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/*
* Copyright (C) 2021 Tobias Brunner
* Copyright (C) 2021 Thomas Egerer
*
* Copyright (C) secunet Security Networks AG
*
* 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.
*/
/**
* @defgroup metadata metadata
* @ingroup libstrongswan
*
* @defgroup metadata_t metadata
* @{ @ingroup metadata
*/
#ifndef METADATA_H_
#define METADATA_H_
#include <utils/utils.h>
typedef struct metadata_t metadata_t;
/**
* Pre-defined metadata type for int values. Note that while the constructor and
* equals() work with integer values/types smaller than int (such values get
* promoted to int when passed via ...), get() does not and expects a pointer to
* an int variable.
*/
#define METADATA_TYPE_INT "int"
/**
* Pre-defined metadata type for uint64_t values. Make sure to pass only
* uint64_t values/variables also to the constructor and equals() (or cast them
* appropriately there).
*/
#define METADATA_TYPE_UINT64 "uint64"
/**
* Metadata object to allow storing arbitrary values in an encapsulated
* object.
*/
struct metadata_t {
/**
* Return the type of the metadata object.
*
* @return string type of the metadata object
*/
const char *(*get_type)(metadata_t *this);
/**
* Clone this metadata object.
*
* @return a cloned instance
*/
metadata_t *(*clone)(metadata_t *this);
/**
* Compare this to another value (or values, depending on the type).
*
* @param ... value(s) (raw, not metadata_t) to compare this to
* @return TRUE if value is equal to metadata value
*/
bool (*equals)(metadata_t *this, ...);
/**
* Retrieve the values via variadic argument(s).
*
* @param ... pointer(s) to obtain metadata value(s)
*/
void (*get)(metadata_t *this, ...);
/**
* Destroy this metadata object.
*/
void (*destroy)(metadata_t *this);
};
/**
* Constructor type for metadata objects.
*
* @param type type of the metadata object, allows using the same
* constructor for different types
* @param args type-specific arguments
* @return metadata object, NULL on failure
*/
typedef metadata_t *(*metadata_create_t)(const char *type, va_list args);
#endif /** METADATA_H_ @}*/