This class stores a vector of character buffers. More...

#include <BufferVector.h>

Inheritance diagram for madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector:

Public Member Functions
	BufferVector (const KnowledgeUpdateSettings &settings=KnowledgeUpdateSettings(), const std::string &delimiter=".")
	Default constructor. More...

	BufferVector (const std::string &name, KnowledgeBase &knowledge, int size=-1, bool delete_vars=true, const KnowledgeUpdateSettings &settings=KnowledgeUpdateSettings(), const std::string &delimiter=".")
	Constructor. More...

	BufferVector (const std::string &name, Variables &knowledge, int size=-1, bool delete_vars=true, const KnowledgeUpdateSettings &settings=KnowledgeUpdateSettings(), const std::string &delimiter=".")
	Constructor. More...

	BufferVector (const BufferVector &rhs)
	Copy constructor. More...

virtual	~BufferVector ()
	Destructor. More...

virtual BaseContainer *	clone (void) const
	Clones this container. More...

void	copy_to (KnowledgeVector &target) const
	Copies the vector elements to an STL vector of Knowledge Records. More...

void	exchange (BufferVector &other, bool refresh_keys=true, bool delete_keys=true)
	Exchanges the vector at this location with the vector at another location. More...

bool	exists (size_t index) const
	Checks to see if the index has ever been assigned a value. More...

std::string	get_debug_info (void)
	Returns the type of the container along with name and any other useful information. More...

std::string	get_delimiter (void)
	Gets the delimiter for adding and detecting subvariables. More...

std::string	get_name (void) const
	Returns the name of the container. More...

KnowledgeUpdateSettings	get_settings (void)
	Gets the update settings for the container. More...

VariableReference	get_size_ref (void) const
	Returns a reference to the size field of the current name. More...

bool	is_false (void) const
	Determines if the value of the vector is false. More...

bool	is_true (void) const
	Determines if all values in the vector are true. More...

void	modify (void)
	Mark the vector as modified. More...

void	modify (size_t index)
	Mark the value as modified. More...

virtual bool	modify_if_false (BaseContainer &conditional)
	Modifies the container if the argument is false. More...

virtual bool	modify_if_true (BaseContainer &conditional)
	Modifies the container if the argument is true. More...

void	operator= (const BufferVector &rhs)
	Assignment operator. More...

knowledge::KnowledgeRecord	operator[] (size_t index) const
	Retrieves a copy of the record from the map. More...

void	push_back (const unsigned char *value, size_t size)
	Pushes the value to the end of the array after incrementing the array size. More...

int	read_file (size_t index, const std::string &filename)
	Read a file into the index using stored settings. More...

int	read_file (size_t index, const std::string &filename, const KnowledgeUpdateSettings &settings)
	Read a file into the index using temporary settings. More...

void	resize (int size=-1, bool delete_vars=true)
	Resizes the vector. More...

int	set (size_t index, const knowledge::KnowledgeRecord &value)
	Atomically sets the value of an index to a provided record. More...

void	set_delimiter (const std::string &delimiter)
	Sets the delimiter for adding and detecting subvariables. More...

int	set_file (size_t index, const unsigned char *value, size_t size)
	Atomically sets the value of an index to an arbitrary string using stored settings. More...

int	set_file (size_t index, const unsigned char *value, size_t size, const KnowledgeUpdateSettings &settings)
	Atomically sets the value of an index to an arbitrary string using temporary settings. More...

int	set_jpeg (size_t index, const unsigned char *value, size_t size)
	Atomically sets the value of an index to a JPEG image. More...

int	set_jpeg (size_t index, const unsigned char *value, size_t size, const KnowledgeUpdateSettings &settings)
	Atomically sets the value of an index to a JPEG image. More...

void	set_name (const std::string &var_name, KnowledgeBase &knowledge, int size=-1)
	Sets the variable name that this refers to. More...

void	set_name (const std::string &var_name, Variables &knowledge, int size=-1)
	Sets the variable name that this refers to. More...

void	set_name (const std::string &var_name, ThreadSafeContext &knowledge, int size=-1)
	Sets the variable name that this refers to. More...

void	set_quality (size_t index, uint32_t quality, const KnowledgeReferenceSettings &settings=KnowledgeReferenceSettings(false))
	Sets the quality of writing to a certain variable from this entity. More...

void	set_settings (const KnowledgeUpdateSettings &settings)
	Sets the update settings for the container. More...

size_t	size (void) const
	Returns the size of the local vector. More...

knowledge::KnowledgeRecord	to_record (size_t index) const
	Retrieves a copy of the record from the map. More...

void	transfer_to (BufferVector &other)
	Transfers elements from this vector to another. More...

Protected Attributes
MADARA_LOCK_TYPE	mutex_
	guard for access and changes More...

std::string	name_
	Prefix of variable. More...

KnowledgeUpdateSettings	settings_
	Settings for modifications. More...

Private Member Functions
virtual std::string	get_debug_info_ (void)
	Returns the type of the container along with name and any other useful information. More...

virtual bool	is_false_ (void) const
	Polymorphic is false method which can be used to determine if at least one value in the container is false. More...

virtual bool	is_true_ (void) const
	Polymorphic is true method which can be used to determine if all values in the container are true. More...

virtual void	modify_ (void)
	Polymorphic modify method used by collection containers. More...

Private Attributes
ThreadSafeContext *	context_
	Variable context that we are modifying. More...

std::string	delimiter_
	Delimiter for the prefix to subvars. More...

VariableReference	size_
	Reference to the size field of the vector space. More...

std::vector< VariableReference >	vector_
	Values of the array. More...

Detailed Description

This class stores a vector of character buffers.

Definition at line 31 of file BufferVector.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::BufferVector	(	const KnowledgeUpdateSettings &	settings = `KnowledgeUpdateSettings ()`,
		const std::string &	delimiter = `"."`
	)

Default constructor.

Parameters

settings	settings for evaluating the vector
delimiter	the delimiter for variables in the vector

Definition at line 6 of file BufferVector.cpp.

madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::BufferVector	(	const std::string &	name,
		KnowledgeBase &	knowledge,
		int	size = `-1`,
		bool	delete_vars = `true`,
		const KnowledgeUpdateSettings &	settings = `KnowledgeUpdateSettings ()`,
		const std::string &	delimiter = `"."`
	)

Constructor.

Parameters

name	name of the vector in the knowledge base
size	size of the vector
knowledge	the knowledge base that will contain the vector
delete_vars	delete indices outside of the specified range
settings	settings for evaluating the vector
delimiter	the delimiter for variables in the vector

Definition at line 13 of file BufferVector.cpp.

madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::BufferVector	(	const std::string &	name,
		Variables &	knowledge,
		int	size = `-1`,
		bool	delete_vars = `true`,
		const KnowledgeUpdateSettings &	settings = `KnowledgeUpdateSettings ()`,
		const std::string &	delimiter = `"."`
	)

Constructor.

Parameters

name	name of the vector in the knowledge base
size	size of the vector (-1 to check knowledge base for size)
knowledge	the knowledge base that will contain the vector
delete_vars	delete indices outside of the specified range
settings	settings for evaluating the vector
delimiter	the delimiter for variables in the vector

Definition at line 27 of file BufferVector.cpp.

madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::BufferVector ( const BufferVector & rhs )

Copy constructor.

Definition at line 41 of file BufferVector.cpp.

madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::~BufferVector ( )

virtual

Destructor.

Definition at line 51 of file BufferVector.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

BaseContainer * madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::clone ( void ) const

virtual

Clones this container.

Returns: a deep copy of the container that must be managed by the user (i.e., you have to delete the return value)

Implements madara::knowledge::containers::BaseContainer.

Definition at line 116 of file BufferVector.cpp.

void madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::copy_to ( KnowledgeVector & target ) const

Copies the vector elements to an STL vector of Knowledge Records.

Parameters

target record values at this instance

Definition at line 490 of file BufferVector.cpp.

void madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::exchange	(	BufferVector &	other,
		bool	refresh_keys = `true`,
		bool	delete_keys = `true`
	)

Exchanges the vector at this location with the vector at another location.

Parameters

other	the other vector to exchange with
refresh_keys	force a refresh of the keys in both maps to ensure all keys are swapped
delete_keys	delete any unused keys

Definition at line 371 of file BufferVector.cpp.

bool madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::exists ( size_t index ) const

Checks to see if the index has ever been assigned a value.

Parameters

index the index of the variable entry

Returns: true if the record has been set to a value. False if uninitialized

Definition at line 536 of file BufferVector.cpp.

std::string madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::get_debug_info ( void )

Returns the type of the container along with name and any other useful information.

The provided information should be useful for developers wishing to debug container operations, especially as it pertains to pending network operations (i.e., when used in conjunction with modify)

Returns: info in format {container}: {name}{ = value, if appropriate}

Definition at line 70 of file BufferVector.cpp.

std::string madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::get_debug_info_ ( void )

privatevirtual

Returns the type of the container along with name and any other useful information.

The provided information should be useful for developers wishing to debug container operations, especially as it pertains to pending network operations (i.e., when used in conjunction with modify)

Returns: info in format {container}: {name}{ = value, if appropriate}

Implements madara::knowledge::containers::BaseContainer.

Definition at line 110 of file BufferVector.cpp.

std::string madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::get_delimiter ( void )

Gets the delimiter for adding and detecting subvariables.

By default, MADARA uses a '.' delimiter for names like "ai.madara.Var1". Other conventions can include '/' for ROS-like topic directory structures, e.g., ai/madara/Var1.

Returns: the delimiter to use for variable demarcation

Definition at line 365 of file BufferVector.cpp.

std::string madara::knowledge::containers::BaseContainer::get_name ( void ) const

inlineinherited

Returns the name of the container.

Returns: name of the container

Definition at line 5 of file BaseContainer.inl.

madara::knowledge::KnowledgeUpdateSettings madara::knowledge::containers::BaseContainer::get_settings ( void )

inherited

Gets the update settings for the container.

Returns: the current settings

Definition at line 37 of file BaseContainer.cpp.

madara::knowledge::VariableReference madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::get_size_ref ( void ) const

Returns a reference to the size field of the current name.

Returns: reference to the size field

Definition at line 170 of file BufferVector.cpp.

bool madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::is_false ( void ) const

Determines if the value of the vector is false.

Returns: true if at least one value is false

Definition at line 740 of file BufferVector.cpp.

bool madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::is_false_ ( void ) const

privatevirtual

Polymorphic is false method which can be used to determine if at least one value in the container is false.

Implements madara::knowledge::containers::BaseContainer.

Definition at line 753 of file BufferVector.cpp.

bool madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::is_true ( void ) const

Determines if all values in the vector are true.

Returns: true if all values are true

Definition at line 694 of file BufferVector.cpp.

bool madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::is_true_ ( void ) const

privatevirtual

Polymorphic is true method which can be used to determine if all values in the container are true.

Implements madara::knowledge::containers::BaseContainer.

Definition at line 747 of file BufferVector.cpp.

void madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::modify ( void )

Mark the vector as modified.

The vector retains the same values but will resend values as if they had been modified.

Definition at line 57 of file BufferVector.cpp.

void madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::modify ( size_t index )

Mark the value as modified.

The vector element retains its value but will resend its value as if it had been modified.

Parameters

index the index to modify

Definition at line 122 of file BufferVector.cpp.

void madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::modify_ ( void )

privatevirtual

Polymorphic modify method used by collection containers.

This method calls the modify method for this class. We separate the faster version (modify) from this version (modify_) to allow users the opportunity to have a fastery version that does not use polymorphic functions (generally virtual functions are half as efficient as normal function calls)

Implements madara::knowledge::containers::BaseContainer.

Definition at line 104 of file BufferVector.cpp.

bool madara::knowledge::containers::BaseContainer::modify_if_false ( BaseContainer & conditional )

virtualinherited

Modifies the container if the argument is false.

Parameters

conditional the container that must be false to modify

Returns: true if the container was modified

Definition at line 64 of file BaseContainer.cpp.

bool madara::knowledge::containers::BaseContainer::modify_if_true ( BaseContainer & conditional )

virtualinherited

Modifies the container if the argument is true.

Parameters

conditional the container that must be true to modify

Returns: true if the container was modified

Definition at line 44 of file BaseContainer.cpp.

void madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::operator= ( const BufferVector & rhs )

Assignment operator.

Parameters

rhs	value to copy

Definition at line 132 of file BufferVector.cpp.

madara::knowledge::KnowledgeRecord madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::operator[] ( size_t index ) const

Retrieves a copy of the record from the map.

Parameters

index the index of the variable entry

Returns: the value of the entry. Modifications to this will not be reflected in the context. This is a local copy.

Definition at line 513 of file BufferVector.cpp.

void madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::push_back	(	const unsigned char *	value,
		size_t	size
	)

Pushes the value to the end of the array after incrementing the array size.

Parameters

value	the value to place at the end of the array
size	the size of the buffer at value

Definition at line 149 of file BufferVector.cpp.

int madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::read_file	(	size_t	index,
		const std::string &	filename
	)

Read a file into the index using stored settings.

Parameters

filename	file to read
index	index within vector

Definition at line 553 of file BufferVector.cpp.

int madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::read_file	(	size_t	index,
		const std::string &	filename,
		const KnowledgeUpdateSettings &	settings
	)

Read a file into the index using temporary settings.

Parameters

filename	file to read
index	index within vector
settings	settings to use when evaluating/updating

Definition at line 571 of file BufferVector.cpp.

void madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::resize	(	int	size = `-1`,
		bool	delete_vars = `true`
	)

Resizes the vector.

Parameters

size	maximum size of the vector. Can be -1 to check the knowledge base for size information)
delete_vars	delete indices outside of the specified range

Definition at line 193 of file BufferVector.cpp.

int madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::set	(	size_t	index,
		const knowledge::KnowledgeRecord &	value
	)

Atomically sets the value of an index to a provided record.

Parameters

index	index within vector
value	new value of the variable

Returns: 0 if the value was set. -1 if null key

Definition at line 607 of file BufferVector.cpp.

void madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::set_delimiter ( const std::string & delimiter )

Sets the delimiter for adding and detecting subvariables.

By default, MADARA uses a '.' delimiter for names like "ai.madara.Var1". Other conventions can include '/' for ROS-like topic directory structures, e.g., ai/madara/Var1.

Parameters

delimiter the delimiter to use for variable demarcation

Definition at line 349 of file BufferVector.cpp.

int madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::set_file	(	size_t	index,
		const unsigned char *	value,
		size_t	size
	)

Atomically sets the value of an index to an arbitrary string using stored settings.

Parameters

index	index within vector
value	new value of the variable
size	indicates the size of the value buffer

Returns: 0 if the value was set. -1 if null key

Definition at line 590 of file BufferVector.cpp.

int madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::set_file	(	size_t	index,
		const unsigned char *	value,
		size_t	size,
		const KnowledgeUpdateSettings &	settings
	)

Atomically sets the value of an index to an arbitrary string using temporary settings.

Parameters

index	index within vector
value	new value of the variable
size	indicates the size of the value buffer
settings	settings for applying the update

Returns: 0 if the value was set. -1 if null key

Definition at line 624 of file BufferVector.cpp.

int madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::set_jpeg	(	size_t	index,
		const unsigned char *	value,
		size_t	size
	)

Atomically sets the value of an index to a JPEG image.

Parameters

index	index of the variable to set
value	new value of the variable
size	indicates the size of the value buffer

Returns: 0 if the value was set. -1 if null key

Definition at line 643 of file BufferVector.cpp.

int madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::set_jpeg	(	size_t	index,
		const unsigned char *	value,
		size_t	size,
		const KnowledgeUpdateSettings &	settings
	)

Atomically sets the value of an index to a JPEG image.

Parameters

index	index of the variable to set
value	new value of the variable
size	indicates the size of the value buffer
settings	settings for applying the update

Returns: 0 if the value was set. -1 if null key

Definition at line 660 of file BufferVector.cpp.

void madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::set_name	(	const std::string &	var_name,
		KnowledgeBase &	knowledge,
		int	size = `-1`
	)

Sets the variable name that this refers to.

Parameters

var_name	the name of the variable in the knowledge base
knowledge	the knowledge base the variable is housed in
size	size of the vector. -1 to check for size.

Definition at line 289 of file BufferVector.cpp.

void madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::set_name	(	const std::string &	var_name,
		Variables &	knowledge,
		int	size = `-1`
	)

Sets the variable name that this refers to.

Parameters

var_name	the name of the variable in the knowledge base
knowledge	the knowledge base the variable is housed in
size	size of the vector. -1 to check for size.

Definition at line 311 of file BufferVector.cpp.

void madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::set_name	(	const std::string &	var_name,
		ThreadSafeContext &	knowledge,
		int	size = `-1`
	)

Sets the variable name that this refers to.

Parameters

var_name	the name of the variable in the knowledge base
knowledge	the knowledge base the variable is housed in
size	size of the vector. -1 to check for size.

Definition at line 330 of file BufferVector.cpp.

void madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::set_quality	(	size_t	index,
		uint32_t	quality,
		const KnowledgeReferenceSettings &	settings = `KnowledgeReferenceSettings (false)`
	)

Sets the quality of writing to a certain variable from this entity.

Parameters

index	index to set
quality	quality of writing to this location
settings	settings for referring to knowledge variables

Definition at line 678 of file BufferVector.cpp.

void madara::knowledge::containers::BaseContainer::set_settings ( const KnowledgeUpdateSettings & settings )

inherited

Sets the update settings for the container.

Parameters

settings the new settings to use

Definition at line 28 of file BaseContainer.cpp.

size_t madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::size ( void ) const

Returns the size of the local vector.

Call resize() first without arguments to ensure local vector matches data in KnowledgeBase.

Returns: size of the vector

Definition at line 282 of file BufferVector.cpp.

madara::knowledge::KnowledgeRecord madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::to_record ( size_t index ) const

Retrieves a copy of the record from the map.

Same functionality as operator[]. This is provided for convenience to match other containers way of converting to a record.

Parameters

index the index of the variable entry

Returns: the value of the entry. Modifications to this will not be reflected in the context. This is a local copy.

Definition at line 520 of file BufferVector.cpp.

void madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::transfer_to ( BufferVector & other )

Transfers elements from this vector to another.

Parameters

other the other vector to transfer to

Definition at line 462 of file BufferVector.cpp.

Member Data Documentation

ThreadSafeContext* madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::context_

private

Variable context that we are modifying.

Definition at line 380 of file BufferVector.h.

std::string madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::delimiter_

private

Delimiter for the prefix to subvars.

Definition at line 395 of file BufferVector.h.

MADARA_LOCK_TYPE madara::knowledge::containers::BaseContainer::mutex_

mutableprotectedinherited

guard for access and changes

Mutex for local changes

Definition at line 141 of file BaseContainer.h.

std::string madara::knowledge::containers::BaseContainer::name_

protectedinherited

Prefix of variable.

Definition at line 151 of file BaseContainer.h.

KnowledgeUpdateSettings madara::knowledge::containers::BaseContainer::settings_

protectedinherited

Settings for modifications.

Definition at line 156 of file BaseContainer.h.

VariableReference madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::size_

mutableprivate

Reference to the size field of the vector space.

Definition at line 390 of file BufferVector.h.

std::vector<VariableReference> madara::knowledge::containers::BufferVector::vector_

private

Values of the array.

Definition at line 385 of file BufferVector.h.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

include/madara/knowledge/containers/BufferVector.h
include/madara/knowledge/containers/BufferVector.cpp

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