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-rw-r--r--ctrl/libhicnctrl/includes/hicn/ctrl/api.h35
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/ctrl/libhicnctrl/includes/hicn/ctrl/api.h b/ctrl/libhicnctrl/includes/hicn/ctrl/api.h
index f92b39ff3..b5a968800 100644
--- a/ctrl/libhicnctrl/includes/hicn/ctrl/api.h
+++ b/ctrl/libhicnctrl/includes/hicn/ctrl/api.h
@@ -76,6 +76,16 @@
#define HOTFIXMARGIN 0
+/**
+ * \brief Defines the default size for the allocated data arrays holding the
+ * results of API calls.
+ *
+ * This size should not be too small to avoid wasting memoyy, but also not too
+ * big to avoid unnecessary realloc's. Later on this size is doubled at each
+ * reallocation.
+ */
+#define DEFAULT_SIZE_LOG 3
+
/* Helper for avoiding warnings about type-punning */
#ifndef UNION_CAST
#define UNION_CAST(x, destType) \
@@ -231,6 +241,12 @@ hc_ ## TYPE ## _find(hc_data_t * data, const hc_ ## TYPE ## _t * element, \
/* This should be at least equal to the maximum packet size */
#define RECV_BUFLEN 8192
+typedef enum {
+ HICNLIGHT,
+ VPP,
+ UNDEFINED
+} forwarder_t;
+
/**
* \brief Holds the state of an hICN control socket
*/
@@ -241,13 +257,22 @@ typedef struct hc_sock_s hc_sock_t;
* \param [in] url - The URL to connect to.
* \return an hICN control socket
*/
-hc_sock_t *hc_sock_create_url(const char *url);
+hc_sock_t *
+hc_sock_create_url(const char * url);
+
+/**
+ * \brief Create an hICN control socket using the provided forwarder.
+ * \return an hICN control socket
+ */
+hc_sock_t *
+hc_sock_create_forwarder(forwarder_t forwarder);
/**
* \brief Create an hICN control socket using the default connection type.
* \return an hICN control socket
*/
-hc_sock_t *hc_sock_create(void);
+hc_sock_t *
+hc_sock_create(void);
/**
* \brief Frees an hICN control socket
@@ -382,11 +407,7 @@ int hc_sock_reset(hc_sock_t *s);
#define NULLTERM 1
#endif
-#ifdef HICN_VPP_PLUGIN
- #define INTERFACE_LEN 64
-#else
- #define INTERFACE_LEN IFNAMSIZ
-#endif
+#define INTERFACE_LEN 16
#define MAXSZ_HC_NAME_ SYMBOLIC_NAME_LEN
#define MAXSZ_HC_NAME MAXSZ_HC_NAME_ + NULLTERM