[ndnSIM] How to add additional std::vector<std::string> type field in Interest packet

[Mudasir Qazi]

Hi,
I have tried the solution you suggested. The serialization/deserialization
of a vector to .txt file is not much difficult. I have practiced it in
separate file and it works fine. I have created a vector and serialized it
into a .txt file, than I read same .txt file and saved the data in a
separate vector. I have done this using ifstream and ofstream as most of
the solutions on Internet have suggested. All this works.

But in the scenario of ndnSIM, I am unable to related it. Because in
practice work we have ifstream to be deserialized into a vector, while in
wireDecode method of interest.cpp file we have Block::element_const_iterator
type of val initialized by statement val = m_wire.find(tlv::MyVector). Now
I don't understand how can I treat Block::element_const_iterator as ifstream
to get it deserialized.

Please help me and suggest further what should I do to achieve this.

On Tue, 22 May 2018 at 18:10, Mudasir Qazi <mudasirqazi00 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great catch! Thank you so much sir. I'm doing it right now. Thanks again.
>
> On Tue, 22 May 2018 at 18:08, Junxiao Shi <shijunxiao at email.arizona.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mudasir
>>
>>
>>> //for MyVector
>>> std::vector<std::string> myTempVector = this->getMyVector();
>>>     totalLength += encoder.prependByteArray(
>>>             reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(&myTempVector),
>>> sizeof(myTempVector));
>>>     totalLength += encoder.prependVarNumber(sizeof(myTempVector));
>>>     totalLength += encoder.prependVarNumber(tlv::MyVector);
>>>
>>
>>
>>> //for MyVector
>>> val = m_wire.find(tlv::MyVector);
>>> if (val == m_wire.elements_end()) {
>>>     BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(Error("MyVector element is missing"));
>>> }
>>> std::vector<std::string> myTemVector;
>>> if (val->value_size() != sizeof(myTemVector)) {
>>>     BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(Error("myTemVector element is malformed"));
>>> }
>>> std::memcpy(&myTemVector, val->value(), sizeof(myTemVector));
>>> m_MyVector = myTemVector;
>>>
>>> *Problem:* I'm following these 1-to-5 steps in order to add an Integer
>>> and a std::vector<std::string> fields in Interest packet but it gives an
>>> error on *wireDecode* while decoding MyVector field and simulation
>>> stops and terminates. But it does not give error on MyInteger field. Am I
>>> doing it right? Am I missing something? Please help me solving this I'm
>>> stuck on this point from many days.
>>>
>>
>> You did not serialize <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serialization> the
>> std::vector<std::string>, but merely copied the header structure of
>> std::vector<std::string>. Thus, you triggered undefined behavior in STL
>> library.
>>
>> Learn to write the following two programs in C++:
>>
>>    1. Given a std::vector<std::string>, write it to a file.
>>    2. Read the above file into a std::vector<std::string>, and print it
>>    on screen.
>>
>> After you wrote these programs, you can use the same technique to write
>> to and read from TLV structures.
>>
>> Yours, Junxiao
>>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Mudasir Qazi
>


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Regards,
Mudasir Qazi
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