkerFactory: public KResolverWorkerFactoryBase
{
public:
  virtual KResolverWorkerBase* create() const
  { return new Worker; }
};

}				// namespace KNetwork

#endif