ipv4.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2007 INRIA
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 *
 * Author: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
 */
#ifndef IPV4_H
#define IPV4_H
 
#include "ipv4-interface-address.h"
#include "ipv4-route.h"
 
#include "ns3/callback.h"
#include "ns3/deprecated.h"
#include "ns3/ipv4-address.h"
#include "ns3/object.h"
#include "ns3/socket.h"
 
#include <stdint.h>
 
namespace ns3
{
 
class Node;
class NetDevice;
class Packet;
class Ipv4RoutingProtocol;
class IpL4Protocol;
class Ipv4Header;
 
/**
 * \ingroup internet
 * \defgroup ipv4 IPv4 classes and sub-modules
 */
/**
 * \ingroup ipv4
 * \brief Access to the IPv4 forwarding table, interfaces, and configuration
 *
 * This class defines the API to manipulate the following aspects of
 * the IPv4 implementation:
 * -# set/get an Ipv4RoutingProtocol
 * -# register a NetDevice for use by the Ipv4 layer (basically, to
 * create Ipv4-related state such as addressing and neighbor cache that
 * is associated with a NetDevice)
 * -# manipulate the status of the NetDevice from the Ipv4 perspective,
 * such as marking it as Up or Down,
 * -# adding, deleting, and getting addresses associated to the Ipv4
 * interfaces.
 * -# exporting Ipv4 configuration attributes
 *
 * Each NetDevice has conceptually a single Ipv4 interface associated
 * with it (the corresponding structure in the Linux Ipv4 implementation
 * is struct in_device).  Each interface may have one or more Ipv4
 * addresses associated with it.  Each Ipv4 address may have different
 * subnet mask, scope, etc., so all of this per-address information
 * is stored in an Ipv4InterfaceAddress class (the corresponding
 * structure in Linux is struct in_ifaddr)
 *
 * Ipv4 attributes such as whether IP forwarding is enabled and disabled
 * are also stored in this class
 *
 * TO DO:  Add API to allow access to the Ipv4 neighbor table
 *
 * \see Ipv4RoutingProtocol
 * \see Ipv4InterfaceAddress
 */
class Ipv4 : public Object
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
    Ipv4();
    ~Ipv4() override;
 
    /**
     * \brief Register a new routing protocol to be used by this Ipv4 stack
     *
     * This call will replace any routing protocol that has been previously
     * registered.  If you want to add multiple routing protocols, you must
     * add them to a Ipv4ListRoutingProtocol directly.
     *
     * \param routingProtocol smart pointer to Ipv4RoutingProtocol object
     */
    virtual void SetRoutingProtocol(Ptr<Ipv4RoutingProtocol> routingProtocol) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \brief Get the routing protocol to be used by this Ipv4 stack
     *
     * \returns smart pointer to Ipv4RoutingProtocol object, or null pointer if none
     */
    virtual Ptr<Ipv4RoutingProtocol> GetRoutingProtocol() const = 0;
 
    /**
     * \param device device to add to the list of Ipv4 interfaces
     *        which can be used as output interfaces during packet forwarding.
     * \returns the index of the Ipv4 interface added.
     *
     * Once a device has been added, it can never be removed: if you want
     * to disable it, you can invoke Ipv4::SetDown which will
     * make sure that it is never used during packet forwarding.
     */
    virtual uint32_t AddInterface(Ptr<NetDevice> device) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \returns the number of interfaces added by the user.
     */
    virtual uint32_t GetNInterfaces() const = 0;
 
    /**
     * \brief Return the interface number of the interface that has been
     *        assigned the specified IP address.
     *
     * \param address The IP address being searched for
     * \returns The interface number of the Ipv4 interface with the given
     *          address or -1 if not found.
     *
     * Each IP interface has one or more IP addresses associated with it.
     * This method searches the list of interfaces for one that holds a
     * particular address.  This call takes an IP address as a parameter and
     * returns the interface number of the first interface that has been assigned
     * that address, or -1 if not found.  There must be an exact match; this
     * method will not match broadcast or multicast addresses.
     */
    virtual int32_t GetInterfaceForAddress(Ipv4Address address) const = 0;
 
    /**
     * \param packet packet to send
     * \param source source address of packet
     * \param destination address of packet
     * \param protocol number of packet
     * \param route route entry
     *
     * Higher-level layers call this method to send a packet
     * down the stack to the MAC and PHY layers.
     */
    virtual void Send(Ptr<Packet> packet,
                      Ipv4Address source,
                      Ipv4Address destination,
                      uint8_t protocol,
                      Ptr<Ipv4Route> route) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \param packet packet to send
     * \param ipHeader IP Header
     * \param route route entry
     *
     * Higher-level layers call this method to send a packet with IPv4 Header
     * (Intend to be used with IpHeaderInclude attribute.)
     */
    virtual void SendWithHeader(Ptr<Packet> packet, Ipv4Header ipHeader, Ptr<Ipv4Route> route) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \param protocol a template for the protocol to add to this L4 Demux.
     *
     * Invoke Copy on the input template to get a copy of the input
     * protocol which can be used on the Node on which this L4 Demux
     * is running. The new L4Protocol is registered internally as
     * a working L4 Protocol and returned from this method.
     * The caller does not get ownership of the returned pointer.
     */
    virtual void Insert(Ptr<IpL4Protocol> protocol) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \brief Add a L4 protocol to a specific interface.
     *
     * This may be called multiple times for multiple interfaces for the same
     * protocol.  To insert for all interfaces, use the separate
     * Insert (Ptr<IpL4Protocol> protocol) method.
     *
     * Setting a protocol on a specific interface will overwrite the
     * previously bound protocol.
     *
     * \param protocol L4 protocol.
     * \param interfaceIndex interface index.
     */
    virtual void Insert(Ptr<IpL4Protocol> protocol, uint32_t interfaceIndex) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \param protocol protocol to remove from this demux.
     *
     * The input value to this method should be the value
     * returned from the Ipv4L4Protocol::Insert method.
     */
    virtual void Remove(Ptr<IpL4Protocol> protocol) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \brief Remove a L4 protocol from a specific interface.
     * \param protocol L4 protocol to remove.
     * \param interfaceIndex interface index.
     */
    virtual void Remove(Ptr<IpL4Protocol> protocol, uint32_t interfaceIndex) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \brief Determine whether address and interface corresponding to
     *        received packet can be accepted for local delivery
     *
     * \param address The IP address being considered
     * \param iif The incoming Ipv4 interface index
     * \returns true if the address is associated with the interface index
     *
     * This method can be used to determine whether a received packet has
     * an acceptable address for local delivery on the host.  The address
     * may be a unicast, multicast, or broadcast address.  This method will
     * return true if address is an exact match of a unicast address on
     * one of the host's interfaces (see below), if address corresponds to
     * a multicast group that the host has joined (and the incoming device
     * is acceptable), or if address corresponds to a broadcast address.
     *
     * If the Ipv4 attribute StrongEndSystemModel is true, the address must match one assigned to
     * the incoming device. If the attribute is false, the unicast address may match any of the Ipv4
     * addresses on any interface.
     */
    virtual bool IsDestinationAddress(Ipv4Address address, uint32_t iif) const = 0;
 
    /**
     * \brief Return the interface number of first interface found that
     *  has an Ipv4 address within the prefix specified by the input
     *  address and mask parameters
     *
     * \param address The IP address assigned to the interface of interest.
     * \param mask The IP prefix to use in the mask
     * \returns The interface number of the Ipv4 interface with the given
     *          address or -1 if not found.
     *
     * Each IP interface has one or more IP addresses associated with it.
     * This method searches the list of interfaces for the first one found
     * that holds an address that is included within the prefix
     * formed by the input address and mask parameters.  The value -1 is
     * returned if no match is found.
     */
    virtual int32_t GetInterfaceForPrefix(Ipv4Address address, Ipv4Mask mask) const = 0;
 
    /**
     * \param interface The interface number of an Ipv4 interface.
     * \returns The NetDevice associated with the Ipv4 interface number.
     */
    virtual Ptr<NetDevice> GetNetDevice(uint32_t interface) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \param device The NetDevice for an Ipv4Interface
     * \returns The interface number of an Ipv4 interface or -1 if not found.
     */
    virtual int32_t GetInterfaceForDevice(Ptr<const NetDevice> device) const = 0;
 
    /**
     * \param interface Interface number of an Ipv4 interface
     * \param address Ipv4InterfaceAddress address to associate with the underlying Ipv4 interface
     * \returns true if the operation succeeded
     */
    virtual bool AddAddress(uint32_t interface, Ipv4InterfaceAddress address) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \param interface Interface number of an Ipv4 interface
     * \returns the number of Ipv4InterfaceAddress entries for the interface.
     */
    virtual uint32_t GetNAddresses(uint32_t interface) const = 0;
 
    /**
     * Because addresses can be removed, the addressIndex is not guaranteed
     * to be static across calls to this method.
     *
     * \param interface Interface number of an Ipv4 interface
     * \param addressIndex index of Ipv4InterfaceAddress
     * \returns the Ipv4InterfaceAddress associated to the interface and addressIndex
     */
    virtual Ipv4InterfaceAddress GetAddress(uint32_t interface, uint32_t addressIndex) const = 0;
 
    /**
     * Remove the address at addressIndex on named interface.  The addressIndex
     * for all higher indices will decrement by one after this method is called;
     * so, for example, to remove 5 addresses from an interface i, one could
     * call RemoveAddress (i, 0); 5 times.
     *
     * \param interface Interface number of an Ipv4 interface
     * \param addressIndex index of Ipv4InterfaceAddress to remove
     * \returns true if the operation succeeded
     */
    virtual bool RemoveAddress(uint32_t interface, uint32_t addressIndex) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \brief Remove the given address on named Ipv4 interface
     *
     * \param interface Interface number of an Ipv4 interface
     * \param address The address to remove
     * \returns true if the operation succeeded
     */
    virtual bool RemoveAddress(uint32_t interface, Ipv4Address address) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \brief Return the first primary source address with scope less than
     * or equal to the requested scope, to use in sending a packet to
     * destination dst out of the specified device.
     *
     * This method mirrors the behavior of Linux inet_select_addr() and is
     * provided because interfaces may have multiple IP addresses configured
     * on them with different scopes, and with a primary and secondary status.
     * Secondary addresses are never returned.
     * \see Ipv4InterfaceAddress
     *
     * If a non-zero device pointer is provided, the method first tries to
     * return a primary address that is configured on that device, and whose
     * subnet matches that of dst and whose scope is less than or equal to
     * the requested scope.  If a primary address does not match the
     * subnet of dst but otherwise matches the scope, it is returned.
     * If no such address on the device is found, the other devices are
     * searched in order of their interface index, but not considering dst
     * as a factor in the search.  Because a loopback interface is typically
     * the first one configured on a node, it will be the first alternate
     * device to be tried.  Addresses scoped at LINK scope are not returned
     * in this phase.
     *
     * If no device pointer is provided, the same logic as above applies, only
     * that there is no preferred device that is consulted first.  This means
     * that if the device pointer is null, input parameter dst will be ignored.
     *
     * If there are no possible addresses to return, a warning log message
     * is issued and the all-zeroes address is returned.
     *
     * \param device output NetDevice (optionally provided, only to constrain the search)
     * \param dst Destination address to match, if device is provided
     * \param scope Scope of returned address must be less than or equal to this
     * \returns the first primary Ipv4Address that meets the search criteria
     */
    virtual Ipv4Address SelectSourceAddress(
        Ptr<const NetDevice> device,
        Ipv4Address dst,
        Ipv4InterfaceAddress::InterfaceAddressScope_e scope) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \param interface The interface number of an Ipv4 interface
     * \param metric routing metric (cost) associated to the underlying
     *          Ipv4 interface
     */
    virtual void SetMetric(uint32_t interface, uint16_t metric) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \param interface The interface number of an Ipv4 interface
     * \returns routing metric (cost) associated to the underlying
     *          Ipv4 interface
     */
    virtual uint16_t GetMetric(uint32_t interface) const = 0;
 
    /**
     * \param interface Interface number of Ipv4 interface
     * \returns the Maximum Transmission Unit (in bytes) associated
     *          to the underlying Ipv4 interface
     */
    virtual uint16_t GetMtu(uint32_t interface) const = 0;
 
    /**
     * \param interface Interface number of Ipv4 interface
     * \returns true if the underlying interface is in the "up" state,
     *          false otherwise.
     */
    virtual bool IsUp(uint32_t interface) const = 0;
 
    /**
     * \param interface Interface number of Ipv4 interface
     *
     * Set the interface into the "up" state. In this state, it is
     * considered valid during Ipv4 forwarding.
     */
    virtual void SetUp(uint32_t interface) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \param interface Interface number of Ipv4 interface
     *
     * Set the interface into the "down" state. In this state, it is
     * ignored during Ipv4 forwarding.
     */
    virtual void SetDown(uint32_t interface) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \param interface Interface number of Ipv4 interface
     * \returns true if IP forwarding enabled for input datagrams on this device
     */
    virtual bool IsForwarding(uint32_t interface) const = 0;
 
    /**
     * \param interface Interface number of Ipv4 interface
     * \param val Value to set the forwarding flag
     *
     * If set to true, IP forwarding is enabled for input datagrams on this device
     */
    virtual void SetForwarding(uint32_t interface, bool val) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \brief Choose the source address to use with destination address.
     * \param interface interface index
     * \param dest IPv4 destination address
     * \return IPv4 source address to use
     */
    virtual Ipv4Address SourceAddressSelection(uint32_t interface, Ipv4Address dest) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \param protocolNumber number of protocol to lookup
     *        in this L4 Demux
     * \returns a matching L4 Protocol
     *
     * This method is typically called by lower layers
     * to forward packets up the stack to the right protocol.
     */
    virtual Ptr<IpL4Protocol> GetProtocol(int protocolNumber) const = 0;
 
    /**
     * \brief Get L4 protocol by protocol number for the specified interface.
     * \param protocolNumber protocol number
     * \param interfaceIndex interface index, -1 means "any" interface.
     * \return corresponding IpL4Protocol or 0 if not found
     */
    virtual Ptr<IpL4Protocol> GetProtocol(int protocolNumber, int32_t interfaceIndex) const = 0;
 
    /**
     * \brief Creates a raw socket
     *
     * \returns a smart pointer to the instantiated raw socket
     */
    virtual Ptr<Socket> CreateRawSocket() = 0;
 
    /**
     * \brief Deletes a particular raw socket
     *
     * \param socket Smart pointer to the raw socket to be deleted
     */
    virtual void DeleteRawSocket(Ptr<Socket> socket) = 0;
 
    static const uint32_t IF_ANY = 0xffffffff; //!< interface wildcard, meaning any interface
 
  private:
    // Indirect the Ipv4 attributes through private pure virtual methods
 
    /**
     * \brief Set or unset the IP forwarding state
     * \param forward the forwarding state
     */
    virtual void SetIpForward(bool forward) = 0;
    /**
     * \brief Get the IP forwarding state
     * \returns true if IP is in forwarding state
     */
    virtual bool GetIpForward() const = 0;
 
    /**
     * \brief Get the Weak Es Model status
     *
     * RFC1122 term for whether host accepts datagram with a dest. address on another interface
     * \returns true for Weak Es Model activated
     */
    NS_DEPRECATED_3_41("Use GetStrongEndSystemModel instead")
    virtual bool GetWeakEsModel() const = 0;
 
    /**
     * \brief Set or unset the Weak Es Model
     *
     * RFC1122 term for whether host accepts datagram with a dest. address on another interface
     * \param model true for Weak Es Model
     */
    NS_DEPRECATED_3_41("Use SetStrongEndSystemModel instead")
    virtual void SetWeakEsModel(bool model) = 0;
 
    /**
     * \brief Set or unset the Strong End System Model
     *
     * RFC1122 term for whether host rejects datagram with a dest. address on another interface
     * \param model true for Strong End System Model
     */
    virtual void SetStrongEndSystemModel(bool model) = 0;
    /**
     * \brief Get the Strong End System Model status
     *
     * RFC1122 term for whether host rejects datagram with a dest. address on another interface
     * \returns true for Strong End System Model activated
     */
    virtual bool GetStrongEndSystemModel() const = 0;
};
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* IPV4_H */