fsfw/datapool/PoolEntryIF.h
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/**
* \file PoolEntryIF.h
*
* \brief This file holds the class that defines the Interface for Pool Entry elements.
*
* \date 10/18/2012
*
* \author Bastian Baetz
*/
#ifndef POOLENTRYIF_H_
#define POOLENTRYIF_H_
#include <framework/globalfunctions/Type.h>
#include <stdint.h>
/**
* \brief This interface defines the access possibilities to a single data pool entry.
*
* \details The interface provides methods to determine the size and the validity information of a value.
* It also defines a method to receive a pointer to the raw data content.
* It is mainly used by DataPool itself, but also as a return pointer.
*
* \ingroup data_pool
*
*/
class PoolEntryIF {
public:
/**
* \brief This is an empty virtual destructor, as it is proposed for C++ interfaces.
*/
virtual ~PoolEntryIF() {
}
/**
* \brief getSize returns the array size of the entry. A single variable parameter has size 1.
*/
virtual uint8_t getSize() = 0;
/**
* \brief This operation returns the size in bytes, which is calculated by
* sizeof(type) * array_size.
*/
virtual uint16_t getByteSize() = 0;
/**
* \brief This operation returns a the address pointer casted to void*.
*/
virtual void* getRawData() = 0;
/**
* \brief This method allows to set the valid information of the pool entry.
*/
virtual void setValid(uint8_t isValid) = 0;
/**
* \brief This method allows to set the valid information of the pool entry.
*/
virtual uint8_t getValid() = 0;
/**
* \brief This is a debug method that prints all values and the valid information to the screen.
* It prints all array entries in a row.
*/
virtual void print() = 0;
/**
* Returns the type of the entry.
*/
virtual Type getType() = 0;
};
#endif /* POOLENTRYIF_H_ */