adj_delegate.h

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/**
 * A Delagate is a means to implement the Delagation design pattern;
 * the extension of an object's functionality through the composition of,
 * and delgation to, other objects.
 * These 'other' objects are delegates. Delagates are thus attached to
 * ADJ objects to extend their functionality.
 */
 
#ifndef __ADJ_DELEGATE_T__
#define __ADJ_DELEGATE_T__
 
#include <vnet/adj/adj.h>
 
/**
 * Built-in delegate types.
 * When adding new types, if your code is within the vnet subsystem, then add a
 * new  type here. If not then use the adj_delegate_register_new_type API to
 * register a new type.
 */
typedef enum adj_delegate_type_t_ {
    /**
     * BFD session state
     */
    ADJ_DELEGATE_BFD,
    /**
     * Stacking of a midchain's nexthop
     */
    ADJ_DELEGATE_MIDCHAIN,
} adj_delegate_type_t;
 
#define ADJ_DELEGATE_LAST (ADJ_DELEGATE_MIDCHAIN)
 
/**
 * Adj delegate. This object is attached to the adjacency.
 */
typedef struct adj_delegate_t_
{
    /**
     * The ADJ entry object to which the delagate is attached
     */
    adj_index_t ad_adj_index;
 
    /**
     * The delagate type
     */
    adj_delegate_type_t ad_type;
 
    /**
     * The index passed by the provider to identify its delegate instance.
     * As with all things VPP this is a pool index.
     */
    index_t ad_index;
} adj_delegate_t;
 
/**
 * Indication that the adjacency has been deleted. The delegate provider should free
 * the delegate.
 */
typedef void (*adj_delegate_adj_deleted_t)(adj_delegate_t *aed);
 
/**
 * Format function for the delegate
 */
typedef u8 * (*adj_delegate_format_t)(const adj_delegate_t *aed, u8 *s);
 
/**
 * Notification that an adjacency has been created
 */
typedef void (*adj_delegate_adj_created_t)(adj_index_t ai);
 
/**
 * Indication that the adjacency has been modified.
 * the delegate.
 */
typedef void (*adj_delegate_adj_modified_t)(adj_delegate_t *aed);
 
/**
 * An ADJ delegate virtual function table
 */
typedef struct adj_delegate_vft_t_ {
    adj_delegate_format_t adv_format;
    adj_delegate_adj_deleted_t adv_adj_deleted;
    adj_delegate_adj_modified_t adv_adj_modified;
    adj_delegate_adj_created_t adv_adj_created;
} adj_delegate_vft_t;
 
/**
 * @brief Remove a delegate from an adjacency
 *
 * @param ai The adjacency to remove the delegate from
 * @param type The type of delegate being removed
 */
extern void adj_delegate_remove(adj_index_t ai,
                                adj_delegate_type_t type);
 
/**
 * @brief Add a delegate to an adjacency
 *
 * @param ai The adjacency to add the delegate to
 * @param type The type of delegate being added
 * @param adi The provider's [pool] index of its attached objet
 */
extern int adj_delegate_add(ip_adjacency_t *adj,
                            adj_delegate_type_t fdt,
                            index_t adi);
 
/**
 * @brief Get a delegate from an adjacency
 *
 * @param ai The adjacency to get the delegate from
 * @param type The type of delegate being sought
 */
extern adj_delegate_t *adj_delegate_get(const ip_adjacency_t *adj,
                                        adj_delegate_type_t type);
 
/**
 * @brief Register a VFT for one of the built-in types
 */
extern void adj_delegate_register_type(adj_delegate_type_t type,
                                       const adj_delegate_vft_t *vft);
 
/**
 * @brief create a new delegate type and register a new VFT
 */
extern adj_delegate_type_t adj_delegate_register_new_type(
    const adj_delegate_vft_t *vft);
 
#endif