kdelibs/dnssd/servicebase.h

/* This file is part of the KDE project
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2004 Jakub Stachowski <qbast@go2.pl>
 *
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#ifndef DNSSDSERVICEBASE_H
#define DNSSDSERVICEBASE_H

#include <QtCore/QMap>
#include <QtCore/QString>
#include <ksharedptr.h>
#include <dnssd/kdnssd_export.h>

namespace DNSSD
{
class ServiceBasePrivate;

/**
 * @class ServiceBase servicebase.h DNSSD/ServiceBase
 * @short Describes a service
 *
 * This class is used to describe a service. The service
 * can be published by the current application (in which
 * case it is probably a PublicService) or by
 * another application, either on the current machine or
 * a remote machine, in which case it is probably a
 * RemoteService returned by ServiceBrowser.
 *
 * You should not normally need to create a ServiceBase
 * object yourself.
 *
 * @author Jakub Stachowski
 *
 * @see PublicService
 */
class KDNSSD_EXPORT ServiceBase : public QSharedData //krazy:exclude=dpointer (protected)
{
public:
	typedef KSharedPtr<ServiceBase> Ptr;

	/**
	 * Creates a ServiceBase object
	 *
	 * Note that @p name, @p type and @p domain uniquely identify
	 * the service in the DNS-SD system, and @p host and @p port
	 * provide the actual location of the service.
	 *
	 * For example, RemoteService populates @p host and @p port
	 * based on the @p name, @p type and @p domain attributes
	 * using the DNS-SD resolution system.
	 *
	 * @param name   service name
	 * @param type   service type
	 * @param domain the DNS-SD domain name for service
	 * @param host   the host name of the service (a fully-qualified domain name)
	 * @param port   the port number of the service
	 */
	explicit ServiceBase(const QString& name = QString(),
	                     const QString& type = QString(),
	                     const QString& domain = QString(),
	                     const QString& host = QString(),
	                     unsigned short port = 0);

	virtual  ~ServiceBase();

	/**
	 * The name of the service
	 */
	QString serviceName() const;

	/**
	 * The type of the service
	 *
	 * This is always in the format _sometype._udp or _sometype._tcp.
	 *
	 * See the <a href="http://www.dns-sd.org">DNS-SD website</a> for
	 * <a href="http://www.dns-sd.org/ServiceTypes.html">a full list of service types</a>.
	 */
	QString type() const;

	/**
	 * The domain that the service belongs to
	 *
	 * It is "local." for link-local services.
	 */
	QString domain() const;

	/**
	 * The hostname of the service
	 *
	 * Only valid for local and resolved remote services.
	 *
	 * Together with port(), this can be used to actually
	 * access the service.
	 *
	 * @see RemoteService::resolve() and RemoteService::resolveAsync()
	 */
	QString hostName() const;

	/**
	 * The port number of the service
	 *
	 * Only valid for local and resolved remote services.
	 *
	 * Together with hostName(), this can be used to actually
	 * access the service.
	 *
	 * @see RemoteService::resolve() and RemoteService::resolveAsync()
	 */
	unsigned short port() const;

	/**
	 * Additional text data associated with the service
	 *
	 * Only valid for local and resolved remote services.
	 *
	 * This is data that provides additional information about the
	 * service.  For example, it might be used to specify a printer
	 * queue on the printer server specified by hostName() and port().
	 *
	 * You can check for the data that might be associated with a
	 * particular service on the <a
	 * href="http://www.dns-sd.org/ServiceTypes.html">service types list</a>.
	 * If a @c key=value pair is given, this will appear with the @c value
	 * in a QByteArray indexed by the @c key.  If the data is on its own
	 * (does not have an @c = in it), it will be used to index an empty
	 * QByteArray, and can be checked for with QMap::contains().
	 *
	 * For example, if you are accessing the _ipp._tcp service, you might
	 * do something like
	 * @code
	 * QString printerModel = "unknown";
	 * if (service->textData().contains("ty")) {
	 *     printQueue = QString::fromUtf8(service->textData()["ty"].constData());
	 * }
	 * @endcode
	 * since the TXT data of the IPP service may contain data like
	 * "ty=Apple LaserWriter Pro 630".  Note that you actually have to be
	 * a bit more clever than this, since the key should usually be case
	 * insensitive.
	 */
	QMap<QString,QByteArray> textData() const;

	/**
	 * Compares services based on name, type and domain
	 *
	 * This is enough to for unique identification and omitting
	 * port, host and text data allows to compare resolved and
	 * unresolved services
	 *
	 * @param o the service to compare this service to
	 * @return @c true if this service represents the same
	 *         service (from the point of view of DNS-SD) as
	 *         @p o, @c false otherwise
	 */
	bool operator==(const ServiceBase& o) const;
	/**
	 * Compares services based on name, type and domain
	 *
	 * This is enough to for unique identification and omitting
	 * port, host and text data allows to compare resolved and
	 * unresolved services
	 *
	 * @param o the service to compare this service to
	 * @return @c false if this service represents the same
	 *         service (from the point of view of DNS-SD) as
	 *         @p o, @c true otherwise
	 */
	bool operator!=(const ServiceBase& o) const;

protected:
	ServiceBase(ServiceBasePrivate* const d);
	ServiceBasePrivate* const d;

};

/* Utility functions */

/**
 * Check if the domain is link-local
 *
 * @return @c true if domain is link-local ('local.'), @c false otherwise
 */
bool domainIsLocal(const QString& domain);

}

#endif