annotate vamp-client/SynchronousTransport.h @ 218:ea8994465322

Rebuild these for capnp v0.6.

But it would probably be better at this point not
to commit them, as the main reason they are in the repo is because the
compiler wasn't available for Visual Studio builds, and that's no longer
the case.

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  Piper C++

  An API for audio analysis and feature extraction plugins.

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#ifndef PIPER_SYNCHRONOUS_TRANSPORT_H
#define PIPER_SYNCHRONOUS_TRANSPORT_H

#include <vector>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <stdexcept>

namespace piper_vamp {
namespace client {

class MessageCompletenessChecker // interface
{
public:
    enum State { Complete, Incomplete, Invalid };

    virtual ~MessageCompletenessChecker() = default;
    virtual State check(const std::vector<char> &message) const = 0;
};

class LogCallback
{
public:
    virtual ~LogCallback() { }
    virtual void log(std::string) const = 0;
};

class SynchronousTransport // interface
{
public:
    virtual ~SynchronousTransport() = default;
    
    /**
     * Set a completeness checker object. The caller retains ownership
     * of the checker and must ensure its lifespan outlives the transport.
     */
    virtual void setCompletenessChecker(MessageCompletenessChecker *) = 0;

    /**
     * Make a synchronous call, passing a serialised request in the data array
     * of length bytes, and return the result.
     *
     * The type field is only used for logging and debug output.
     *
     * The slow flag is a hint that the recipient may take longer than usual
     * to process this request and so the caller may wish to be more relaxed
     * about idling to wait for the reply. (This shouldn't make any difference
     * with a sensible blocking network API, but you never know...)
     *
     * May throw ServerCrashed if the server endpoint disappeared during the
     * call. Throws std::logic_error if isOK() is not true at the time of
     * calling, so check that before you call.
     */
    virtual std::vector<char> call(const char *data, size_t bytes,
                                   std::string type, bool slow) = 0;

    /**
     * Check whether the transport was initialised correctly and is working.
     * This will return false if the endpoint could not be initialised or
     * the endpoint service has crashed or become unavailable. Always check
     * this before using call().
     */
    virtual bool isOK() const = 0;
};

}
}

#endif