genode/base/include/parent/parent.h

/*
 * \brief  Parent interface
 * \author Norman Feske
 * \date   2006-05-10
 */

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Genode Labs GmbH
 *
 * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
 */

#ifndef _INCLUDE__PARENT__PARENT_H_
#define _INCLUDE__PARENT__PARENT_H_

#include <base/exception.h>
#include <base/rpc.h>
#include <base/rpc_args.h>
#include <base/thread.h>
#include <session/capability.h>
#include <root/capability.h>

namespace Genode {

	class Parent
	{
		private:

			/**
			 * Recursively announce inherited service interfaces
			 *
			 * At compile time, the 'ROOT' type is inspected for the presence
			 * of the 'Rpc_inherited_interface' type in the corresponding
			 * session interface. If present, the session type gets announced.
			 * This works recursively.
			 */
			template <typename ROOT>
			void _announce_base(Capability<ROOT> const &, Meta::Bool_to_type<false> *) { }

			/*
			 * This overload gets selected if the ROOT interface corresponds to
			 * an inherited session type.
			 */
			template <typename ROOT>
			inline void _announce_base(Capability<ROOT> const &, Meta::Bool_to_type<true> *);

		public:

			/*********************
			 ** Exception types **
			 *********************/

			class Exception      : public ::Genode::Exception { };
			class Service_denied : public Exception { };
			class Quota_exceeded : public Exception { };
			class Unavailable    : public Exception { };

			typedef Rpc_in_buffer<64>  Service_name;
			typedef Rpc_in_buffer<160> Session_args;
			typedef Rpc_in_buffer<160> Upgrade_args;


			virtual ~Parent() { }

			/**
			 * Tell parent to exit the program
			 */
			virtual void exit(int exit_value) = 0;

			/**
			 * Announce service to the parent
			 */
			virtual void announce(Service_name const &service_name,
			                      Root_capability service_root) = 0;


			/**
			 * Announce service to the parent
			 *
			 * \param service_root  root capability
			 *
			 * The type of the specified 'service_root' capability match with
			 * an interface that provides a 'Session_type' type (i.e., a
			 * 'Typed_root' interface). This 'Session_type' is expected to
			 * host a static function called 'service_name' returning the
			 * name of the provided interface as null-terminated string.
			 */
			template <typename ROOT_INTERFACE>
			void announce(Capability<ROOT_INTERFACE> const &service_root)
			{
				typedef typename ROOT_INTERFACE::Session_type Session;
				announce(Session::service_name(), service_root);

				/*
				 * Announce inherited session types
				 *
				 * Select the overload based on the presence of the type
				 * 'Rpc_inherited_interface' within the session type.
				 */
				_announce_base(service_root,
				               (Meta::Bool_to_type<Rpc_interface_is_inherited<Session>::VALUE> *)0);
			}

			/**
			 * Create session to a service
			 *
			 * \param service_name     name of the requested interface
			 * \param args             session constructor arguments
			 *
			 * \throw Service_denied   parent denies session request
			 * \throw Quota_exceeded   our own quota does not suffice for
			 *                         the creation of the new session
			 * \throw Unavailable
			 *
			 * \return                 untyped capability to new session
			 *
			 * The use of this function is discouraged. Please use the type safe
			 * 'session()' template instead.
			 */
			virtual Session_capability session(Service_name const &service_name,
			                                   Session_args const &args) = 0;

			/**
			 * Create session to a service
			 *
			 * \param SESSION_TYPE  session interface type
			 * \param args          session constructor arguments
			 *
			 * \throw Service_denied   parent denies session request
			 * \throw Quota_exceeded   our own quota does not suffice for
			 *                         the creation of the new session
			 * \throw Unavailable
			 *
			 * \return                 capability to new session
			 */
			template <typename SESSION_TYPE>
			Capability<SESSION_TYPE> session(Session_args const &args)
			{
				Session_capability cap = session(SESSION_TYPE::service_name(), args);
				return reinterpret_cap_cast<SESSION_TYPE>(cap);
			}

			/**
			 * Transfer our quota to the server that provides the specified session
			 *
			 * \param to_session recipient session
			 * \param args       description of the amount of quota to transfer
			 *
			 * \throw Quota_exceeded  quota could not be transferred
			 *
			 * The 'args' argument has the same principle format as the 'args'
			 * argument of the 'session' function.
			 * The error case indicates that there is not enough unused quota on
			 * the source side.
			 */
			virtual void upgrade(Session_capability to_session,
			                     Upgrade_args const &args) = 0;

			/**
			 * Close session
			 */
			virtual void close(Session_capability session) = 0;

			/**
			 * Provide thread_cap of main thread
			 */
			virtual Thread_capability main_thread_cap() const = 0;

			/*********************
			 ** RPC declaration **
			 *********************/

			GENODE_RPC(Rpc_exit, void, exit, int);
			GENODE_RPC(Rpc_announce, void, announce,
			           Service_name const &, Root_capability);
			GENODE_RPC_THROW(Rpc_session, Session_capability, session,
			                 GENODE_TYPE_LIST(Service_denied, Quota_exceeded, Unavailable),
			                 Service_name const &, Session_args const &);
			GENODE_RPC_THROW(Rpc_upgrade, void, upgrade,
			                 GENODE_TYPE_LIST(Quota_exceeded),
			                 Session_capability, Upgrade_args const &);
			GENODE_RPC(Rpc_close, void, close, Session_capability);
			GENODE_RPC(Rpc_main_thread, Thread_capability, main_thread_cap);

			GENODE_RPC_INTERFACE(Rpc_exit, Rpc_announce, Rpc_session, Rpc_upgrade,
			                     Rpc_close, Rpc_main_thread);
	};
}


template <typename ROOT_INTERFACE>
void
Genode::Parent::_announce_base(Genode::Capability<ROOT_INTERFACE> const &service_root,
                               Genode::Meta::Bool_to_type<true> *)
{
	/* shortcut for inherited session type */
	typedef typename ROOT_INTERFACE::Session_type::Rpc_inherited_interface
	        Session_type_inherited;

	/* shortcut for root interface type matching the inherited session type */
	typedef Typed_root<Session_type_inherited> Root_inherited;

	/* convert root capability to match the inherited session type */
	Capability<Root>           root           = service_root;
	Capability<Root_inherited> root_inherited = static_cap_cast<Root_inherited>(root);

	/* announce inherited service type */
	announce(Session_type_inherited::service_name(), root_inherited);

	/* recursively announce further inherited session types */
	_announce_base(root_inherited,
	               (Meta::Bool_to_type<Rpc_interface_is_inherited<Session_type_inherited>::VALUE> *)0);
}


#endif /* _INCLUDE__PARENT__PARENT_H_ */