Merge into master from pull request #348:
loci: remove inheritance unions and header classes (https://github.com/floodlight/loxigen/pull/348)
diff --git a/c_gen/build_of_g.py b/c_gen/build_of_g.py
index ff2dfe8..ace386d 100755
--- a/c_gen/build_of_g.py
+++ b/c_gen/build_of_g.py
@@ -202,13 +202,7 @@
                 if type(m) == OFPadMember:
                     continue
                 else:
-                    # HACK the C backend does not yet support of_oxm_t
-                    if m.oftype == 'of_oxm_t':
-                        m_type = 'of_oxm_header_t'
-                    # HACK the C backend does not yet support of_bsn_vport_t
-                    elif m.oftype == 'of_bsn_vport_t':
-                        m_type = 'of_bsn_vport_header_t'
-                    elif m.oftype.find("list(") == 0:
+                    if m.oftype.find("list(") == 0:
                         (list_name, base_type) = loxi_utils.list_name_extract(m.oftype)
                         m_type = list_name + "_t"
                     else:
@@ -248,19 +242,6 @@
     Add information computed from the input, including offsets and
     lengths of struct members and the set of list and action_id types.
     """
-
-    # Generate header classes for inheritance parents
-    for wire_version, ordered_classes in of_g.ordered_classes.items():
-        classes = versions[of_g.of_version_wire2name[wire_version]]['classes']
-        for cls in ordered_classes:
-            if type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls):
-                new_cls = cls + '_header'
-                of_g.ordered_classes[wire_version].append(new_cls)
-                classes[new_cls] = classes[cls]
-                of_g.base_length[(new_cls, wire_version)] = of_g.base_length[(cls, wire_version)]
-                if (cls, wire_version) in of_g.is_fixed_length:
-                    of_g.is_fixed_length.add((cls, wire_version))
-
     # Create lists
     for version, protocol in loxi_globals.ir.items():
         lists = set()
diff --git a/c_gen/c_code_gen.py b/c_gen/c_code_gen.py
index 239034a..968d939 100644
--- a/c_gen/c_code_gen.py
+++ b/c_gen/c_code_gen.py
@@ -753,7 +753,6 @@
  * Per-class static delete functions
  * Per-class, per-member accessor declarations
  * Per-class structure definitions
- * Generic union (inheritance) definitions
  * Pointer set function declarations
  * Some special case macros
  *
@@ -966,38 +965,14 @@
 #
 ################################################################
 
-def gen_generics(out):
-    for (cls, subclasses) in type_maps.inheritance_map.items():
-        out.write("""
-/**
- * Inheritance super class for %(cls)s
- *
- * This class is the union of %(cls)s classes.  You can refer
- * to it untyped by refering to the member 'header' whose structure
- * is common across all sub-classes.
- */
-
-union %(cls)s_u {
-    %(cls)s_header_t header; /* Generic instance */
-""" % dict(cls=cls))
-        for subcls in sorted(subclasses):
-            instance = loxi_utils.class_to_instance(subcls, cls)
-            out.write("    %s_%s_t %s;\n" % (cls, instance, instance))
-        out.write("};\n")
-
 def gen_struct_typedefs(out):
     """
     Generate typedefs for all struct objects
     @param out The file for output, already open
     """
 
-    out.write("\n/* LOCI inheritance parent typedefs */\n")
-    for cls in type_maps.inheritance_map:
-        out.write("typedef union %(cls)s_u %(cls)s_t;\n" % dict(cls=cls))
     out.write("\n/* LOCI object typedefs */\n")
     for cls in of_g.standard_class_order:
-        if type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls):
-            continue
         template = "typedef of_object_t %(cls)s_t;\n"
         out.write(template % dict(cls=cls))
 
@@ -1036,7 +1011,7 @@
  ****************************************************************/
 """)
     for cls in of_g.standard_class_order:
-        if type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls):
+        if type_maps.class_is_virtual(cls) and not loxi_utils.class_is_list(cls):
             continue
         out.write("\n/* Unified accessor functions for %s */\n" % cls)
         for m_name in of_g.ordered_members[cls]:
@@ -1076,13 +1051,13 @@
             e_type = loxi_utils.list_to_entry_type(cls)
             out.write("""
 extern int %(cls)s_first(
-    %(cls)s_t *list, of_list_iter_t iter);
+    %(cls)s_t *list, of_object_t *iter);
 extern int %(cls)s_next(
-    %(cls)s_t *list, of_list_iter_t iter);
+    %(cls)s_t *list, of_object_t *iter);
 extern int %(cls)s_append_bind(
-    %(cls)s_t *list, of_list_iter_t iter);
+    %(cls)s_t *list, of_object_t *iter);
 extern int %(cls)s_append(
-    %(cls)s_t *list, of_list_iter_t iter);
+    %(cls)s_t *list, of_object_t *iter);
 
 /**
  * Iteration macro for list of type %(cls)s
@@ -1224,7 +1199,7 @@
     LOCI_ASSERT(cur_len + abs_offset <= WBUF_CURRENT_BYTES(wbuf));
     OF_TRY(of_match_deserialize(ver, %(m_name)s, obj, offset, cur_len));
 """ % dict(m_name=m_name))
-    elif m_type == "of_oxm_header_t":
+    elif m_type == "of_oxm_t":
         out.write("""
     /* Initialize child */
     %(m_type)s_init(%(m_name)s, obj->version, 0, 1);
@@ -1232,7 +1207,7 @@
     of_object_attach(obj, %(m_name)s, offset, cur_len);
     of_object_wire_init(%(m_name)s, OF_OXM, 0);
 """ % dict(m_type=m_type[:-2], m_name=m_name))
-    elif m_type == "of_bsn_vport_header_t":
+    elif m_type == "of_bsn_vport_t":
         out.write("""
     /* Initialize child */
     %(m_type)s_init(%(m_name)s, obj->version, 0, 1);
@@ -1715,8 +1690,6 @@
  ****************************************************************/
 """)
     for cls in of_g.standard_class_order:
-#        if type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls):
-#            continue
         out.write("""
 /**
  * Delete an object of type %(cls)s_t
@@ -1774,8 +1747,8 @@
     out.write("/* DOCUMENTATION ONLY */\n")
 
     for cls in of_g.standard_class_order:
-        if type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls):
-            pass # Check this
+        if type_maps.class_is_virtual(cls):
+            pass
 
         out.write("""
 /**
diff --git a/c_gen/c_dump_gen.py b/c_gen/c_dump_gen.py
index a9074af..799dc09 100644
--- a/c_gen/c_dump_gen.py
+++ b/c_gen/c_dump_gen.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         for cls in of_g.standard_class_order:
             if not loxi_utils.class_in_version(cls, version):
                 continue
-            if type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls):
+            if type_maps.class_is_virtual(cls):
                 continue
             out.write("""\
 int %(cls)s_%(ver_name)s_dump(loci_writer_f writer, void* cookie, of_object_t *obj);
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
         for cls in of_g.standard_class_order:
             if not loxi_utils.class_in_version(cls, version):
                 continue
-            if type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls):
+            if type_maps.class_is_virtual(cls):
                 continue
             out.write("""
 int
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
                     sub_cls = m_type[:-2] # Trim _t
                     out.write("""
     %(cls)s_%(m_name)s_bind(obj, &%(v_name)s);
-    out += %(sub_cls)s_%(ver_name)s_dump(writer, cookie, &%(v_name)s);
+    out += of_object_dump(writer, cookie, &%(v_name)s);
 """ % dict(cls=cls, sub_cls=sub_cls, m_name=m_name,
            v_name=var_name_map(m_type), ver_name=ver_name))
 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
                 comma = ","
 
             if (not loxi_utils.class_in_version(cls, version) or
-                    type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls)):
+                    type_maps.class_is_virtual(cls)):
                 out.write("    unknown_dump%s\n" % comma);
             else:
                 out.write("    %s_%s_dump%s\n" %
diff --git a/c_gen/c_show_gen.py b/c_gen/c_show_gen.py
index a6ce048..d1cbbdb 100644
--- a/c_gen/c_show_gen.py
+++ b/c_gen/c_show_gen.py
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
     ('uint64_t', 'generation_id'),
     ('uint16_t', 'value_mask'),
     ('uint32_t', 'value_mask'),
-    ('uint32_t', 'oxm_header'),
     ('uint8_t', 'value_mask'),
     ('uint64_t', 'value_mask'),
     ('uint64_t', 'write_setfields'),
@@ -164,7 +163,7 @@
         for cls in of_g.standard_class_order:
             if not loxi_utils.class_in_version(cls, version):
                 continue
-            if type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls):
+            if type_maps.class_is_virtual(cls):
                 continue
             out.write("""\
 int %(cls)s_%(ver_name)s_show(loci_writer_f writer, void* cookie, of_object_t *obj);
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@
         for cls in of_g.standard_class_order:
             if not loxi_utils.class_in_version(cls, version):
                 continue
-            if type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls):
+            if type_maps.class_is_virtual(cls):
                 continue
             out.write("""
 int
@@ -255,7 +254,7 @@
                     sub_cls = m_type[:-2] # Trim _t
                     out.write("""
     %(cls)s_%(m_name)s_bind(obj, &%(v_name)s);
-    out += %(sub_cls)s_%(ver_name)s_show(writer, cookie, &%(v_name)s);
+    out += of_object_show(writer, cookie, &%(v_name)s);
 """ % dict(cls=cls, sub_cls=sub_cls, m_name=m_name,
            v_name=var_name_map(m_type), ver_name=ver_name))
 
@@ -303,7 +302,7 @@
                 comma = ","
 
             if (not loxi_utils.class_in_version(cls, version) or
-                    type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls)):
+                    type_maps.class_is_virtual(cls)):
                 out.write("    unknown_show%s\n" % comma);
             else:
                 out.write("    %s_%s_show%s\n" %
diff --git a/c_gen/c_test_gen.py b/c_gen/c_test_gen.py
index 5ddd4e9..109ab9b 100644
--- a/c_gen/c_test_gen.py
+++ b/c_gen/c_test_gen.py
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@
         of_octets_t="octets",
         of_meter_features_t="features",
         of_match_t="match",
-        of_oxm_header_t="oxm",
-        of_bsn_vport_header_t="bsn_vport",
+        of_oxm_t="oxm",
+        of_bsn_vport_t="bsn_vport",
         of_table_desc_t="table_desc",
         # BSN extensions
         of_bsn_vport_q_in_q_t="vport",
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@
 # When embedding an object inside of another object we have to pick a single
 # subclass to use, unlike lists where we use all subclasses.
 embedded_subclasses = {
-    'of_oxm_header_t': 'of_oxm_eth_type',
-    'of_bsn_vport_header_t': 'of_bsn_vport_q_in_q',
+    'of_oxm_t': 'of_oxm_eth_type',
+    'of_bsn_vport_t': 'of_bsn_vport_q_in_q',
 }
 
 def ignore_member(cls, version, m_name, m_type):
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
         for cls in of_g.standard_class_order:
             if not loxi_utils.class_in_version(cls, version):
                 continue
-            if type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls):
+            if type_maps.class_is_virtual(cls) and not loxi_utils.class_is_list(cls):
                 continue
             out.write("""
 extern int %(cls)s_%(v_name)s_populate(
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@
  */
 """ % v_name)
         for cls in of_g.standard_class_order:
-            if type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls):
+            if type_maps.class_is_virtual(cls):
                 continue
             if version in of_g.unified[cls]:
                 message_scalar_test(out, version, cls)
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
     for version in of_g.of_version_range:
         v_name = loxi_utils.version_to_name(version)
         for cls in of_g.standard_class_order:
-            if type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls):
+            if type_maps.class_is_virtual(cls):
                 continue
             if version in of_g.unified[cls]:
                 test_name = "%s_%s" % (cls, v_name)
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@
     """
     for version in of_g.of_version_range:
         for cls in of_g.standard_class_order:
-            if type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls):
+            if type_maps.class_is_virtual(cls):
                 continue
             (members, member_types) = scalar_member_types_get(cls, version)
             scalar_funs_instance(out, cls, version, members, member_types)
@@ -1588,11 +1588,9 @@
         for cls in of_g.standard_class_order:
             if not loxi_utils.class_in_version(cls, version):
                 continue
-            if type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls):
-                continue
             elif loxi_utils.class_is_list(cls):
                 gen_list_setup_check(out, cls, version)
-            else:
+            elif not type_maps.class_is_virtual(cls):
                 gen_class_setup_check(out, cls, version)
 
 def gen_unified_accessor_tests(out, name):
@@ -1611,7 +1609,7 @@
         for cls in of_g.standard_class_order:
             if not loxi_utils.class_in_version(cls, version):
                 continue
-            if type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls):
+            if type_maps.class_is_virtual(cls):
                 continue
             unified_accessor_test_case(out, cls, version)
 
@@ -1625,7 +1623,7 @@
         for cls in of_g.standard_class_order:
             if not loxi_utils.class_in_version(cls, version):
                 continue
-            if type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls):
+            if type_maps.class_is_virtual(cls):
                 continue
             test_name = "%s_%s" % (cls, v_name)
             out.write("    RUN_TEST(%s);\n" % test_name)
@@ -1708,6 +1706,8 @@
     sub_classes = type_maps.sub_class_map(cls, version)
     for (_, sub_cls) in sub_classes:
         sub_enum = sub_cls.upper()
+        if type_maps.class_is_virtual(sub_cls):
+            continue
         out.write("""
     if (src->object_id == %(sub_enum)s) {
         return %(sub_cls)s_%(ver_name)s_dup(src);
@@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@
                 gen_dup_inheritance(out, cls, version)
             elif loxi_utils.class_is_list(cls):
                 gen_dup_list(out, cls, version)
-            else:
+            elif not type_maps.class_is_virtual(cls):
                 gen_dup_cls(out, cls, version)
 
 def gen_dup(out=sys.stdout):
@@ -1859,7 +1859,12 @@
         for version in of_g.of_version_range:
             if not loxi_utils.class_in_version(cls, version):
                 continue
-
+            elif type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls):
+                pass
+            elif loxi_utils.class_is_list(cls):
+                pass
+            elif type_maps.class_is_virtual(cls):
+                continue
             ver_name = loxi_utils.version_to_name(version)
             out.write("""
     if (src->version == %(ver_name)s) {
@@ -1928,6 +1933,12 @@
         for cls in of_g.standard_class_order:
             if not loxi_utils.class_in_version(cls, version):
                 continue
+            elif type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls):
+                pass
+            elif loxi_utils.class_is_list(cls):
+                pass
+            elif type_maps.class_is_virtual(cls):
+                continue
             ver_name = loxi_utils.version_to_name(version)
             out.write("""
 extern of_object_t *
@@ -1962,7 +1973,7 @@
         for j, cls in enumerate(of_g.all_class_order):
             if not loxi_utils.class_in_version(cls, version):
                 continue
-            if type_maps.class_is_inheritance_root(cls):
+            if type_maps.class_is_virtual(cls):
                 continue
             if cls == "of_bsn_virtual_port_create_request": # test q_in_q
                 out.write("""
diff --git a/c_gen/codegen.py b/c_gen/codegen.py
index f480453..f052950 100644
--- a/c_gen/codegen.py
+++ b/c_gen/codegen.py
@@ -121,26 +121,12 @@
                 c_code_gen.gen_new_function_definitions(out, uclass.name)
                 c_code_gen.gen_accessor_definitions(out, uclass.name)
 
-# TODO remove header classes and use the corresponding class instead
-def generate_header_classes(install_dir):
-    for cls in of_g.standard_class_order:
-        if not cls.endswith("_header") or cls in ["of_header", "of_bsn_header", "of_nicira_header"]:
-            continue
-        with template_utils.open_output(install_dir, "loci/src/%s.c" % cls) as out:
-            util.render_template(out, "class.c",
-                push_wire_types_data=None,
-                parse_wire_types_data=None)
-            # Append legacy generated code
-            c_code_gen.gen_new_function_definitions(out, cls)
-            c_code_gen.gen_accessor_definitions(out, cls)
-
 def generate_classes_header(install_dir):
     # Collect legacy code
     tmp = StringIO()
     c_code_gen.gen_struct_typedefs(tmp)
     c_code_gen.gen_new_function_declarations(tmp)
     c_code_gen.gen_accessor_declarations(tmp)
-    c_code_gen.gen_generics(tmp)
 
     with template_utils.open_output(install_dir, "loci/inc/loci/loci_classes.h") as out:
         util.render_template(out, "loci_classes.h",
@@ -240,16 +226,6 @@
             wire_type_get=wire_type_get,
             wire_type_set=wire_type_set))
 
-        # If this is the root of an inheritance hierachy, add metadata
-        # for the corresponding header class
-        if uclass.name in type_maps.inheritance_map:
-            class_metadata.append(ClassMetadata(
-                name=uclass.name + '_header',
-                wire_length_get=wire_length_get,
-                wire_length_set=wire_length_set,
-                wire_type_get=wire_type_get,
-                wire_type_set=wire_type_set))
-
     for metadata in class_metadata:
         class_metadata_dict[metadata.name] = metadata
 
diff --git a/c_gen/match.py b/c_gen/match.py
index d6b43fa..c6459d4 100644
--- a/c_gen/match.py
+++ b/c_gen/match.py
@@ -197,8 +197,7 @@
     # Generate list of OXM names from the unified classes
     oxm_names = [x[7:] for x in of_g.unified.keys() if
                  x.startswith('of_oxm_') and
-                 x.find('masked') < 0 and
-                 x.find('header') < 0]
+                 x.find('masked') < 0]
 
     # Check that all OXMs are in the match members
     for key in oxm_names:
diff --git a/c_gen/templates/list.c b/c_gen/templates/list.c
index d39af9a..5eb45c6 100644
--- a/c_gen/templates/list.c
+++ b/c_gen/templates/list.c
@@ -42,10 +42,9 @@
  */
 
 int
-${cls}_first(${cls}_t *list, of_list_iter_t iter)
+${cls}_first(${cls}_t *list, of_object_t *obj)
 {
     int rv;
-    of_object_t *obj = iter.obj;
 
     ${e_cls}_init(obj, list->version, -1, 1);
 
@@ -73,10 +72,9 @@
  */
 
 int
-${cls}_next(${cls}_t *list, of_list_iter_t iter)
+${cls}_next(${cls}_t *list, of_object_t *obj)
 {
     int rv;
-    of_object_t *obj = iter.obj;
 
     if ((rv = of_list_next(list, obj)) < 0) {
         return rv;
@@ -105,9 +103,9 @@
  */
 
 int
-${cls}_append_bind(${cls}_t *list, of_list_iter_t iter)
+${cls}_append_bind(${cls}_t *list, of_object_t *obj)
 {
-    return of_list_append_bind(list, iter.obj);
+    return of_list_append_bind(list, obj);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -119,7 +117,7 @@
  */
 
 int
-${cls}_append(${cls}_t *list, of_list_iter_t iter)
+${cls}_append(${cls}_t *list, of_object_t *obj)
 {
-    return of_list_append(list, iter.obj);
+    return of_list_append(list, obj);
 }
diff --git a/c_gen/templates/loci_classes.h b/c_gen/templates/loci_classes.h
index 86fe36b..c5147cb 100644
--- a/c_gen/templates/loci_classes.h
+++ b/c_gen/templates/loci_classes.h
@@ -36,22 +36,6 @@
 void ${uclass.name}_push_wire_types(of_object_t *obj);
 :: #endfor
 
-/*
- * Transparent union used for list iteration
- *
- * This will be removed when all callers are converted to of_object_t.
- */
-union of_list_iter_u {
-    of_object_t *obj;
-:: for uclass in loxi_globals.unified.classes:
-:: if uclass.virtual and not uclass.superclass:
-    union ${uclass.name}_u *${uclass.name};
-:: #endif
-:: #endfor
-} __attribute__ ((__transparent_union__));
-
-typedef union of_list_iter_u of_list_iter_t;
-
 ${legacy_code}
 
 #endif
diff --git a/c_gen/type_maps.py b/c_gen/type_maps.py
index 3544d80..607814c 100644
--- a/c_gen/type_maps.py
+++ b/c_gen/type_maps.py
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
     """
     Returns True if cls is a virtual class
     """
-    if cls.endswith("header"):
-        return True
     if loxi_utils.class_is_list(cls):
         return True
     return loxi_globals.unified.class_by_name(cls).virtual
@@ -46,6 +44,10 @@
     return cls in inheritance_map
 
 def generate_maps():
+    for ofclass in loxi_globals.unified.classes:
+        if ofclass.virtual and not ofclass.superclass:
+            inheritance_map[ofclass.name] = set()
+
     for version, protocol in loxi_globals.ir.items():
         wire_version = version.wire_version
         for ofclass in protocol.classes:
@@ -53,8 +55,6 @@
             if not root or root == ofclass or root.name == "of_header":
                 continue
 
-            if root.name not in inheritance_map:
-                inheritance_map[root.name] = set()
             inheritance_map[root.name].add(ofclass.name)
 
 def sub_class_map(base_type, version):
diff --git a/lang_c.py b/lang_c.py
index c7b68f7..bec4a65 100644
--- a/lang_c.py
+++ b/lang_c.py
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@
             fn(outfile, os.path.basename(name))
     c_gen.codegen.build_class_metadata()
     c_gen.codegen.generate_classes(install_dir)
-    c_gen.codegen.generate_header_classes(install_dir)
     c_gen.codegen.generate_classes_header(install_dir)
     c_gen.codegen.generate_lists(install_dir)
     c_gen.codegen.generate_strings(install_dir)