RetroShare/libresapi/src/api/Pagination.h
2015-07-31 17:26:11 +02:00

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#pragma once
#include "ApiTypes.h"
namespace resource_api
{
// C must be a type with STL like iterator, a begin() and an end() method
// additionally a function id() which gives a unique value for every container element
// the type of the id should be string
// the type returned by dereferencing the iterator should have a stream operator for StreamBase
// the stream operator must not add an element "id", this is done by the pagination handler
template<class C>
void handlePaginationRequest(Request& req, Response& resp, C& data)
{
/*
if(!req.isGet()){
resp.mDebug << "unsupported method. only GET is allowed." << std::endl;
resp.setFail();
return;
}
*/
if(data.begin() == data.end()){
// set result type to list
resp.mDataStream.getStreamToMember();
resp.mDebug << "note: list is empty" << std::endl;
return;
}
std::string begin_after;
std::string last;
req.mStream << makeKeyValueReference("begin_after", begin_after) << makeKeyValueReference("last", last);
typename C::iterator it_first = data.begin();
if(begin_after != "begin" && begin_after != "")
{
while(it_first != data.end() && id(*it_first) != begin_after)
it_first++;
it_first++; // get after the specified element
if(it_first == data.end())
{
resp.setFail("Error: first id did not match any element");
return;
}
}
typename C::iterator it_last = data.begin();
if(last == "end" || last == "")
{
it_last = data.end();
}
else
{
while(it_last != data.end() && id(*it_last) != last)
it_last++;
if(it_last == data.end())
{
resp.setFail("Error: last id did not match any element");
return;
}
++it_last; // increment to get iterator to element after the last wanted element
}
int count = 0;
for(typename C::iterator it = it_first; it != it_last; ++it)
{
StreamBase& stream = resp.mDataStream.getStreamToMember();
stream << *it;
stream << makeKeyValue("id", id(*it));
// todo: also handle the case when the last element is specified and the first element is begin
// then want to return the elements near the specified element
count++;
if(count > 20){
resp.mDebug << "limited the number of returned items to 20" << std::endl;
break;
}
}
resp.setOk();
}
} // namespace resource_api