strongswan/src/charon/queues/send_queue.h

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/**
* @file send_queue.h
*
* @brief Interface of send_queue_t.
*
*/
/*
* Copyright (C) 2005 Jan Hutter, Martin Willi
* Hochschule fuer Technik Rapperswil
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
* Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
* option) any later version. See <http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.txt>.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
* or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
* for more details.
*/
#ifndef SEND_QUEUE_H_
#define SEND_QUEUE_H_
#include <types.h>
#include <network/packet.h>
typedef struct send_queue_t send_queue_t;
/**
* @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.
*
* @b Constructors:
* - send_queue_create()
*
* @ingroup queues
*/
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
*/
int (*get_count) (send_queue_t *send_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
* @return next packet from the queue
*/
packet_t *(*get) (send_queue_t *send_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 packet packet_t to add to the queue (packet is not copied)
*/
void (*add) (send_queue_t *send_queue, packet_t *packet);
/**
* @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
*/
void (*destroy) (send_queue_t *send_queue);
};
/**
* @brief Creates an empty send_queue_t.
*
* @return send_queue_t object
*
* @ingroup queues
*/
send_queue_t *send_queue_create(void);
#endif /*SEND_QUEUE_H_*/