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// -*- C++ -*-

//=============================================================================
/**
 *  @file    Trader_Utils.h
 *
 *  Trader_Utils.h,v 1.38 2006/04/25 11:35:29 jwillemsen Exp
 *
 *  @author Seth Widoff <sbw1@cs.wustl.edu>
 */
//=============================================================================


#ifndef TAO_TRADER_UTILS_H
#define TAO_TRADER_UTILS_H

#include /**/ "ace/pre.h"

#include "orbsvcs/Trader/Trader.h"

#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#pragma warning(push)
#pragma warning(disable:4250)
#endif /* _MSC_VER */

TAO_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL

/**
 * @class TAO_Property_Evaluator
 *
 * @brief This class abstracts away the details of obtaining property
 * values and property types. Since the procedure for obtaining the
 * value or type of a dynamic property is disparate from the method
 * for a static property, TAO_Property_Evaluator provides methods
 * that will unify the two approaches under a single
 * interface. Since dynamic properties aren't necessarily supported
 * by a trader, this class accounts for that contingency. The use of
 * indexed lookups allows them to occur in constant time on the
 * CORBA sequences, but requires that the client know the layout of
 * properties ahead of time.
 */
class TAO_Trading_Serv_Export TAO_Property_Evaluator
{
public:

  TAO_Property_Evaluator(const CosTrading::PropertySeq& properties,
                         CORBA::Boolean supports_dp = 1);

  /**
   * Construct an instance of TAO_Property_Evaluator that operates on
   * an <offer> where the support for dynamic properties is dictated
   * by <supports_dynamic_properties>.
   */
  TAO_Property_Evaluator(CosTrading::Offer& offer,
                         CORBA::Boolean supports_dp = 1);

  /// Clean up dynamic properties.
  virtual ~TAO_Property_Evaluator (void);

  /// Returns 1 if the property at index <index> is dynamic. Returns a
  /// 0 when the index is out of bounds.
  int is_dynamic_property(int index);

  /**
        * Returns value of the property whose index is <index>. If the
        * property at that index is dynamic and the trader supports dynamic
        * properties, then the property_value method will obtain the value
        * of the dynamic property using the evalDP method on the
        * CosTradingDynamic::DynamicPropEval interface, passing on a
        * CosTradingDynamic::DPEvalFailure exception on failure. If the
        * property index is undefined, the method returns a null pointer.
        */
  CORBA::Any* property_value(int index ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL)
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTradingDynamic::DPEvalFailure));


  /**
   * Returns the type of the property whose index is <index>. If the
   * property is dynamic and the trader supports dynamic properties,
   * then the method returns the <returned_type> field of the
   * CosTradingDynamic::DynamicProp struct associated with the
   * property name. If the index is out of bounds, the method returns
   * a null pointer (that is, 0).
   */
  CORBA::TypeCode_ptr property_type (int index);

protected:

  typedef CosTradingDynamic::DynamicProp DP_Struct;
  typedef CosTradingDynamic::DynamicPropEval DP_Eval;

  /// The offer from which the TAO_Property_Evaluator extracts property
  /// information.
  const CosTrading::PropertySeq& props_;

  int supports_dp_;

  /**
   * In order for the client to treat the results of property_value
   * uniformly, we need to collect the dynamically allocated anys
   * retrieved from dynamic properties and free them upon deletion. If
   * we didn't do this, then the property_value method would leak or
   * cause seg faults, since the client wouldn't be able to tell
   * whether or not the return value should be freed.
   */
  CORBA::Any** dp_cache_;

private:

  TAO_Property_Evaluator (const TAO_Property_Evaluator&);
  TAO_Property_Evaluator& operator= (const TAO_Property_Evaluator&);
};

/**
 * @class TAO_Property_Evaluator_By_Name
 *
 * @brief This class extends the TAO_Property_Evaluator to allow lookups
 * based on the property name of interest. Since the property
 * information is contained within an integer indexed array,
 * lookups may occur in O(n) time, where n is the length of the
 * array. To make lookups by name more efficient,
 * TAO_Property_Evaluator_By_Name creates a mapping of property
 * names to integer indicies, upon which lookups are guaranteed to
 * be O(lg n).
 */
class TAO_Trading_Serv_Export TAO_Property_Evaluator_By_Name : public TAO_Property_Evaluator
{
public:

  TAO_Property_Evaluator_By_Name (const CosTrading::PropertySeq& properties
                                  ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL ,
                                  CORBA::Boolean supports_dp = 1)
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::DuplicatePropertyName,
                     CosTrading::IllegalPropertyName));

  /**
   * Construct an instance of TAO_Property_Evaluator that operates on
   * an <offer> where the support for dynamic properties is dictated
   * by <supports_dynamic_properties>.
   */
  TAO_Property_Evaluator_By_Name(CosTrading::Offer& offer,
                                 CORBA::Boolean supports_dp = 1);

  /**
   * Returns 1 if the property whose name is <property_name> is
   * defined and dynamic. If the property is undefined, this method
   * will throw a Property_Undefined exception with impunity.
   */
  int is_dynamic_property(const char* property_name);

  /**
        * This method is identical to its counterpart in
        * TAO_Property_Evaluator, except property_value first discovers the
        * index through a string matching lookup.
        */
  CORBA::Any* property_value(const char* property_name
                             ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL)
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTradingDynamic::DPEvalFailure));

  /**
   * This method is identical to its counterpart in
   * TAO_Property_Evaluator, exception property_type first discovers
   * the index through a string matching lookup.
   */
  CORBA::TypeCode_ptr property_type(const char* property_name);

  const CosTrading::Property* get_property (const char* property_name);

private:

  TAO_Property_Evaluator_By_Name (const TAO_Property_Evaluator_By_Name&);
  TAO_Property_Evaluator_By_Name& operator= (const TAO_Property_Evaluator_By_Name&);

  /// The instance of the above mapping for the offer provided in the
  /// constructor.
  TAO_Lookup_Table table_;
};

/**
 * @class TAO_Dynamic_Property
 *
 * @brief Little helper class that you can extend to have your dynamic
 * property handler construct CosTradingDynamic::DynamicProp structs.
 */
class TAO_Trading_Serv_Export TAO_Dynamic_Property
  : public virtual POA_CosTradingDynamic::DynamicPropEval
{
public:

  TAO_Dynamic_Property (void) {}
  virtual ~TAO_Dynamic_Property (void);

  void destroy (void);

  /// Dynamic property evaluation call-back method.
  virtual CORBA::Any* evalDP(const char* name,
                             CORBA::TypeCode_ptr returned_type,
                             const CORBA::Any& extra_info
                             ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL)
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CORBA::SystemException,
                     CosTradingDynamic::DPEvalFailure)) = 0;

  /// Method to construct a dynamic property structure suitable for
  /// exporting in a CosTrading::PropertyStruct to the Trading Service.
  CosTradingDynamic::DynamicProp*
  construct_dynamic_prop (const char* name,
                          CORBA::TypeCode_ptr returned_type,
                          const CORBA::Any& extra_info);

private:

  CosTradingDynamic::DynamicPropEval_var prop_;
};

/**
 * @class TAO_Policies
 *
 * @brief This class ensures that policies submitted to Lookup make sense,
 * have the correct value types, and don't exceed the maximums set
 * through the Admin Interface.
 *
 * TAO_Policies does an admirable job of reconciling differences
 * between the default parameter settings of the Trader and the import
 * and other policies set by the client. Unbeknownst to its client
 * TAO_Policies hides this arbitration, and records whether the user
 * policy was chosen, or the default. This information gets returned
 * to the invoker of the query method.
 */
class TAO_Policies
{
public:

#define TAO_NUM_POLICIES  11

  /**
        * This enum represents the relative order that properties are
        * passed from one trader to another. Hence, as recommended by the
        * spec, the starting_trader policies will be the first element in
        * the polcy sequence if it's set for a query.
        */
  enum POLICY_TYPE
  {
    STARTING_TRADER,
    EXACT_TYPE_MATCH,
    HOP_COUNT,
    LINK_FOLLOW_RULE,
    MATCH_CARD,
    RETURN_CARD,
    SEARCH_CARD,
    USE_DYNAMIC_PROPERTIES,
    USE_MODIFIABLE_PROPERTIES,
    USE_PROXY_OFFERS,
    REQUEST_ID
  };

  static const char * POLICY_NAMES[];

  TAO_Policies (TAO_Trader_Base& trader,
                const CosTrading::PolicySeq& policies
                ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL)
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::Lookup::IllegalPolicyName,
                     CosTrading::DuplicatePolicyName));

  // BEGIN SPEC
  // The "policies" parameter allows the importer to specify how the
  // search should be performed as opposed to what sort of services
  // should be found in the course of the search. This can be viewed
  // as parameterizing the algorithms within the trader
  // implementation. The "policies" are a sequence of name-value
  // pairs. The names available to an importer depend on the
  // implementation of the trader. However, some names are
  // standardized where they effect the interpretation of other
  // parameters or where they may impact linking and federation of
  // traders. ° If a policy name in this parameter does not obey the
  // syntactic rules for legal PolicyName's, then an IllegalPolicyName
  // exception is raised. ° If the type of the value associated with a
  // policy differs from that specified in this specification, then a
  // PolicyTypeMismatch exception is raised. ° If subsequent
  // processing of a PolicyValue yields any errors (e.g., the
  // starting_trader policy value is malformed), then an
  // InvalidPolicyValue exception is raised. ° If the same policy name
  // is included two or more times in this parameter, then the
  // DuplicatePolicyName exception is raised.
  // END SPEC

  ~TAO_Policies (void);

  CORBA::ULong search_card (ACE_ENV_SINGLE_ARG_DECL) const
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::Lookup::PolicyTypeMismatch));

  // BEGIN SPEC
  // The "search_card" policy indicates to the trader the maximum
  // number of offers it should consider when looking for type
  // conformance and constraint expression match. The lesser of this
  // value and the trader's max_search_card attribute is used by the
  // trader. If this policy is not specified, then the value of the
  // trader's def_search_card attribute is used.
  // END SPEC

  CORBA::ULong match_card (ACE_ENV_SINGLE_ARG_DECL) const
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::Lookup::PolicyTypeMismatch));

  // BEGIN SPEC
  // The "match_card" policy indicates to the trader the maximum
  // number of matching offers to which the preference specification
  // should be applied. The lesser of this value and the trader's
  // max_match_card attribute is used by the trader. If this policy is
  // not specified, then the value of the trader's def_match_card
  // attribute is used.
  // END SPEC

  CORBA::ULong return_card (ACE_ENV_SINGLE_ARG_DECL) const
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::Lookup::PolicyTypeMismatch));

  // BEGIN SPEC
  // The "return_card" policy indicates to the trader the maximum
  // number of matching offers to return as a result of this
  // query. The lesser of this value and the trader's max_return_card
  // attribute is used by the trader. If this policy is not specified,
  // then the value of the trader's def_return_card attribute is
  // used.
  // END SPEC

  // = Offer consideration policies

  CORBA::Boolean use_modifiable_properties (ACE_ENV_SINGLE_ARG_DECL) const
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::Lookup::PolicyTypeMismatch));

  // BEGIN SPEC
  // The "use_modifiable_properties" policy indicates whether the
  // trader should consider offers which have modifiable properties
  // when constructing the set of offers to which type conformance and
  // constraint processing should be applied. If the value of this
  // policy is TRUE, then such offers will be included; if FALSE, they
  // will not. If this policy is not specified, such offers will be
  // included.
  // END SPEC

  CORBA::Boolean use_dynamic_properties (ACE_ENV_SINGLE_ARG_DECL) const
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::Lookup::PolicyTypeMismatch));

  // BEGIN SPEC
  // The "use_dynamic_properties" policy indicates whether the trader
  // should consider offers which have dynamic properties when
  // constructing the set of offers to which type conformance and
  // constraint processing should be applied. If the value of this
  // policy is TRUE, then such offers will be included; if FALSE, they
  // will not. If this policy is not specified, such offers will be
  // included.
  // END SPEC

  CORBA::Boolean use_proxy_offers (ACE_ENV_SINGLE_ARG_DECL) const
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::Lookup::PolicyTypeMismatch));

  // BEGIN SPEC
  // The "use_proxy_offers" policy indicates whether the trader should
  // consider proxy offers when constructing the set of offers to
  // which type conformance and constraint processing should be
  // applied. If the value of this policy is TRUE, then such offers
  // will be included; if FALSE, they will not. If this policy is not
  // specified, such offers will be included.
  // END SPEC

  CORBA::Boolean exact_type_match (ACE_ENV_SINGLE_ARG_DECL) const
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::Lookup::PolicyTypeMismatch));

  // BEGIN SPEC
  // The "exact_type_match" policy indicates to the trader whether the
  // importer's service type must exactly match an offer's service
  // type; if not (and by default), then any offer of a type
  // conformant to the importer's service type is considered.
  // END SPEC

  // = Federated trader policies (not implemented yet)

  /**
   * BEGIN SPEC
   * The "starting_trader" policy facilitates the distribution of the
   * trading service itself. It allows an importer to scope a search
   * by choosing to explicitly navigate the links of the trading
   * graph. If the policy is used in a query invocation it is
   * recommended that it be the first policy-value pair; this
   * facilitates an optimal forwarding of the query operation. A
   * "policies" parameter need not include a value for the
   * "starting_trader" policy. Where this policy is present, the first
   * name component is compared against the name held in each link. If
   * no match is found, the InvalidPolicyValue exception is
   * raised. Otherwise, the trader invokes query() on the Lookup
   * interface held by the named link, but passing the
   * "starting_trader" policy with the first component removed.
   * END SPEC
   */
  CosTrading::TraderName* starting_trader (ACE_ENV_SINGLE_ARG_DECL) const
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::Lookup::PolicyTypeMismatch,
                     CosTrading::Lookup::InvalidPolicyValue));

  /// Determine the link follow policy for this query overall.
  CosTrading::FollowOption link_follow_rule (ACE_ENV_SINGLE_ARG_DECL) const
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::Lookup::PolicyTypeMismatch));

  // BEGIN SPEC
  //The "link_follow_rule" policy indicates how the client wishes
  //links to be followed in the resolution of its query. See the
  //discussion in "Link Follow Behavior" on page 16-16 for details.
  // END SPEC


  /**
   * Determine the link follow policy for a given <link_name>.
   * This method returns the link_follow_rule for a link whose name is
   * <link_name> using the following formula:
   * if the importer specified a link_follow_rule policy
   *      min(trader.max_follow_policy, link.limiting_follow_rule,
   *          query.link_follow_rule)
   * else min(trader.max_follow_policy, link.limiting_follow_rule,
   *          trader.def_follow_policy)
   */
  CosTrading::FollowOption link_follow_rule (const CosTrading::Link::LinkInfo& link_info
                                             ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL) const
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::Lookup::PolicyTypeMismatch,
                     CosTrading::Lookup::InvalidPolicyValue,
                     CosTrading::Link::IllegalLinkName,
                     CosTrading::Link::UnknownLinkName));

  CORBA::ULong hop_count (ACE_ENV_SINGLE_ARG_DECL) const
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::Lookup::PolicyTypeMismatch));

  // BEGIN SPEC
  // The "hop_count" policy indicates to the trader the maximum number
  // of hops across federation links that should be tolerated in the
  // resolution of this query. The hop_count at the current trader is
  // determined by taking the minimum of the trader's max_hop_count
  // attribute and the importer's hop_count policy, if provided, or
  // the trader's def_hop_count attribute if it is not. If the
  // resulting value is zero, then no federated queries are
  // permitted. If it is greater than zero, then it must be
  // decremented before passing on to a federated trader.
  // END SPEC

  /// Return the request_id passed to the query method across a link to
  /// another trader.
  CosTrading::Admin::OctetSeq* request_id (ACE_ENV_SINGLE_ARG_DECL) const
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::Lookup::PolicyTypeMismatch));

  /// Policies to forward to the next trader in a federated query.
  void copy_to_pass (CosTrading::PolicySeq& policy_seq,
                     const CosTrading::Admin::OctetSeq& request_id
                     ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL) const;

  /// Policies to forward to the next trader in a directed query.
  void copy_to_forward (CosTrading::PolicySeq& policy_seq,
                        const CosTrading::TraderName& name) const;

  /**
   * Determine the link follow policy to pass down the link with <link_name>.
   * This method returns the link_follow_rule for a link whose name is
   * <link_name> using the following formula:
   * If the importer specified a link_follow_rule, policy
   *      pass on min(query.link_follow_rule, link.limiting_follow_rule,
   *                  trader.max_follow_policy)
   * else pass on min(link.def_pass_on_follow_rule,
   *                  trader.max_follow_policy)
   */
  void copy_in_follow_option (CosTrading::PolicySeq& policy_seq,
                              const CosTrading::Link::LinkInfo& link_info
                              ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL) const
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::Lookup::PolicyTypeMismatch,
                     CosTrading::Lookup::InvalidPolicyValue));

private:

  /// Reconclile a ULong property with its default.
  CORBA::ULong ulong_prop (POLICY_TYPE pol
                           ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL) const
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::Lookup::PolicyTypeMismatch));

  /// Reconcile a Boolean property with its debault.
  CORBA::Boolean boolean_prop (POLICY_TYPE pol
                               ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL) const
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::Lookup::PolicyTypeMismatch));

  TAO_Policies (const TAO_Policies&);
  TAO_Policies& operator= (const TAO_Policies&);

  /// The policies indexable from the enumerated type.
  CosTrading::Policy* policies_[TAO_NUM_POLICIES];

  /// For the validating identifier names.
  TAO_Trader_Base& trader_;
};

/**
 * @class TAO_Policy_Creator
 *
 * @brief This class is a utility for clients using the CosTrading::Lookup
 * interface that helps them build a policy sequence without violating
 * syntax rules and having to mess with typecodes.
 */
class TAO_Trading_Serv_Export TAO_Policy_Creator
{
public:

  TAO_Policy_Creator (int num_policies = 0);

  // = Routines to set policies.

  /// Set the maximum number of offers searched for the query.
  void search_card (CORBA::ULong scard);

  /// Set the maximum number of offers searched for the query.
  void match_card (CORBA::ULong mcard);

  /// Set the maximum number of offers rerturned for the query.
  void return_card (CORBA::ULong rcard);

  // A note about cardinalities: The spec implies that these
  // cardinalities apply to the global office space, that is, all
  // offers on all linked traders. However, there's no mechanism for
  // one trader to return to the calling trader the number of offers
  // searched or matched. Thus, these cardinalities are applied on a
  // per-trader basis.

  /// Consider offers with modifiable properties.
  void use_modifiable_properties (CORBA::Boolean mod_props);

  /// Consider offers with dynamic properties.
  void use_dynamic_properties (CORBA::Boolean dyn_props);

  /// Consider proxy offers (NOT SUPPORTED).
  void use_proxy_offers (CORBA::Boolean prox_offs);

  /// Designate a trader at which to begin the query.
  void starting_trader (const CosTrading::TraderName& name); // Copy
  void starting_trader (CosTrading::TraderName* name); // Own

  /// Specify under what conditions a federated query is appropriate.
  void link_follow_rule (CosTrading::FollowOption follow_option);

  /// Limit the breadth of a federated query.
  void hop_count (CORBA::ULong hop_count);

  /// Set the identifier for this query (clients shouldn't use this).
  void request_id (const CosTrading::Admin::OctetSeq& request_id);

  /// Search only the designated type --- not it's subtypes.
  void exact_type_match (CORBA::Boolean exact_type);

  /// Return the constructed policy sequence.
  operator const CosTrading::PolicySeq& (void) const;

  /// Return a PolicySeq suitable for passing to the query method of
  /// the Lookup interface.
  const CosTrading::PolicySeq& policy_seq (void) const;

private:

  TAO_Policy_Creator (const TAO_Policy_Creator&);
  TAO_Policy_Creator& operator= (const TAO_Policy_Creator&);

  /// Method to prepare the next slot in the policies_ sequence for
  /// policy insertion.
  CosTrading::Policy& fetch_next_policy (TAO_Policies::POLICY_TYPE pol_type);

  /// Table mapping policy enum value to the index in the policies sequence.
  int poltable_[TAO_Policies::REQUEST_ID + 1];

  /// The sequence being prepared for submittal to the query method.
  CosTrading::PolicySeq policies_;

  /// The number of policies so far in the sequence.
  CORBA::ULong num_policies_;
};

/**
 * @class TAO_Offer_Modifier
 *
 * @brief This class deletes, modifies, and adds properties to a given
 * offer according to the rules of the modify method on the Register
 * interface.
 */
class TAO_Offer_Modifier
{
public:

  /// Modify an <offer> of type <type>, whose properties are described
  /// by <type_struct>
  TAO_Offer_Modifier (const char* type,
                      const CosTradingRepos::ServiceTypeRepository::TypeStruct& type_struct,
                      CosTrading::Offer* offer);

  ~TAO_Offer_Modifier (void);

  /// Delete the properties whose names were given to the
  /// constructor. Ensure we don't delete mandatory properties.
  void delete_properties (const CosTrading::PropertyNameSeq& deletes
                          ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL)
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::Register::UnknownPropertyName,
                     CosTrading::Register::MandatoryProperty,
                     CosTrading::IllegalPropertyName,
                     CosTrading::DuplicatePropertyName));

  /**
   * Copy to the destination the union of the source and destination
   * properties. In the case of duplicate properties, update the
   * destination with the source's value. This class claims the memory
   * in the modifies sequence.
   */
  void merge_properties (const CosTrading::PropertySeq& modifies
                         ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL)
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::IllegalPropertyName,
                     CosTrading::DuplicatePropertyName,
                     CosTrading::PropertyTypeMismatch,
                     CosTrading::ReadonlyDynamicProperty,
                     CosTrading::Register::ReadonlyProperty));

  /// Return a reference to the Offer with the changes affected.
  void affect_change (const CosTrading::PropertySeq& modifies);

private:

  TAO_Offer_Modifier (const TAO_Offer_Modifier&);
  TAO_Offer_Modifier& operator= (const TAO_Offer_Modifier&);

  typedef ACE_Hash_Map_Manager_Ex <CORBA::String_var,
                                   CosTrading::Property *,
                                   ACE_Hash<CORBA::String_var>,
                                   ACE_Equal_To<CORBA::String_var>,
                                   ACE_Null_Mutex>
          Property_Table;

  /// The type of the offer.
  const char *type_;

  /// The map of properties in the offer.
  Property_Table props_;

  /// Table of property types.
  TAO_Typecode_Table prop_types_;

  /// The set of readonly and mandatory property names in the offer's
  /// type.
  TAO_String_Set readonly_;
  TAO_String_Set mandatory_;

  /// A reference to the offer undergoing change.
  CosTrading::Offer* offer_;
};

/**
 * @class TAO_Offer_Filter
 *
 * @brief The purpose of this class is to ensure that offers that
 * shouldn't be considered by the TAO_Constraint_Interpreter
 * aren't.
 *
 * There two classes of reasons why an offer for a correct
 * type shouldn't be considered: 1) The default parameters of the
 * Trader or policies passed to the Lookup::query method deem it
 * inappropriate to consider offers with modifiable (i.e., not
 * readonly) or dynamic properties. 2) We've exceeded the
 * default or provided cardinality constraints. TAO_Offer_Filter
 * ensures that violation of policies doesn't occur. It's the
 * enforcer.
 */
class TAO_Offer_Filter
{
public:

  /// Glean from the TypeStruct and Policy setting the appropriate way
  /// to screen unsuitable offers from consideration.
  TAO_Offer_Filter (TAO_Policies& policies
                    ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL);

  /// Set the offer filter to screen for offers containing properties
  /// that aren't marked as readonly in this TypeStruct.
  void configure_type (CosTradingRepos::ServiceTypeRepository::TypeStruct* type_struct);

  /**
   * Determine whether the poicies contained in the given policy
   * object allow the Lookup interface to consider the offer. That is,
   * if use_modifiable_properties is false, and the offer contains
   * modifiable properties as designated in the type struct, return
   * false. If use_dynamic_properties is false, and the offer contains
   * dynamic properties, then return false. If the lookup interface is
   * safe in considering this offer, return true and subtract from the
   * search card value. When the search card value falls to zero,
   * ok_to_consider always returns false.
   */
  CORBA::Boolean ok_to_consider (CosTrading::Offer* offer);

  /// It's ok to consider more offers when lookup hasn't exceeded the
  /// cardinality values for searching and matching offers.
  CORBA::Boolean ok_to_consider_more (void);

  /// Signal that the Lookup method has matched an offer; decrement the
  /// match_card.
  void matched_offer (void);

  // = Return the limits applied.
  /**
   * BEGIN SPEC
   * If any cardinality or other limits were applied by one or more
   * traders in responding to a particular query, then the
   * "limits_applied" parameter will contain the names of the policies
   * which limited the query. The sequence of names returned in
   * "limits_applied" from any federated or proxy queries must be
   * concatenated onto the names of limits applied locally and
   * returned.
   * END SPEC
   */
  CosTrading::PolicyNameSeq* limits_applied (void);

  /// Accessors to retrieve the adjusted cardinalities.
  CORBA::ULong search_card_remaining (void) const;
  CORBA::ULong match_card_remaining (void) const;

private:

  TAO_Offer_Filter (const TAO_Offer_Filter&);
  TAO_Offer_Filter& operator= (const TAO_Offer_Filter&);

  /// The set of the name of modifiable properties.
  TAO_String_Set not_mod_props_;

  /// Cardinality and property limitations applied.
  TAO_String_Set limits_;

  /// Keep track of the cardinalities.
  CORBA::ULong search_card_, match_card_, return_card_;

  /// Keep track of property limitations: modifiable or dynamic ones
  /// may be bad.
  CORBA::Boolean dp_;
  CORBA::Boolean mod_;
};

/**
 * @class TAO_Property_Filter
 *
 * @brief The Ace_Property_Filter copies those properties specified in a
 * CosTrading::Lookup::SpecifiedProps from a source
 * CosTrading::Offer to a destination CosTrading::Offer.
 */
class TAO_Property_Filter
{
public:

  typedef CosTrading::Lookup::SpecifiedProps SPECIFIED_PROPS;

  /// An accomplice to g++'s insane lust for copy constructors.
  TAO_Property_Filter (void) : policy_ (CosTrading::Lookup::all) {}

  /// Verify that the specified properties are correct.
  TAO_Property_Filter (const SPECIFIED_PROPS& desired_props
                       ACE_ENV_ARG_DECL)
    ACE_THROW_SPEC ((CosTrading::IllegalPropertyName,
                     CosTrading::DuplicatePropertyName));

  TAO_Property_Filter (const TAO_Property_Filter& prop_filter);
  TAO_Property_Filter& operator= (const TAO_Property_Filter& prop_filter);

  /// Copy the desired properties from the source offer to the
  /// destination offer.
  void filter_offer (CosTrading::Offer* source,
                     CosTrading::Offer& destination);

private:

  typedef ACE_Unbounded_Queue< CosTrading::Property* > Prop_Queue;

  TAO_String_Set props_;
  CosTrading::Lookup::HowManyProps policy_;
};

TAO_END_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL

#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#pragma warning(pop)
#endif /* _MSC_VER */

#include /**/ "ace/post.h"

#endif /* TAO_TRADER_UTILS_H */

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