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ohTopology
Overview
ohTopology is a software stack which provides a means of controlling devices, on a local network, via their UPnP service actions. Devices are grouped based on their Room names and presented as a tree structure based on their interconnectivity. It consists of a number of distinct layers. Each layer focuses on exposing specific properties and actions that are intended to be utilised by the layers above. Clients of ohTopology need only interface directly with the highest layer of the stack to gain access to the properties and actions exposed by the lower layers.
Watchable System
Overview
Actions exposed by a layer can be called directly, but property values can only be monitored through a callback notification system (observer pattern). Properties are exposed as "watchable" values that may be monitored by "watcher" clients. When a (watchable) property changes, all of its watchers are automatically notified of the change and the property's new value. Watchers can be added and removed at any time. The IWatchable interface is used to expose single value properties and the IWatchableUnordered and IWatchableOrdered interfaces are used for multivalue property lists. Property client objects must conform to the appropriate Iwatchable/IWatchableUnordered/IWatchableOrdered interface for the property that they wish to observe.
Watchable Thread
Although ohTopology is designed to run on multithreaded platforms, actions are executed in a single thread through the use of a thread scheduler class, WatchableThread. Enforcing single threaded execution removes the burden of having to manage thread safety, simplifies debugging and reduces the risk of deadlock. The WatchableThread class provides three methods; Execute, Schedule and Assert.
Schedule Method
Schedule provides a mechanism for asynchronous callback. The specified callback is placed in a queue (FIFO) to be run on the watchable thread, in turn, at some point in the future. Schedule takes a functor, for the callback method, and a generic void* argument to be passed to the callback.
Execute Method
Execute provides a mechanism for synchronous callback. If called from the watchable thread it executes the callback immediately. Otherwise it schedules the callback, for execution on the watchable thread. In either case, it blocks until the callback has completed. Execute takes a functor for the callback method and a generic void* argument to be passed to the callback.
Assert Method
Assert provides a way of checking if the current thread is the watchable thread.
Injector
Network
Topology1
Overview
Topology1 collects a list of Product Service devices from Network and exposes a collection of Products.
Topology1
Topology1 watches a (Product Service) device list from Network and creates a corresponding list of ProxyProduct objects that is updated whenever the device list changes. The Products method exposes the ProxyProduct list as an IWatchableUnordered.
Topology2
Overview
Topology2 collects the list of Products from Topology1 and exposes a collection of Groups. Each Group exposes a Sources collection and pertinent properties and actions of the Product Service. Each Source exposes the standard set of Source properties.
Topology2
Topology2 watches Topology1::Products and creates a corresponding list of Topology2Group objects that is updated whenever Topology1::Products changes. The Groups method exposes the Topology2Group list as an IWatchableUnordered.
Topology2Source
Topology2Source exposes the three standard source properties: Name, Visible and Type. The Index method exposes the source's position in the source list of Topology2Group.
Topology2Group
Topology2Group watches the SourceXml property of its underlying ProxyProduct object. Source information retrieved from SourceXml is used to to create and update a list of Topology2Source objects. The Sources method exposes the Topology2Source list as an IWatchableUnordered.
Topology3
Overview
Topology3 collects the list of Groups from Topology2 and exposes a collection of Groups. Each Group exposes a Sources collection, pertinent actions and properties of the Product Service, and a Sender property.
Topology3
Topology3 watches Topology2::Groups to create and maintain a corresponding list of Topology3Group objects. A dedicated SenderWatcher is created for each Topology3Group that has a Sender attribute, to monitor the Metadata property of its Sender Service . A dedicated ReceiverWatcher is created for each Topology3Group to monitor both the Metadata and TransportState properties of its Receiver Service.
Topology3 marries receivers and senders by matching their Uri properties, reassigning the Sender property of each Topology3Group when changes are reported by the watchers. The Groups method exposes the Topology3Group list as an IWatchableUnordered.
Topology3Group
Topology3Group exposes all of the properties and actions of its underlying Topology2Group plus a Sender property. The Sender property holds a reference to a Sender object that reflects the Songcast sender device that the group's receiver source is listening to. The SenderEmpty object is used when no sender is selected or the selected sender is inactive.
ReceiverWatcher
ReceiverWatcher watches the Sources property of Topology3Group to find a source of type Receiver as an indicator of the existence of a Receiver service. If it exists, the Receiver service is subscribed to and its TransportState and Metadata properties are watched. When either of these two properties change Topology3 is notified via its ReceiverChanged method.
SenderWatcher
SenderWatcher subscribes to it's group's Sender service to watch its Metadata property. When this property changes Topology3 is notified via its SenderChanged method.
Topology4
Overview
Topology4 collects the list of Groups from Topology3 and exposes a new collection of Rooms. Each Room in the new collection exposes a collection of Groups with matching RoomName properties.
Topology4
Topology4 watches Topology3::Groups and creates a Topology4Room list that is updated whenever there is a change to the RoomName property of any Topology3Group. A dedicated Topology4GroupWatcher is created for each Topology3Group to watch its RoomName property. The Rooms method exposes the Topology4Room list as an IWatchableUnordered.
Topology4Room
Topology4Room maintains a collection of Topology4Group objects with matching RoomName properties. The collection contains at least one group. Groups are added and removed by the Topology4 class. The Name method exposes the Name property which reflects the common RoomName value shared by all groups in the collection. The SetStandby method sets the standby state of all groups. The Groups method exposes the collection of groups as an IWatchableUnordered.
Topology4GroupWatcher
Topology4GroupWatcher watches the RoomName property of a single Topology3Group and updates Topology4, removing the group from one room and adding it to another, whenever its RoomName property changes.
Topology5
Overview
Topology5 collects the list of Rooms from Topology4 and organises the products (Groups) in each room, evaluating their interrelationship as a family tree of connected parents and children. It exposes a list of Rooms, with each Room exposing a list of parent products (Roots) and a list of sources.
Roots
Products in a room can be daisychained by connecting the outputs of one product to the inputs of another, creating a tree of devices. In such a setup, the Root (parent) of the tree (the product at the end of the chain) is the output for all the products in the room. Typically there should only be one Root in each room, whose outputs are connected to the speakers. A Root is thus defined as a product whose outputs are not connected to the inputs of any other product.
Source Naming
It is not possible for a product to detect if other products are connected to its inputs. Topology, therefore, can only imply this through source naming configured by the user, as follows. If a source name on a product "ProductA" matches the device name of another product "ProductB" in the same room, it implies that the outputs of ProductB are connected to the inputs of that source on ProductA. In the family tree of products in a room, ProductA is the parent of ProductB and ProductB is a child of ProductA.
Topology5
Topology5 watches Topology4::Rooms to create and maintain a corresponding collection of Topology5Room objects. The Rooms method exposes the collection of rooms as an IWatchableUnordered.
Topology5Room
Topology5Room maintains a Topology3Group list of by watching the Groups list of its underlying Topology4Room. A dedicated Topology5GroupWatcher is created for each group to watch its Name and Sources properties. Since all groups in the room may not share the same standby state, an additional "mixed" state is introduced to create a tristate Standby property. The Topology3Group list is used to maintain a corresponding Topology5Group list which is then filtered to obtain a Roots list. A super list of sources (Topology5Source) is then created by gathering all the sources of each Root replacing each source with its child group's sources where appropriate. The Roots method exposes the Roots list as an IWatchableUnordered. The Sources method exposes the Roots list as an IWatchableUnordered. The Standby method exposes the standby state of the room. The SetStandby method sets the standby state of all groups in the room. The Name method exposes the common room name shared by all groups in the room.
Topology5Group
Topology5Group keeps track of it's parent and children groups, its currently active source, a list of its currently visible sources (expanded to include the sources of any child groups), a list of groups (from my group upwards) with the Volume service, a list of all child groups that have the Sender service.
Topology5GroupWatcher
Monitors the Name and Sources properties of a specific Topology3Group, updating Topology5Room whenever a change occurs.
Topology5Source
Topology5Source provides a number of methods that expose the standard source parameters, flags to the presence of the Info and Time services, the source's parent group, the group's device and a list of parent groups with the Volume service. Also provided is a method to reset the list of volume service groups, a method select the source and a factory method, CreatePreset, that returns a MediaPresetExternal object.