gr-fec/include/gnuradio/fec/encoder.h

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/* -*- c++ -*- */
/*
 * Copyright 2013-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 *
 * This file is part of GNU Radio
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 *
 */
 
#ifndef INCLUDED_FEC_ENCODER_H
#define INCLUDED_FEC_ENCODER_H
 
#include <gnuradio/block.h>
#include <gnuradio/fec/api.h>
#include <gnuradio/fec/generic_encoder.h>
#include <memory>
 
namespace gr {
namespace fec {
 
/*!
 * \brief Creates the encoder block for use in GNU Radio
 * flowgraphs from a given FECAPI object derived from the
 * generic_encoder class.
 * \ingroup error_coding_blk
 *
 * \details
 *
 * Generally, we would use the fec.extended_encoder Python
 * implementation to instantiate this. The extended_encoder wraps
 * up a few more details, like taking care of puncturing as well
 * as the encoder itself.
 */
class FEC_API encoder : virtual public block
{
public:
    typedef std::shared_ptr<encoder> sptr;
 
    /*!
     * Build the FEC encoder block from an FECAPI encoder object.
     *
     * \param my_encoder An FECAPI encoder object child of the generic_encoder class.
     * \param input_item_size size of a block of data for the encoder.
     * \param output_item_size size of a block of data the encoder will produce.
     */
    static sptr make(generic_encoder::sptr my_encoder,
                     size_t input_item_size,
                     size_t output_item_size);
 
    int general_work(int noutput_items,
                     gr_vector_int& ninput_items,
                     gr_vector_const_void_star& input_items,
                     gr_vector_void_star& output_items) override = 0;
    int fixed_rate_ninput_to_noutput(int ninput) override = 0;
    int fixed_rate_noutput_to_ninput(int noutput) override = 0;
    void forecast(int noutput_items, gr_vector_int& ninput_items_required) override = 0;
};
 
} /* namespace fec */
} /* namespace gr */
 
#endif /* INCLUDED_FEC_ENCODER_H */