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isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase Class Reference

Base class for the HTTP message parsers. More...

#include <http_message_parser_base.h>

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Static Public Attributes

States supported by the HttpMessageParserBase.
static const int HTTP_PARSE_OK_ST = SM_DERIVED_STATE_MIN + 1000
 Parsing successfully completed.
 
static const int HTTP_PARSE_FAILED_ST = SM_DERIVED_STATE_MIN + 1001
 Parsing failed.
 
- Static Public Attributes inherited from isc::util::StateModel
static const int END_EVT = 2
 Event issued to end the model execution.
 
static const int END_ST = 1
 Final state, all the state model has reached its conclusion.
 
static const int FAIL_EVT = 3
 Event issued to abort the model execution.
 
static const int NEW_ST = 0
 State that a state model is in immediately after construction.
 
static const int NOP_EVT = 0
 Signifies that no event has occurred.
 
static const int SM_DERIVED_EVENT_MIN = 11
 Value at which custom events in a derived class should begin.
 
static const int SM_DERIVED_STATE_MIN = 11
 Value at which custom states in a derived class should begin.
 
static const int START_EVT = 1
 Event issued to start the model execution.
 

Events used during HTTP message parsing.

static const int DATA_READ_OK_EVT = SM_DERIVED_EVENT_MIN + 1
 Chunk of data successfully read and parsed.
 
static const int NEED_MORE_DATA_EVT = SM_DERIVED_EVENT_MIN + 2
 Unable to proceed with parsing until new data is provided.
 
static const int MORE_DATA_PROVIDED_EVT = SM_DERIVED_EVENT_MIN + 3
 New data provided and parsing should continue.
 
static const int HTTP_PARSE_OK_EVT = SM_DERIVED_EVENT_MIN + 1000
 Parsing HTTP request successful.
 
static const int HTTP_PARSE_FAILED_EVT = SM_DERIVED_EVENT_MIN + 1001
 Parsing HTTP request failed.
 
HttpMessagemessage_
 Reference to the parsed HTTP message.
 
std::string buffer_
 Internal buffer from which parser reads data.
 
size_t buffer_pos_
 Position of the next character to read from the buffer.
 
std::string error_message_
 Error message set by onModelFailure.
 
 HttpMessageParserBase (HttpMessage &message)
 Constructor.
 
void poll ()
 Run the parser as long as the amount of data is sufficient.
 
bool needData () const
 Returns true if the parser needs more data to continue.
 
bool httpParseOk () const
 Returns true if the message has been parsed successfully.
 
std::string getErrorMessage () const
 Returns error message.
 
void postBuffer (const void *buf, const size_t buf_size)
 Provides more input data to the parser.
 
std::string getBufferAsString (const size_t limit=0) const
 Returns parser's input buffer as string.
 
static std::string logFormatHttpMessage (const std::string &message, const size_t limit=0)
 Formats provided HTTP message for logging.
 
virtual void defineEvents () override
 Define events used by the parser.
 
virtual void verifyEvents () override
 Verifies events used by the parser.
 
virtual void defineStates () override
 Defines states of the parser.
 
void stateWithReadHandler (const std::string &handler_name, std::function< void(const char c)> after_read_logic)
 Generic parser handler which reads a single byte of data and parses it using specified callback function.
 
void stateWithMultiReadHandler (const std::string &handler_name, std::function< void(const std::string &)> after_read_logic)
 Generic parser handler which reads multiple bytes of data and parses it using specified callback function.
 
void parseFailure (const std::string &error_msg)
 Transition parser to failure state.
 
virtual void onModelFailure (const std::string &explanation) override
 A method called when parsing fails.
 
void getNextFromBuffer (std::string &bytes, const size_t limit=1)
 Retrieves next bytes of data from the buffer.
 
void invalidEventError (const std::string &handler_name, const unsigned int event)
 This method is called when invalid event occurred in a particular parser state.
 
void parseEndedHandler ()
 Handler for HTTP_PARSE_OK_ST and HTTP_PARSE_FAILED_ST.
 
bool popNextFromBuffer (std::string &next, const size_t limit=1)
 Tries to read next byte from buffer.
 
bool isChar (const signed char c) const
 Checks if specified value is a character.
 
bool isCtl (const signed char c) const
 Checks if specified value is a control value.
 
bool isSpecial (const signed char c) const
 Checks if specified value is a special character.
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Public Member Functions inherited from isc::util::StateModel
 StateModel ()
 Constructor.
 
virtual ~StateModel ()
 Destructor.
 
bool didModelFail () const
 Returns whether or not the model failed.
 
void endModel ()
 Conducts a normal transition to the end of the model.
 
std::string getContextStr () const
 Convenience method which returns a string rendition of the current state and next event.
 
unsigned int getCurrState () const
 Fetches the model's current state.
 
std::string getEventLabel (const int event) const
 Fetches the label associated with an event value.
 
unsigned int getLastEvent () const
 Fetches the model's last event.
 
unsigned int getNextEvent () const
 Fetches the model's next event.
 
std::string getPrevContextStr () const
 Convenience method which returns a string rendition of the previous state and last event.
 
unsigned int getPrevState () const
 Fetches the model's previous state.
 
std::string getStateLabel (const int state) const
 Fetches the label associated with an state value.
 
bool isModelDone () const
 Returns whether or not the model has finished execution.
 
bool isModelNew () const
 Returns whether or not the model is new.
 
bool isModelPaused () const
 Returns whether or not the model is paused.
 
bool isModelRunning () const
 Returns whether or not the model is running.
 
bool isModelWaiting () const
 Returns whether or not the model is waiting.
 
void nopStateHandler ()
 An empty state handler.
 
virtual void runModel (unsigned int event)
 Processes events through the state model.
 
void startModel (const int start_state)
 Begins execution of the model.
 
void unpauseModel ()
 Unpauses state model.
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from isc::util::StateModel
void abortModel (const std::string &explanation)
 Aborts model execution.
 
void defineEvent (unsigned int value, const std::string &label)
 Adds an event value and associated label to the set of events.
 
void defineState (unsigned int value, const std::string &label, StateHandler handler, const StatePausing &state_pausing=STATE_PAUSE_NEVER)
 Adds an state value and associated label to the set of states.
 
bool doOnEntry ()
 Checks if on entry flag is true.
 
bool doOnExit ()
 Checks if on exit flag is true.
 
const EventPtrgetEvent (unsigned int value)
 Fetches the event referred to by value.
 
const StatePtr getState (unsigned int value)
 Fetches the state referred to by value.
 
const StatePtr getStateInternal (unsigned int value)
 Fetches the state referred to by value.
 
void initDictionaries ()
 Initializes the event and state dictionaries.
 
void postNextEvent (unsigned int event)
 Sets the next event to the given event value.
 
void setState (unsigned int state)
 Sets the current state to the given state value.
 
void transition (unsigned int state, unsigned int event)
 Sets up the model to transition into given state with a given event.
 
virtual void verifyStates ()
 Validates the contents of the set of states.
 

Detailed Description

Base class for the HTTP message parsers.

This is a base class for HttpRequestParser and HttpResponseParser classes. It provides common states, events and functionality for processing the received HTTP messages.

This class must not be used directly. Instead, an instance of the derived class should be used.

HTTP uses TCP as a transport which is asynchronous in nature, i.e. the HTTP message is received in chunks and multiple TCP connections can be established at the same time. Multiplexing between these connections requires providing a separate state machine per connection to "remember" the state of each transaction when the parser is waiting for asynchronous data to be delivered. While the parser is waiting for the data, it can parse requests received over other connections. This class provides means for parsing partial data received over the specific connection and interrupting data parsing to switch to a different context.

A new method HttpMessageParserBase::poll has been created to run the parser's state machine as long as there are unparsed data in the parser's internal buffer. This method returns control to the caller when the parser runs out of data in this buffer. The caller must feed the buffer by calling HttpMessageParserBase::postBuffer and then run HttpMessageParserBase::poll again.

In case, the caller provides more data than indicated by the "Content-Length" header the parser will return from poll() after parsing the data which constitute the HTTP request and not parse the extraneous data. The caller should test the HttpMessageParserBase::needData and HttpMessageParserBase::httpParseOk to determine whether parsing has completed.

The util::StateModel::runModel must not be used to run the parser state machine, thus it is made private method.

Definition at line 65 of file http_message_parser_base.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ HttpMessageParserBase()

isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::HttpMessageParserBase ( HttpMessage & message)

Constructor.

Parameters
messageReference to the HTTP request or response message.

Definition at line 28 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

Member Function Documentation

◆ defineEvents()

void isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::defineEvents ( )
overrideprotectedvirtual

Define events used by the parser.

Reimplemented from isc::util::StateModel.

Definition at line 101 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

References DATA_READ_OK_EVT, isc::util::StateModel::defineEvent(), isc::util::StateModel::defineEvents(), HTTP_PARSE_FAILED_EVT, HTTP_PARSE_OK_EVT, MORE_DATA_PROVIDED_EVT, and NEED_MORE_DATA_EVT.

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◆ defineStates()

void isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::defineStates ( )
overrideprotectedvirtual

Defines states of the parser.

Reimplemented from isc::util::StateModel.

Definition at line 124 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

References isc::util::StateModel::defineState(), isc::util::StateModel::defineStates(), HTTP_PARSE_FAILED_ST, HTTP_PARSE_OK_ST, and parseEndedHandler().

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◆ getBufferAsString()

std::string isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::getBufferAsString ( const size_t limit = 0) const

Returns parser's input buffer as string.

Parameters
limitMaximum length of the buffer to be output. If the limit is 0, the length of the output is unlimited.
Returns
Textual representation of the input buffer.

Definition at line 76 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

References buffer_, and logFormatHttpMessage().

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◆ getErrorMessage()

std::string isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::getErrorMessage ( ) const
inline

Returns error message.

Definition at line 128 of file http_message_parser_base.h.

References error_message_.

◆ getNextFromBuffer()

void isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::getNextFromBuffer ( std::string & bytes,
const size_t limit = 1 )
protected

Retrieves next bytes of data from the buffer.

During normal operation, when there is no more data in the buffer, the parser sets NEED_MORE_DATA_EVT as next event to signal the need for calling HttpMessageParserBase::postBuffer.

Parameters
[out]bytesReference to the variable where read data should be stored.
limitMaximum number of bytes to be read.
Exceptions
HttpMessageParserBaseErrorIf current event is already set to NEED_MORE_DATA_EVT or MORE_DATA_PROVIDED_EVT. In the former case, it indicates that the caller failed to provide new data using HttpMessageParserBase::postBuffer. The latter case is highly unlikely as it indicates that no new data were provided but the state of the parser was changed from NEED_MORE_DATA_EVT or the data were provided but the data buffer is empty. In both cases, it is an internal server error.

Definition at line 187 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

References isc::util::StateModel::getNextEvent(), isc_throw, MORE_DATA_PROVIDED_EVT, NEED_MORE_DATA_EVT, popNextFromBuffer(), and isc::util::StateModel::postNextEvent().

Referenced by stateWithMultiReadHandler(), and stateWithReadHandler().

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◆ httpParseOk()

bool isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::httpParseOk ( ) const

Returns true if the message has been parsed successfully.

Definition at line 55 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

References isc::util::StateModel::END_EVT, isc::util::StateModel::getLastEvent(), isc::util::StateModel::getNextEvent(), and HTTP_PARSE_OK_EVT.

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◆ invalidEventError()

void isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::invalidEventError ( const std::string & handler_name,
const unsigned int event )
protected

This method is called when invalid event occurred in a particular parser state.

This method simply throws HttpParseError informing about invalid event occurring for the particular parser state. The error message includes the name of the handler in which the exception has been thrown. It also includes the event which caused the exception.

Parameters
handler_nameName of the handler in which the exception is thrown.
eventAn event which caused the exception.
Exceptions
HttpMessageParserBaseError.

Definition at line 223 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

References isc::util::StateModel::getEventLabel(), and isc_throw.

Referenced by parseEndedHandler(), stateWithMultiReadHandler(), and stateWithReadHandler().

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◆ isChar()

bool isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::isChar ( const signed char c) const
protected

Checks if specified value is a character.

Returns
true, if specified value is a character.

Definition at line 264 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

◆ isCtl()

bool isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::isCtl ( const signed char c) const
protected

Checks if specified value is a control value.

Returns
true, if specified value is a control value.

Definition at line 269 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

◆ isSpecial()

bool isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::isSpecial ( const signed char c) const
protected

Checks if specified value is a special character.

Returns
true, if specified value is a special character.

Definition at line 274 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

◆ logFormatHttpMessage()

std::string isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::logFormatHttpMessage ( const std::string & message,
const size_t limit = 0 )
static

Formats provided HTTP message for logging.

This method is useful in cases when there is a need to log a HTTP message (as text). If the limit is specified the message output is limited to this size. If the limit is set to 0 (default), the whole message is output. The getBufferAsString method calls this method internally.

Parameters
messageHTTP message to be logged.
limitMaximum length of the buffer to be output. If the limit is 0, the length of the output is unlimited.
Returns
HTTP message formatted for logging.

Definition at line 82 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

Referenced by getBufferAsString(), and isc::http::HttpConnection::socketReadCallback().

◆ needData()

bool isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::needData ( ) const

Returns true if the parser needs more data to continue.

Returns
true if the next event is NEED_MORE_DATA_EVT.

Definition at line 49 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

References isc::util::StateModel::getNextEvent(), NEED_MORE_DATA_EVT, and isc::util::StateModel::START_EVT.

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◆ onModelFailure()

void isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::onModelFailure ( const std::string & explanation)
overrideprotectedvirtual

A method called when parsing fails.

Parameters
explanationError message explaining the reason for parsing failure.

Reimplemented from isc::util::StateModel.

Definition at line 180 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

References error_message_.

◆ parseEndedHandler()

void isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::parseEndedHandler ( )
protected

Handler for HTTP_PARSE_OK_ST and HTTP_PARSE_FAILED_ST.

If parsing is successful, it calls HttpRequest::create to validate the HTTP request. In both cases it transitions the parser to the END_ST.

Definition at line 230 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

References isc::util::StateModel::abortModel(), isc::util::StateModel::END_EVT, isc::util::StateModel::END_ST, isc::http::HttpMessage::finalize(), isc::util::StateModel::getNextEvent(), HTTP_PARSE_FAILED_EVT, HTTP_PARSE_OK_EVT, invalidEventError(), message_, and isc::util::StateModel::transition().

Referenced by defineStates().

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◆ parseFailure()

void isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::parseFailure ( const std::string & error_msg)
protected

Transition parser to failure state.

This method transitions the parser to HTTP_PARSE_FAILED_ST and sets next event to HTTP_PARSE_FAILED_EVT.

Parameters
error_msgError message explaining the failure.

Definition at line 174 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

References error_message_, isc::util::StateModel::getContextStr(), HTTP_PARSE_FAILED_EVT, HTTP_PARSE_FAILED_ST, and isc::util::StateModel::transition().

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◆ poll()

void isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::poll ( )

Run the parser as long as the amount of data is sufficient.

The data to be parsed should be provided by calling HttpMessageParserBase::postBuffer. When the parser reaches the end of the data buffer the HttpMessageParserBase::poll sets the next event to NEED_MORE_DATA_EVT and returns. The caller should then invoke HttpMessageParserBase::postBuffer again to provide more data to the parser, and call HttpMessageParserBase::poll to continue parsing.

This method also returns when parsing completes or fails. The last event can be examined to check whether parsing was successful or not.

Definition at line 34 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

References isc::util::StateModel::abortModel(), isc::util::StateModel::getCurrState(), isc::util::StateModel::getNextEvent(), isc::util::StateModel::getState(), isc::util::StateModel::isModelDone(), NEED_MORE_DATA_EVT, and isc::util::StateModel::NOP_EVT.

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◆ popNextFromBuffer()

bool isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::popNextFromBuffer ( std::string & next,
const size_t limit = 1 )
protected

Tries to read next byte from buffer.

Parameters
[out]nextA reference to the variable where read data should be stored.
limitMaximum number of characters to be read.
Returns
true if data was successfully read, false otherwise.

Definition at line 246 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

References buffer_, and buffer_pos_.

Referenced by getNextFromBuffer().

◆ postBuffer()

void isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::postBuffer ( const void * buf,
const size_t buf_size )

Provides more input data to the parser.

This method must be called prior to calling HttpMessageParserBase::poll to deliver data to be parsed. HTTP messages are received over TCP and multiple reads may be necessary to retrieve the entire request. There is no need to accumulate the entire request to start parsing it. A chunk of data can be provided to the parser using this method and parsed right away using HttpMessageParserBase::poll.

Parameters
bufA pointer to the buffer holding the data.
buf_sizeSize of the data within the buffer.

Definition at line 61 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

References buffer_, isc::util::StateModel::getCurrState(), isc::util::StateModel::getNextEvent(), MORE_DATA_PROVIDED_EVT, NEED_MORE_DATA_EVT, and isc::util::StateModel::transition().

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◆ stateWithMultiReadHandler()

void isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::stateWithMultiReadHandler ( const std::string & handler_name,
std::function< void(const std::string &)> after_read_logic )
protected

Generic parser handler which reads multiple bytes of data and parses it using specified callback function.

This handler is mostly used for parsing body of the HTTP message, where we don't validate the content read. Reading multiple bytes is the most efficient. If there is no more data it simply returns. Otherwise, if the next event is DATA_READ_OK_EVT or MORE_DATA_PROVIDED_EVT, it calls the provided callback function to parse the new byte of data.

Parameters
handler_nameName of the handler function which called this method.
after_read_logicCallback function to parse multiple bytes of data. This callback function implements state specific logic.
Exceptions
HttpRequestParserErrorwhen invalid event occurred.

Definition at line 155 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

References DATA_READ_OK_EVT, isc::util::StateModel::getNextEvent(), getNextFromBuffer(), invalidEventError(), MORE_DATA_PROVIDED_EVT, and NEED_MORE_DATA_EVT.

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◆ stateWithReadHandler()

void isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::stateWithReadHandler ( const std::string & handler_name,
std::function< void(const char c)> after_read_logic )
protected

Generic parser handler which reads a single byte of data and parses it using specified callback function.

This generic handler is used in most of the parser states to parse a single byte of input data. If there is no more data it simply returns. Otherwise, if the next event is DATA_READ_OK_EVT or MORE_DATA_PROVIDED_EVT, it calls the provided callback function to parse the new byte of data. For all other states it throws an exception.

Parameters
handler_nameName of the handler function which called this method.
after_read_logicCallback function to parse the byte of data. This callback function implements state specific logic.
Exceptions
HttpRequestParserErrorwhen invalid event occurred.

Definition at line 136 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

References DATA_READ_OK_EVT, isc::util::StateModel::getNextEvent(), getNextFromBuffer(), invalidEventError(), MORE_DATA_PROVIDED_EVT, and NEED_MORE_DATA_EVT.

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◆ verifyEvents()

void isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::verifyEvents ( )
overrideprotectedvirtual

Verifies events used by the parser.

Reimplemented from isc::util::StateModel.

Definition at line 113 of file http_message_parser_base.cc.

References DATA_READ_OK_EVT, isc::util::StateModel::getEvent(), HTTP_PARSE_FAILED_EVT, HTTP_PARSE_OK_EVT, MORE_DATA_PROVIDED_EVT, NEED_MORE_DATA_EVT, and isc::util::StateModel::verifyEvents().

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Member Data Documentation

◆ buffer_

std::string isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::buffer_
protected

Internal buffer from which parser reads data.

Definition at line 305 of file http_message_parser_base.h.

Referenced by getBufferAsString(), popNextFromBuffer(), and postBuffer().

◆ buffer_pos_

size_t isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::buffer_pos_
protected

Position of the next character to read from the buffer.

Definition at line 308 of file http_message_parser_base.h.

Referenced by popNextFromBuffer().

◆ DATA_READ_OK_EVT

const int isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::DATA_READ_OK_EVT = SM_DERIVED_EVENT_MIN + 1
static

Chunk of data successfully read and parsed.

Definition at line 85 of file http_message_parser_base.h.

Referenced by defineEvents(), stateWithMultiReadHandler(), stateWithReadHandler(), and verifyEvents().

◆ error_message_

std::string isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::error_message_
protected

Error message set by onModelFailure.

Definition at line 311 of file http_message_parser_base.h.

Referenced by getErrorMessage(), onModelFailure(), and parseFailure().

◆ HTTP_PARSE_FAILED_EVT

const int isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::HTTP_PARSE_FAILED_EVT = SM_DERIVED_EVENT_MIN + 1001
static

Parsing HTTP request failed.

Definition at line 97 of file http_message_parser_base.h.

Referenced by defineEvents(), parseEndedHandler(), parseFailure(), and verifyEvents().

◆ HTTP_PARSE_FAILED_ST

const int isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::HTTP_PARSE_FAILED_ST = SM_DERIVED_STATE_MIN + 1001
static

Parsing failed.

Definition at line 76 of file http_message_parser_base.h.

Referenced by defineStates(), and parseFailure().

◆ HTTP_PARSE_OK_EVT

const int isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::HTTP_PARSE_OK_EVT = SM_DERIVED_EVENT_MIN + 1000
static

Parsing HTTP request successful.

Definition at line 94 of file http_message_parser_base.h.

Referenced by defineEvents(), httpParseOk(), parseEndedHandler(), and verifyEvents().

◆ HTTP_PARSE_OK_ST

const int isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::HTTP_PARSE_OK_ST = SM_DERIVED_STATE_MIN + 1000
static

Parsing successfully completed.

Definition at line 73 of file http_message_parser_base.h.

Referenced by defineStates().

◆ message_

HttpMessage& isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::message_
protected

Reference to the parsed HTTP message.

Definition at line 302 of file http_message_parser_base.h.

Referenced by parseEndedHandler().

◆ MORE_DATA_PROVIDED_EVT

const int isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::MORE_DATA_PROVIDED_EVT = SM_DERIVED_EVENT_MIN + 3
static

New data provided and parsing should continue.

Definition at line 91 of file http_message_parser_base.h.

Referenced by defineEvents(), getNextFromBuffer(), postBuffer(), stateWithMultiReadHandler(), stateWithReadHandler(), and verifyEvents().

◆ NEED_MORE_DATA_EVT

const int isc::http::HttpMessageParserBase::NEED_MORE_DATA_EVT = SM_DERIVED_EVENT_MIN + 2
static

Unable to proceed with parsing until new data is provided.

Definition at line 88 of file http_message_parser_base.h.

Referenced by defineEvents(), getNextFromBuffer(), needData(), poll(), postBuffer(), stateWithMultiReadHandler(), stateWithReadHandler(), and verifyEvents().


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