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1 files changed, 109 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Metadata.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Metadata.cs
index 9db2abf46e..99fe0b5478 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Metadata.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Metadata.cs
@@ -41,11 +41,22 @@ using Grpc.Core.Utils;
namespace Grpc.Core
{
/// <summary>
- /// Provides access to read and write metadata values to be exchanged during a call.
+ /// A collection of metadata entries that can be exchanged during a call.
+ /// gRPC supports these types of metadata:
+ /// <list type="bullet">
+ /// <item><term>Request headers</term><description>are sent by the client at the beginning of a remote call before any request messages are sent.</description></item>
+ /// <item><term>Response headers</term><description>are sent by the server at the beginning of a remote call handler before any response messages are sent.</description></item>
+ /// <item><term>Response trailers</term><description>are sent by the server at the end of a remote call along with resulting call status.</description></item>
+ /// </list>
/// </summary>
public sealed class Metadata : IList<Metadata.Entry>
{
/// <summary>
+ /// All binary headers should have this suffix.
+ /// </summary>
+ public const string BinaryHeaderSuffix = "-bin";
+
+ /// <summary>
/// An read-only instance of metadata containing no entries.
/// </summary>
public static readonly Metadata Empty = new Metadata().Freeze();
@@ -53,21 +64,19 @@ namespace Grpc.Core
readonly List<Entry> entries;
bool readOnly;
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Initializes a new instance of <c>Metadata</c>.
+ /// </summary>
public Metadata()
{
this.entries = new List<Entry>();
}
- public Metadata(ICollection<Entry> entries)
- {
- this.entries = new List<Entry>(entries);
- }
-
/// <summary>
/// Makes this object read-only.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>this object</returns>
- public Metadata Freeze()
+ internal Metadata Freeze()
{
this.readOnly = true;
return this;
@@ -181,23 +190,49 @@ namespace Grpc.Core
private static readonly Encoding Encoding = Encoding.ASCII;
readonly string key;
- string value;
- byte[] valueBytes;
+ readonly string value;
+ readonly byte[] valueBytes;
+
+ private Entry(string key, string value, byte[] valueBytes)
+ {
+ this.key = key;
+ this.value = value;
+ this.valueBytes = valueBytes;
+ }
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Grpc.Core.Metadata.Entry"/> struct with a binary value.
+ /// </summary>
+ /// <param name="key">Metadata key, needs to have suffix indicating a binary valued metadata entry.</param>
+ /// <param name="valueBytes">Value bytes.</param>
public Entry(string key, byte[] valueBytes)
{
- this.key = Preconditions.CheckNotNull(key, "key");
+ this.key = NormalizeKey(key);
+ Preconditions.CheckArgument(this.key.EndsWith(BinaryHeaderSuffix),
+ "Key for binary valued metadata entry needs to have suffix indicating binary value.");
this.value = null;
- this.valueBytes = Preconditions.CheckNotNull(valueBytes, "valueBytes");
+ Preconditions.CheckNotNull(valueBytes, "valueBytes");
+ this.valueBytes = new byte[valueBytes.Length];
+ Buffer.BlockCopy(valueBytes, 0, this.valueBytes, 0, valueBytes.Length); // defensive copy to guarantee immutability
}
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Grpc.Core.Metadata.Entry"/> struct holding an ASCII value.
+ /// </summary>
+ /// <param name="key">Metadata key, must not use suffix indicating a binary valued metadata entry.</param>
+ /// <param name="value">Value string. Only ASCII characters are allowed.</param>
public Entry(string key, string value)
{
- this.key = Preconditions.CheckNotNull(key, "key");
+ this.key = NormalizeKey(key);
+ Preconditions.CheckArgument(!this.key.EndsWith(BinaryHeaderSuffix),
+ "Key for ASCII valued metadata entry cannot have suffix indicating binary value.");
this.value = Preconditions.CheckNotNull(value, "value");
this.valueBytes = null;
}
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Gets the metadata entry key.
+ /// </summary>
public string Key
{
get
@@ -206,33 +241,86 @@ namespace Grpc.Core
}
}
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Gets the binary value of this metadata entry.
+ /// </summary>
public byte[] ValueBytes
{
get
{
if (valueBytes == null)
{
- valueBytes = Encoding.GetBytes(value);
+ return Encoding.GetBytes(value);
}
- return valueBytes;
+
+ // defensive copy to guarantee immutability
+ var bytes = new byte[valueBytes.Length];
+ Buffer.BlockCopy(valueBytes, 0, bytes, 0, valueBytes.Length);
+ return bytes;
}
}
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Gets the string value of this metadata entry.
+ /// </summary>
public string Value
{
get
{
- if (value == null)
- {
- value = Encoding.GetString(valueBytes);
- }
- return value;
+ Preconditions.CheckState(!IsBinary, "Cannot access string value of a binary metadata entry");
+ return value ?? Encoding.GetString(valueBytes);
}
}
-
+
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Returns <c>true</c> if this entry is a binary-value entry.
+ /// </summary>
+ public bool IsBinary
+ {
+ get
+ {
+ return value == null;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Returns a <see cref="System.String"/> that represents the current <see cref="Grpc.Core.Metadata.Entry"/>.
+ /// </summary>
public override string ToString()
{
- return string.Format("[Entry: key={0}, value={1}]", Key, Value);
+ if (IsBinary)
+ {
+ return string.Format("[Entry: key={0}, valueBytes={1}]", key, valueBytes);
+ }
+
+ return string.Format("[Entry: key={0}, value={1}]", key, value);
+ }
+
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Gets the serialized value for this entry. For binary metadata entries, this leaks
+ /// the internal <c>valueBytes</c> byte array and caller must not change contents of it.
+ /// </summary>
+ internal byte[] GetSerializedValueUnsafe()
+ {
+ return valueBytes ?? Encoding.GetBytes(value);
+ }
+
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Creates a binary value or ascii value metadata entry from data received from the native layer.
+ /// We trust C core to give us well-formed data, so we don't perform any checks or defensive copying.
+ /// </summary>
+ internal static Entry CreateUnsafe(string key, byte[] valueBytes)
+ {
+ if (key.EndsWith(BinaryHeaderSuffix))
+ {
+ return new Entry(key, null, valueBytes);
+ }
+ return new Entry(key, Encoding.GetString(valueBytes), null);
+ }
+
+ private static string NormalizeKey(string key)
+ {
+ return Preconditions.CheckNotNull(key, "key").ToLower();
}
}
}