serval-dna/feature.h
Andrew Bettison 71cbe86566 Switch to feature-driven linking
This introduces a new way of linking Serval executables and dynamic
libraries from static libraries like libservald.a -- called
"feature-driven" linking.

The Makefile now links servald and serval-tests from libservald.a,
rather than from an explicit list of object (.o) files.  Thanks to the
section-based method for registering functions such as HTTP handlers,
CLI commands and MDP handlers, these object files had become
"stand-alone" and hence were no longer included in the link because
there was no unresolved reference that required them to be linked in.

The new "feature.h" provides the DECLARE_FEATURE(name) macro that each
stand-alone source file uses to declare the named feature(s) it
provides.  Each executable can call the USE_FEATURE(name) macro in any
of its explicitly-linked source files to cause the corresponding
object(s) to be included in the link, eg, servald_features.c.

The DEFINE_BINDING() macro has been extended so that every individual
MDP binding is given a feature name based on its port number macro, eg,
"mdp_binding_MDP_PORT_ECHO".

Some features have been factored into their own separate source files so
they can be omitted or included in a build independently of each other:
- the MDP bindings for MDP_PORT_DNALOOKUP, MDP_PORT_ECHO,
  MDP_PORT_TRACE, MDP_PORT_KEYMAPREQUEST, MDP_PORT_RHIZOME_xxx,
  MDP_PORT_PROBE, MDP_PORT_STUN, MDP_PORT_STUNREQ
- the CLI "log" and "echo" commands
- the CLI "rhizome direct" command

The JNI source files are only compiled if the <jni.h> header is present,
otherwise they are omitted from libservald.so.
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/*
Serval DNA features
Copyright (C) 2016 Flinders University
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.
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.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
#ifndef __SERVAL_DNA__FEATURE_H
#define __SERVAL_DNA__FEATURE_H
/* These are macros for assembling an executable out of an explicitly-listed
* subset of "features". A feature is an object file (.o file) that contains
* the entire implementation of the feature, and is optional, ie, can be
* omitted from an executable without breaking the build.
*
* In Serval DNA, features are joined up with their infrastructure using
* linkage sections; see "sections.h" for more details.
*
* For example, a source file can add its own static function to the list of
* all URL path-to-function mappings for the HTTPD server using
* DECLARE_HANDLER() macro defined in "httpd.h". There is no
* explicitly-initialised array that lists all the URL paths; the array is
* constructed implicitly by the linker when it assembles the "httpd" section.
* Simply including the relevant object files in the link brings their
* functions into the array.
*
* Features are also used to add commands to the CLI interface and to add
* port-number handlers to the MDP interface.
*
* In order to build an executable from libservald.a, the executable needs a
* way to specify which optional features it wishes to link in, otherwise they
* will be omitted from the build, and as a result it will offer few or no CLI
* commands, no MDP services, and no HTTP services.
*
* Each source file that implements a feature must contain a DEFINE_FEATURE()
* macro, with the name of the feature as its argument.
*
* Every executable that links against libservald.a must contain a source file
* that invokes the USE_FEATURE() macro once for every defined feature it
* wishes to link in. This is typically done inside the main() function, but
* may be done within any function that is guaranteed to be included in the
* link.
*/
#define DEFINE_FEATURE(name) \
void _serval_feature__ ## name () {} \
#define USE_FEATURE(name) \
do { \
extern void _serval_feature__ ## name (); \
_serval_feature__ ## name (); \
} while (0)
#endif // __SERVAL_DNA__FEATURE_H