ipc/ipc_channel_reader.h

   1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
   2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
   3 // found in the LICENSE file.
   4
   5 #ifndef IPC_IPC_CHANNEL_READER_H_
   6 #define IPC_IPC_CHANNEL_READER_H_
   7
   8 #include "base/basictypes.h"
   9 #include "ipc/ipc_channel.h"
  10
  11 namespace IPC {
  12 namespace internal {
  13
  14 // This class provides common pipe reading functionality for the
  15 // platform-specific IPC channel implementations.
  16 //
  17 // It does the common input buffer management and message dispatch, while the
  18 // platform-specific parts provide the pipe management through a virtual
  19 // interface implemented on a per-platform basis.
  20 //
  21 // Note that there is no "writer" corresponding to this because the code for
  22 // writing to the channel is much simpler and has very little common
  23 // functionality that would benefit from being factored out. If we add
  24 // something like that in the future, it would be more appropriate to add it
  25 // here (and rename appropriately) rather than writing a different class.
  26 class ChannelReader {
  27  public:
  28   explicit ChannelReader(Listener* listener);
  29   virtual ~ChannelReader();
  30
  31   void set_listener(Listener* listener) { listener_ = listener; }
  32
  33   // Call to process messages received from the IPC connection and dispatch
  34   // them. Returns false on channel error. True indicates that everything
  35   // succeeded, although there may not have been any messages processed.
  36   bool ProcessIncomingMessages();
  37
  38   // Handles asynchronously read data.
  39   //
  40   // Optionally call this after returning READ_PENDING from ReadData to
  41   // indicate that buffer was filled with the given number of bytes of
  42   // data. See ReadData for more.
  43   bool AsyncReadComplete(int bytes_read);
  44
  45   // Returns true if the given message is internal to the IPC implementation,
  46   // like the "hello" message sent on channel set-up.
  47   bool IsInternalMessage(const Message& m) const;
  48
  49   // Returns true if the given message is an Hello message
  50   // sent on channel set-up.
  51   bool IsHelloMessage(const Message& m) const;
  52
  53  protected:
  54   enum ReadState { READ_SUCCEEDED, READ_FAILED, READ_PENDING };
  55
  56   Listener* listener() const { return listener_; }
  57
  58   // Populates the given buffer with data from the pipe.
  59   //
  60   // Returns the state of the read. On READ_SUCCESS, the number of bytes
  61   // read will be placed into |*bytes_read| (which can be less than the
  62   // buffer size). On READ_FAILED, the channel will be closed.
  63   //
  64   // If the return value is READ_PENDING, it means that there was no data
  65   // ready for reading. The implementation is then responsible for either
  66   // calling AsyncReadComplete with the number of bytes read into the
  67   // buffer, or ProcessIncomingMessages to try the read again (depending
  68   // on whether the platform's async I/O is "try again" or "write
  69   // asynchronously into your buffer").
  70   virtual ReadState ReadData(char* buffer, int buffer_len, int* bytes_read) = 0;
  71
  72   // Loads the required file desciptors into the given message. Returns true
  73   // on success. False means a fatal channel error.
  74   //
  75   // This will read from the input_fds_ and read more handles from the FD
  76   // pipe if necessary.
  77   virtual bool WillDispatchInputMessage(Message* msg) = 0;
  78
  79   // Performs post-dispatch checks. Called when all input buffers are empty,
  80   // though there could be more data ready to be read from the OS.
  81   virtual bool DidEmptyInputBuffers() = 0;
  82
  83   // Handles internal messages, like the hello message sent on channel startup.
  84   virtual void HandleInternalMessage(const Message& msg) = 0;
  85
  86  private:
  87   // Takes the given data received from the IPC channel and dispatches any
  88   // fully completed messages.
  89   //
  90   // Returns true on success. False means channel error.
  91   bool DispatchInputData(const char* input_data, int input_data_len);
  92
  93   Listener* listener_;
  94
  95   // We read from the pipe into this buffer. Managed by DispatchInputData, do
  96   // not access directly outside that function.
  97   char input_buf_[Channel::kReadBufferSize];
  98
  99   // Large messages that span multiple pipe buffers, get built-up using
 100   // this buffer.
 101   std::string input_overflow_buf_;
 102
 103   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ChannelReader);
 104 };
 105
 106 }  // namespace internal
 107 }  // namespace IPC
 108
 109 #endif  // IPC_IPC_CHANNEL_READER_H_