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RCF - Interprocess Communication for C++

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A server/client IPC framework, using the C++ preprocessor as an IDL compiler.
#include <SF/DataPtr.hpp>

#include <SF/Tools.hpp>

namespace SF {

    DataPtr::DataPtr() :
        ptr_(buffer_),
        length_(RCF_DEFAULT_INIT),
        allocatedLength_(RCF_DEFAULT_INIT),
        whichDeleter_(RCF_DEFAULT_INIT),
        pfn_deleter_(RCF_DEFAULT_INIT)
    {}

    DataPtr::DataPtr(const T *sz) :
        ptr_( const_cast<T*>(sz) ),
        length_( length(sz) ),
        allocatedLength_(length_+1),
        whichDeleter_(0),
        pfn_deleter_(RCF_DEFAULT_INIT)
    {
        // Weak attach
        RCF_ASSERT(ptr_);
    }

    DataPtr::DataPtr(const T *sz, UInt32 length) :
        ptr_( const_cast<T*>(sz) ),
        length_(length),
        allocatedLength_(length_),
        whichDeleter_(RCF_DEFAULT_INIT),
        pfn_deleter_(RCF_DEFAULT_INIT)
    {
        // Weak attach
        RCF_ASSERT(ptr_);
    }

    DataPtr::DataPtr(const DataPtr &rhs) :
        ptr_(rhs.ptr_),
        length_(rhs.length_),
        allocatedLength_(rhs.allocatedLength_),
        whichDeleter_(0),
        pfn_deleter_(RCF_DEFAULT_INIT)
    {
        // Weak copy
    }

    DataPtr &DataPtr::operator=(const DataPtr &rhs)
    {
        // Weak copy
        ptr_ = rhs.ptr_;
        length_ = rhs.length_;
        allocatedLength_ = rhs.allocatedLength_;
        whichDeleter_ = 0;
        pfn_deleter_ = NULL;
        return *this;
    }
   
    DataPtr::~DataPtr()
    {
        RCF_DTOR_BEGIN
            release();
        RCF_DTOR_END
    }

    void DataPtr::assign(const T *sz, UInt32 length)
    {
        allocate(length);
        memmove( get(), sz, length*sizeof(T) );
    }

    void DataPtr::assign(const T *sz)
    {
        assign(sz, length(sz));
    }
   
    void DataPtr::assign(const std::string &s)
    {
        assign(s.c_str(), static_cast<UInt32>(s.length()));
    }

    void DataPtr::release()
    {
        switch (whichDeleter_)
        {
        case 0:
            break;
        case 1:
            delete ptr_; 
            break;
        case 2:
            delete [] ptr_;
            break;
        case 3:
            RCF_ASSERT(pfn_deleter_);
            pfn_deleter_(ptr_);
            break;
        default:
            RCF_ASSERT(0);
        }
        ptr_ = NULL;
        length_ = 0;
        whichDeleter_ = 0;
        pfn_deleter_ = NULL;
    }

    UInt32 DataPtr::allocate(UInt32 length)
    {
        release();
        if (length <= 63)
        {
            ptr_ = buffer_;
            length_ = length;
            ptr_[length_] = 0;
            allocatedLength_ = length_ + 1;
            whichDeleter_ = 0;
            pfn_deleter_ = NULL;
        }
        else
        {
            ptr_ = new T[length + 1];
            allocatedLength_ = length + 1;
            ptr_[length] = 0;
            length_ = length;
            whichDeleter_ = 2;
            pfn_deleter_ = NULL;
        }
        return length;
    }

    void DataPtr::terminatebufferwithzero() const
    {
        if (ptr_ && ptr_[length_] != 0)
        {
            RCF_ASSERT(allocatedLength_ > length_)(allocatedLength_)(length_);
            ptr_[length_] = 0;
        }
    }

    void DataPtr::update_length()
    {
        if (ptr_)
            length_ = length(ptr_);
    }

    DataPtr::T *DataPtr::get() const
    {
        return ptr_;
    }
   
    UInt32 DataPtr::length() const
    {
        return length_;
    }
   
    bool DataPtr::empty() const
    {
        return length_ == 0;
    }
   
    std::string DataPtr::cpp_str() const
    {
        return std::string(static_cast<char *>(ptr_), length_);
    }

    UInt32 DataPtr::length(const T *sz)
    {
        if (sz)
        {
            UInt32 i=0;
            while (sz[i])
                i++;
            return i;
        }
        else
            return 0;
    }

    bool operator<(const DataPtr &lhs, const DataPtr &rhs)
    {
        typedef Byte8 T;
        RCF_ASSERT(lhs.get());
        RCF_ASSERT(rhs.get());
        if (lhs.length() < rhs.length())
            return true;
        else if (lhs.length() > rhs.length())
            return false;
        else {
            RCF_ASSERT(lhs.length() == rhs.length());
            return memcmp(lhs.get(), rhs.get(), lhs.length()*sizeof(T)) < 0;
        }
    }

    bool operator==(const DataPtr &lhs, const DataPtr &rhs)
    {
        typedef Byte8 T;
        RCF_ASSERT(lhs.get());
        RCF_ASSERT(rhs.get());
        return
            lhs.length() == rhs.length() &&
            0 == memcmp(lhs.get(), rhs.get(), lhs.length()*sizeof(T));
    }

    bool operator!=(const DataPtr &lhs, const DataPtr &rhs)
    {
        return ! (lhs == rhs);
    }

} // namespace SF

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