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1// **************************************************************************
2/** @class DimDescriptionService
3
4@brief A DimService which broadcasts descriptions for services and commands
5
6The DimDescriptionService creates a service with the name of the server like
7SERVER/SERVICE_DESC. This is meant in addition to the SERVICE_LIST service
8of each node to contain a description of the service and its arguments.
9
10Assume you have created a service (or command) with the format I:2;F:1
11a valid description string would look like
12
13 Description|int[addr]:Address range (from - to)|val[byte]:Value to be set
14
15Description is a general description of the command or service itself,
16int and val are the names of the arguments (e.g. names of FITS columns),
17addr and byte have the meaning of a unit (e.g. unit of FITS column)
18and the text after the colon is a description of the arguments
19(e.g. comment of a FITS column). The description must not contain a
20line-break character \n.
21
22You can omit either the name, the unit or the comment or any combination of them.
23The descriptions of the individual format strings are separated by a vertical line.
24
25The description should contain as many descriptions as format chunks, e.g.
26
27 - I:1 should contain one description chunks
28 - I:1;F:1 should contain two description chunks
29 - I:2;F:1 should contain two description chunks
30 - I:2;I:1;F:1 should contain three description chunks
31
32*/
33// **************************************************************************
34#include "DimDescriptionService.h"
35
36#include <stdexcept>
37
38#include "dis.hxx"
39
40using namespace std;
41
42DimService *DimDescriptionService::fService = 0;
43int DimDescriptionService::fCount = 0;
44std::string DimDescriptionService::fData = "";
45
46// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
47//
48//! When the constructor is first called, a service with the name
49//! SERVER/SERVICE_DESC is created. The server name SERVER is retrieved
50//! from DimServer::itsName. If DimServer::itsName is empty, the
51//! server name is extracted from the given name as the part before the
52//! first '/'. A string "name=format\n" is added to fData and stored
53//! in fDescription.
54//!
55//! A counter fCount for the number of instantiations is increased.
56//!
57//! @param name
58//! The name of the service or command to be described, e.g. SERVER/COMMAND
59//!
60//! @param desc
61//! A description string. For details see class reference
62//!
63//! @throws
64//! If a server name couldn't be reliably determined a logic_error
65//! exception is thrown; if the given description contains a '\n'
66//! also a logic_error is thrown.
67//
68DimDescriptionService::DimDescriptionService(const std::string &name, const std::string &desc)
69{
70 string server = DimServer::itsName;
71 if (server.empty())
72 {
73 const size_t p = name.find_first_of('/');
74 if (p==string::npos)
75 throw logic_error("Could not determine server name");
76
77 server = name.substr(0, p);
78 }
79
80 if (desc.find_first_of('\n')!=string::npos)
81 throw logic_error("Description for "+name+" contains '\\n'");
82
83 if (!fService)
84 {
85 fService = new DimService((server+"/SERVICE_DESC").c_str(), const_cast<char*>(""));
86 fData =
87 server + "/SERVICE_DESC"
88 "=This service holds a descriptions for services or command "
89 "and there arguments|Description[string]:For a detailed "
90 "explanation of the descriptive string see the class reference "
91 "of DimDescriptionService.\n" +
92 server + "/CLIENT_LIST"
93 "=This is a native Dim service. It contains a list "
94 "of all clients currently connected.\n" +
95 server + "/VERSION_NUMBER"
96 "=This is a native Dim service. It contains the version number "
97 "of Dim in use and can be used to check if a client is connected."
98 "|DimVer[int]:Version*100+Release (e.g. V19r17 = 1917)\n" +
99 server + "/EXIT"
100 "=This is a native Dim service. It allows to exit the program "
101 "remotely. FACT++ programs use the given number as return code."
102 "|Rc[int]:Return code (42 will call exit() directly, 0x4242 will call abort() directly.\n" +
103 server + "/SERVICE_LIST"
104 "=This is a native Dim service. It provides a list of all "
105 "commands and services together with their formats currently "
106 "provided by the server."
107 "|ServiceList[string]:For details see the Dim manual.\n";
108 }
109
110
111 fCount++;
112
113 fDescription = name + '=' + desc;
114
115 if (fData.find(fDescription+'\n')!=std::string::npos)
116 return;
117
118 fData += fDescription + '\n';
119
120 fService->setData(const_cast<char*>(fData.c_str()));
121 fService->updateService();
122}
123
124
125// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
126//
127//! If fDescription is found in fData it is removed from fData.
128//! The counter fCount is decreased and fService deleted if the counter
129//! reached 0.
130//
131DimDescriptionService::~DimDescriptionService()
132{
133 const size_t pos = fData.find(fDescription+'\n');
134 if (pos!=std::string::npos)
135 fData.replace(pos, fDescription.size()+1, "");
136
137 if (--fCount>0)
138 return;
139
140 delete fService;
141 fService=0;
142}
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