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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Jérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef LTTNG_TRACE_CLASS_H
+#define LTTNG_TRACE_CLASS_H
+
+#include <common/uuid.hpp>
+
+namespace lttng {
+namespace sessiond {
+namespace trace {
+
+class clock_class;
+class stream_class;
+class event_class;
+class trace_class_visitor;
+
+enum class byte_order {
+ BIG_ENDIAN_,
+ LITTLE_ENDIAN_,
+};
+
+struct abi {
+ unsigned int bits_per_long;
+ unsigned int long_alignment;
+ unsigned int uint8_t_alignment;
+ unsigned int uint16_t_alignment;
+ unsigned int uint32_t_alignment;
+ unsigned int uint64_t_alignment;
+ enum byte_order byte_order;
+};
+
+template <class ValueType>
+class environment_field {
+public:
+ environment_field(const char *in_name, const ValueType& in_value) :
+ name(in_name), value(in_value)
+ {
+ }
+
+ const char * const name;
+ const ValueType& value;
+};
+
+class trace_class {
+public:
+ /*
+ * Derived classes must implement the _accept_on_*()
+ * to continue the traversal to the trace class' children.
+ */
+ virtual void accept(trace_class_visitor& trace_class_visitor) const;
+
+ virtual ~trace_class() = default;
+
+ const struct abi abi;
+ const lttng_uuid uuid;
+
+protected:
+ trace_class(const struct abi& abi, const lttng_uuid& trace_uuid);
+ virtual void _accept_on_clock_classes(trace_class_visitor& trace_class_visitor) const = 0;
+ virtual void _visit_environment(trace_class_visitor& trace_class_visitor) const = 0;
+ virtual void _accept_on_stream_classes(trace_class_visitor& trace_class_visitor) const = 0;
+};
+
+class trace_class_visitor {
+public:
+ using cuptr = std::unique_ptr<trace_class_visitor>;
+
+ virtual ~trace_class_visitor() = default;
+
+ /* trace class visitor interface. */
+ virtual void visit(const lttng::sessiond::trace::trace_class& trace_class) = 0;
+
+ /* clock class visitor interface. */
+ virtual void visit(const lttng::sessiond::trace::clock_class& clock_class) = 0;
+
+ /* environment visitor interface. */
+ virtual void environment_begin() = 0;
+ virtual void visit(const environment_field<int64_t>& field) = 0;
+ virtual void visit(const environment_field<const char *>& field) = 0;
+ void visit(const environment_field<std::string>& field);
+ virtual void environment_end() = 0;
+
+ /* stream class visitor interface. */
+ virtual void visit(const lttng::sessiond::trace::stream_class& stream_class) = 0;
+
+ /* event class visitor interface. */
+ virtual void visit(const lttng::sessiond::trace::event_class& event_class) = 0;
+};
+
+} /* namespace trace */
+} /* namespace sessiond */
+} /* namespace lttng */
+
+#endif /* LTTNG_TRACE_CLASS_H */