/**
* @file send_queue.h
*
- * @brief Send-Queue based on linked_list_t
+ * @brief Interface of send_queue_t.
*
*/
#ifndef SEND_QUEUE_H_
#define SEND_QUEUE_H_
-#include "../types.h"
-#include "../packet.h"
+#include <types.h>
+#include <network/packet.h>
+
+
+typedef struct send_queue_t send_queue_t;
/**
- * @brief Send-Queue
- *
+ * @brief The send queue stores packet for the sender_t instance.
+ *
+ * The sender_t will send them consequently over the wire.
* Although the send-queue is based on a linked_list_t
- * all access functions are thread-save implemented
+ * all access functions are thread-save implemented.
+ *
+ * @b Constructors:
+ * - send_queue_create()
+ *
+ * @ingroup queues
*/
-typedef struct send_queue_s send_queue_t;
-
-struct send_queue_s {
+struct send_queue_t {
/**
* @brief returns number of packets in queue
*
- * @param send_queue_t calling object
- * @param[out] count integer pointer to store the count in
- * @returns number of items in queue
+ * @param send_queue_t calling object
+ * @param[out] count integer pointer to store the count in
+ * @returns number of items in queue
*/
int (*get_count) (send_queue_t *send_queue);
/**
- * @brief get the next packet from the queue
+ * @brief get the next packet from the queue.
*
* If the queue is empty, this function blocks until a packet can be returned.
*
* After using, the returned packet has to get destroyed by the caller.
*
- * @param send_queue_t calling object
- * @param[out] packet pointer to a packet_t pointer where to packet is returned to
- * @returns SUCCESS if succeeded, FAILED otherwise
+ * @param send_queue_t calling object
+ * @return next packet from the queue
*/
- status_t (*get) (send_queue_t *send_queue, packet_t **packet);
+ packet_t *(*get) (send_queue_t *send_queue);
/**
- * @brief adds a packet to the queue
+ * @brief adds a packet to the queue.
*
* This function is non blocking and adds a packet_t to the list.
* The specific packet object has to get destroyed by the thread which
* removes the packet.
*
- * @param send_queue_t calling object
- * @param[in] packet packet_t to add to the queue (packet is not copied)
- * @returns SUCCESS if succeeded, FAILED otherwise
+ * @param send_queue_t calling object
+ * @param packet packet_t to add to the queue (packet is not copied)
*/
- status_t (*add) (send_queue_t *send_queue, packet_t *packet);
+ void (*add) (send_queue_t *send_queue, packet_t *packet);
/**
- * @brief destroys a send_queue object
+ * @brief destroys a send_queue object.
*
* @warning The caller of this function has to make sure
* that no thread is going to add or get a packet from the send_queue
* after calling this function.
*
- * @param send_queue_t calling object
- * @returns SUCCESS if succeeded, FAILED otherwise
+ * @param send_queue_t calling object
*/
- status_t (*destroy) (send_queue_t *send_queue);
+ void (*destroy) (send_queue_t *send_queue);
};
/**
- * @brief Creates an empty send_queue_t
+ * @brief Creates an empty send_queue_t.
*
- * @return send_queue_t empty send_queue_t
+ * @return send_queue_t object
+ *
+ * @ingroup queues
*/
send_queue_t *send_queue_create();