src/libcharon/encoding/generator.h

   1 /*
   2  * Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Martin Willi
   3  * Copyright (C) 2005 Jan Hutter
   4  * Hochschule fuer Technik Rapperswil
   5  *
   6  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   7  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
   8  * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
   9  * option) any later version.  See <http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.txt>.
  10  *
  11  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
  12  * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
  13  * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
  14  * for more details.
  15  */
  16
  17 /**
  18  * @defgroup generator generator
  19  * @{ @ingroup encoding
  20  */
  21
  22 #ifndef GENERATOR_H_
  23 #define GENERATOR_H_
  24
  25 typedef struct generator_t generator_t;
  26
  27 #include <library.h>
  28 #include <encoding/payloads/encodings.h>
  29 #include <encoding/payloads/payload.h>
  30
  31 /**
  32  * A generator_t class used to generate IKEv2 payloads.
  33  *
  34  * After creation, multiple payloads can be generated with the generate_payload
  35  * method. The generated bytes are appended. After all payloads are added,
  36  * the write_to_chunk method writes out all generated data since
  37  * the creation of the generator.
  38  * The generater uses a set of encoding rules, which it can get from
  39  * the supplied payload. With this rules, the generater can generate
  40  * the payload and all substructures automatically.
  41  */
  42 struct generator_t {
  43
  44         /**
  45          * Generates a specific payload from given payload object.
  46          *
  47          * Remember: Header and substructures are also handled as payloads.
  48          *
  49          * @param payload               interface payload_t implementing object
  50          */
  51         void (*generate_payload) (generator_t *this,payload_t *payload);
  52
  53         /**
  54          * Writes all generated data of the generator to a chunk.
  55          *
  56          * @param data          chunk to write the data to
  57          */
  58         void (*write_to_chunk) (generator_t *this,chunk_t *data);
  59
  60         /**
  61          * Destroys a generator_t object.
  62          */
  63         void (*destroy) (generator_t *this);
  64 };
  65
  66 /**
  67  * Constructor to create a generator.
  68  *
  69  * @return generator_t object.
  70  */
  71 generator_t *generator_create(void);
  72
  73 #endif /** GENERATOR_H_ @}*/