1 #ifndef MACHINE_UID_CLASS
2 #define MACHINE_UID_CLASS
4 /*****************************************************************************\
7 * Author : Chris Koeritz *
11 * This object identifies a machine uniquely within a particular network *
12 * configuration. It is not world-unique, since some location names are not *
13 * either. For example, a TCP/IP address like 10.2.13.9 might be used many *
14 * times around the world, since it is reserved for private networks. But *
15 * within one valid network configuration, there should not be more than one *
16 * of these addresses. If there are, then be aware that multiple machines *
17 * might answer to a particular address and invalidate some assumptions of *
19 * The machine_uid is most useful when a program wishes to ensure that it *
20 * treats a machine only once when it is performing some form of processing *
21 * for that address. For example, the id could be contained within a 'set' *
22 * to ensure that a message is only sent once to each machine of interest. *
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33 #include <basis/astring.h>
34 #include <basis/byte_array.h>
35 #include <basis/contracts.h>
40 class internal_machine_uid_array;
42 class machine_uid : public virtual basis::packable
45 enum known_location_types {
46 INVALID_LOCATION, // this id has not been initialized.
47 TCPIP_LOCATION, // a location on the internet.
48 IPX_LOCATION, // a host on an IPX/SPX network.
49 NETBIOS_LOCATION // a machine reachable by SMB protocol.
51 static const basis::astring &type_name(known_location_types type);
52 // returns the text form for the "type" specified.
54 machine_uid(); // constructs an invalid id.
56 machine_uid(known_location_types type, const basis::byte_array &address);
57 // sets up an id for the "type" specified given the serialized "address".
58 // the format used here is that bytes follow in the natural listing order
59 // for the address "type".
61 machine_uid(const machine_uid &to_copy); // copy constructor.
63 virtual ~machine_uid();
65 known_location_types type() const;
66 // returns the type currently held.
68 bool valid() const { return type() != INVALID_LOCATION; }
69 // returns true if this id seems possibly valid. an id for which this
70 // returns true could still have protocol specific issues that make it
71 // invalid, but as far as this class can tell, it looks okay.
73 machine_uid &operator =(const machine_uid &to_copy);
75 void reset(known_location_types type, const basis::byte_array &address);
76 // reconstructs the machine_uid with new parameters.
78 basis::astring text_form() const;
79 // returns a string that describes the address held here.
81 basis::astring compact_form() const;
82 // returns a non-readable string form of the id that is more efficient.
83 static machine_uid expand(const basis::astring &compacted);
84 // gets the original machine_uid out of the "compacted" form.
86 basis::byte_array native() const;
87 // returns the identifier for the machine in the native format. for
88 // internet1, this is 4 bytes of IP address.
90 // equality means: same protocol type, same key length, and same contents.
91 bool operator == (const machine_uid &to_compare) const;
93 // meets the requirements of packable.
94 virtual int packed_size() const;
95 virtual void pack(basis::byte_array &packed_form) const;
96 virtual bool unpack(basis::byte_array &packed_form);
98 const basis::byte_array &raw() const;
99 // returns the raw internal representation for the machine_uid.
102 basis::byte_array *_contents;
107 class internet_machine_uid : public machine_uid
110 internet_machine_uid(const basis::astring &hostname, const basis::byte_array &ip_address);
111 // constructs a machine uid that almost always uniquely identifies a
112 // machine on the internet. if all ip addresses in a system are unique,
113 // then IMU is always unique. however, if all ip addresses in a system
114 // are not unique, then the IMU can discriminate the hostname as long as
115 // no two hostnames resolve to the same checksum.
120 // this object contains a list of unique machine identifiers. this is
121 // intentionally just an array (and not a set) because some usages of the
122 // list of machine_uids need a notion of ordering (such as for a list of
123 // machines that have touched a packet).
125 class machine_uid_array : public virtual basis::root_object
129 machine_uid_array(const machine_uid_array &to_copy);
130 ~machine_uid_array();
131 DEFINE_CLASS_NAME("machine_uid_array");
133 static const machine_uid_array &blank_array();
135 machine_uid_array &operator =(const machine_uid_array &to_copy);
137 bool operator += (const machine_uid &to_add);
139 basis::astring text_form() const;
141 int elements() const;
145 machine_uid &operator [] (int index);
146 const machine_uid &operator [] (int index) const;
148 bool member(const machine_uid &to_test) const;
149 // returns true if the id "to_test" is a member of the list of machine
150 // ids held here. if the machine_uid's are of different sizes, then a
151 // prefix compare is used. this allows an id without the host
152 // discriminator portion to match the full version.
155 internal_machine_uid_array *_uids; // the underlying machine_uid list.