fsfw/container/SimpleRingBuffer.h

#ifndef FSFW_CONTAINER_SIMPLERINGBUFFER_H_
#define FSFW_CONTAINER_SIMPLERINGBUFFER_H_

#include "RingBufferBase.h"
#include <cstddef>

/**
 * @brief     Circular buffer implementation, useful for buffering
 *          into data streams.
 * @details
 * Note that the deleteData() has to be called to increment the read pointer.
 * This class allocated dynamically, so
 * @ingroup containers
 */
class SimpleRingBuffer: public RingBufferBase<> {
public:
    /**
     * This constructor allocates a new internal buffer with the supplied size.
     *
     * @param size
     * @param overwriteOld If the ring buffer is overflowing at a write
     * operation, the oldest data will be overwritten.
     * @param maxExcessBytes These additional bytes will be allocated in addtion
     * to the specified size to accomodate contiguous write operations
     * with getFreeElement.
     *
     */
    SimpleRingBuffer(const size_t size, bool overwriteOld,
            size_t maxExcessBytes = 0);
    /**
     * This constructor takes an external buffer with the specified size.
     * @param buffer
     * @param size
     * @param overwriteOld
     * If the ring buffer is overflowing at a write operartion, the oldest data
     * will be overwritten.
     * @param maxExcessBytes
     * If the buffer can accomodate additional bytes for contigous write
     * operations with getFreeElement, this is the maximum allowed additional
     * size
     */
    SimpleRingBuffer(uint8_t* buffer, const size_t size, bool overwriteOld,
            size_t maxExcessBytes = 0);

    virtual ~SimpleRingBuffer();

    /**
     * Write to circular buffer and increment write pointer by amount.
     * @param data
     * @param amount
     * @return -@c RETURN_OK if write operation was successfull
     * -@c RETURN_FAILED if
     */
    ReturnValue_t writeData(const uint8_t* data, size_t amount);

    /**
     * Returns a pointer to a free element. If the remaining buffer is
     * not large enough, the data will be written past the actual size
     * and the amount of excess bytes will be cached. This function
     * does not increment the write pointer!
     * @param writePointer Pointer to a pointer which can be used to write
     * contiguous blocks into the ring buffer
     * @param amount
     * @return
     */
    ReturnValue_t getFreeElement(uint8_t** writePointer, size_t amount);

    /**
     * This increments the write pointer and also copies the excess bytes
     * to the beginning. It should be called if the write operation
     * conducted after calling getFreeElement() was performed.
     * @return
     */
    void confirmBytesWritten(size_t amount);

    virtual size_t getExcessBytes() const;
    /**
     * Helper functions which moves any excess bytes to the start
     * of the ring buffer.
     * @return
     */
    virtual void moveExcessBytesToStart();

    /**
     * Read from circular buffer at read pointer.
     * @param data
     * @param amount
     * @param incrementReadPtr
     * If this is set to true, the read pointer will be incremented.
     * If readRemaining is set to true, the read pointer will be incremented
     * accordingly.
     * @param readRemaining
     * If this is set to true, the data will be read even if the amount
     * specified exceeds the read data available.
     * @param trueAmount [out]
     * If readRemaining was set to true, the true amount read will be assigned
     * to the passed value.
     * @return
     * - @c RETURN_OK if data was read successfully
     * - @c RETURN_FAILED if not enough data was available and readRemaining
     *      was set to false.
     */
    ReturnValue_t readData(uint8_t* data, size_t amount,
            bool incrementReadPtr = false, bool readRemaining = false,
            size_t* trueAmount = nullptr);

    /**
     * Delete data by incrementing read pointer.
     * @param amount
     * @param deleteRemaining
     * If the amount specified is larger than the remaing size to read and this
     * is set to true, the remaining amount will be deleted as well
     * @param trueAmount [out]
     * If deleteRemaining was set to true, the amount deleted will be assigned
     * to the passed value.
     * @return
     */
    ReturnValue_t deleteData(size_t amount, bool deleteRemaining = false,
            size_t* trueAmount = nullptr);

private:
    static const uint8_t READ_PTR = 0;
    uint8_t* buffer = nullptr;
    size_t maxExcessBytes;
    size_t excessBytes = 0;
};

#endif /* FSFW_CONTAINER_SIMPLERINGBUFFER_H_ */