Added documentation comments to jwt.hpp

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Arun M 2017-12-27 11:25:33 +05:30
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@ -22,14 +22,18 @@ using system_time_t = std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock>;
namespace jwt {
/*!
/**
* The type of header.
* NOTE: Only JWT is supported currently.
*/
enum class type
{
JWT = 0,
};
/*!
/**
* Converts a string representing a value of type
* `enum class type` into its actual type.
*/
enum type str_to_type(const string_view typ) noexcept
{
@ -41,7 +45,9 @@ enum type str_to_type(const string_view typ) noexcept
}
/*!
/**
* Converts an instance of type `enum class type`
* to its string equivalent.
*/
string_view type_to_str(enum type typ)
{
@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ string_view type_to_str(enum type typ)
}
/*!
/**
* Registered claim names.
*/
enum class registered_claims
@ -76,7 +82,9 @@ enum class registered_claims
};
/*!
/**
* Converts an instance of type `enum class registered_claims`
* to its string equivalent representation.
*/
string_view reg_claims_to_str(enum registered_claims claim) noexcept
{
@ -104,36 +112,72 @@ std::string to_json_str(const T& obj, bool pretty=false);
template <typename T>
std::ostream& write(std::ostream& os, const T& obj, bool pretty=false);
/*!
/**
* A helper class providing the necessary functionalities
* for:
* a) converting an object into JSON string.
* b) writing to a standard output stream in JSON format.
* c) writing to standard console in JSON format using
* overloaded '<<' operator.
*
* @note: The JWT component classes inherits from this
* class to get the above functionalities.
*/
struct write_interface
{
/*!
/**
* Converts an object of type `T` to its JSON
* string format.
* @note: Type `T` must have a member function named
* `create_json_obj`.
* The check is made at compile time. Check
* `meta::has_create_json_obj_member` for more details.
* This check is done in `Cond` template parameter.
*
* For pretty print, pass second parameter as `true`.
*/
template <typename T, typename Cond>
friend std::string to_json_str(const T& obj, bool pretty);
/*!
/**
* Writes the object of instance `T` in JSON format
* to standard output stream.
* The requirements on type `T` is same as that for
* `to_json_str` API.
*/
template <typename T>
friend std::ostream& write(
std::ostream& os, const T& obj, bool pretty);
/*!
/**
* An overloaded operator for writing to standard
* ostream in JSON format.
* The requirements on type `T` is same as that for
* `to_json_str` API.
*
* This API is same in functionality as that of
* `write` API. Only difference is that, there is no
* option to write the JSON representation in pretty
* format.
*/
template <typename T, typename Cond>
friend std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& os, const T& obj);
};
/*!
/**
* Provides the functionality for doing
* base64 encoding and decoding from the
* json string.
*
* @note: The JWT component classes inherits from this
* class to get the base64 related encoding and decoding
* functionalities.
*/
template <typename Derived>
struct base64_enc_dec
{
/*!
/**
* Does URL safe base64 encoding
*/
std::string base64_encode(bool with_pretty = false) const
@ -147,7 +191,7 @@ struct base64_enc_dec
return b64_str;
}
/*!
/**
* Does URL safe base64 decoding.
*/
std::string base64_decode(const string_view encoded_str)
@ -158,18 +202,21 @@ struct base64_enc_dec
};
/*!
* JWT Header.
/**
* Component class representing JWT Header.
*/
struct jwt_header: write_interface
, base64_enc_dec<jwt_header>
{
public: // 'tors
/*!
/*
* Default constructor.
*/
jwt_header() = default;
/*!
/**
* Constructor taking specified algorithm type
* and JWT type.
*/
jwt_header(enum algorithm alg, enum type typ = type::JWT)
: alg_(alg)
@ -179,7 +226,6 @@ public: // 'tors
/**
* Construct the header from an encoded string.
* TODO: Throw an exception in case of error
*/
jwt_header(const string_view enc_str)
{
@ -193,46 +239,57 @@ public: // 'tors
~jwt_header() = default;
public: // Exposed APIs
/*!
/**
* NOTE: Any previously saved json dump or the encoding of the
* header would not be valid after modifying the algorithm.
*/
/**
* Set the algorithm.
*/
void algo(enum algorithm alg) noexcept
{
alg_ = alg;
}
/**
* Set the algorithm. String overload.
*/
void algo(const string_view sv)
{
alg_ = str_to_alg(sv.data());
}
/*!
/**
* Get the algorithm.
*/
enum algorithm algo() const noexcept
{
return alg_;
}
/*!
/**
* NOTE: Any previously saved json dump or the encoding of the
* header would not be valid after modifying the type.
*/
/**
* Set the JWS type.
*/
void typ(enum type typ) noexcept
{
typ_ = typ;
}
/*!
/**
* Get the JWT type.
*/
enum type typ() const noexcept
{
return typ_;
}
/*!
/**
* Get the URL safe base64 encoded string
* of the header.
*/
//TODO: error code ?
std::string encode(bool pprint = false)
@ -241,14 +298,31 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Decodes the base64 encoded string to JWT header.
* @note: Overwrites the data member of this instance
* with the decoded values.
*
* This API takes an error_code to set the error instead
* of throwing an exception.
*
* @note: Exceptions related to memory allocation failures
* are not translated to an error_code. The API would
* still throw an exception in those cases.
*/
void decode(const string_view enc_str, std::error_code& ec) noexcept;
void decode(const string_view enc_str, std::error_code& ec);
/**
* Exception throwing API version of decode.
* Throws `DecodeError` exception.
* Could also throw memory allocation failure
* exceptions.
*/
void decode(const string_view enc_str) throw(DecodeError);
void decode(const string_view enc_str);
/*!
/**
* Creates a `json_t` object this class instance.
* @note: Presence of this member function is a requirement
* for some interfaces (Eg: `write_interface`).
*/
json_t create_json_obj() const
{
@ -269,14 +343,17 @@ private: // Data members
};
/*!
* JWT Payload
/**
* Component class representing JWT Payload.
* The payload is nothing but a set of claims
* which are directly written into a JSON object.
*/
struct jwt_payload: write_interface
, base64_enc_dec<jwt_payload>
{
public: // 'tors
/**
* Default constructor.
*/
jwt_payload() = default;
@ -297,6 +374,17 @@ public: // 'tors
public: // Exposed APIs
/**
* Add a claim to the set.
* Parameters:
* cname - The name of the claim.
* cvalue - Value of the claim.
* overwrite - Over write the value if already present.
*
* @note: This overload works for all value types which
* are:
* a) _not_ an instance of type system_time_t.
* b) _not_ an instance of type jwt::string_view.
* c) can be written to `json_t` object.
*/
template <typename T,
typename=typename std::enable_if_t<
@ -313,6 +401,10 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
return false;
}
if (itr != claim_names_.end() && overwrite) {
claim_names_.erase(itr);
}
// Add it to the known set of claims
claim_names_.emplace(cname.data(), cname.length());
@ -323,6 +415,8 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Adds a claim.
* This overload takes string claim value.
*/
bool add_claim(const string_view cname, const string_view cvalue, bool overwrite=false)
{
@ -330,6 +424,9 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Adds a claim.
* This overload takes system_time_t claim value.
* @note: Useful for providing timestamp as the claim value.
*/
bool add_claim(const string_view cname, system_time_t tp, bool overwrite=false)
{
@ -342,8 +439,14 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Adds a claim.
* This overload takes `registered_claims` as the claim name.
*/
template <typename T>
template <typename T,
typename=std::enable_if_t<
!std::is_same<std::decay_t<T>, system_time_t>::value ||
!std::is_same<std::decay_t<T>, jwt::string_view>::value
>>
bool add_claim(enum registered_claims cname, T&& cvalue, bool overwrite=false)
{
return add_claim(
@ -354,6 +457,9 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Adds a claim.
* This overload takes `registered_claims` as the claim name and
* `system_time_t` as the claim value type.
*/
bool add_claim(enum registered_claims cname, system_time_t tp, bool overwrite=false)
{
@ -366,6 +472,26 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Adds a claim.
* This overload takes `registered_claims` as the claim name and
* `jwt::string_view` as the claim value type.
*/
bool add_claim(enum registered_claims cname, jwt::string_view cvalue, bool overwrite=false)
{
return add_claim(
reg_claims_to_str(cname),
std::string{cvalue.data(), cvalue.length()},
overwrite
);
}
/**
* Gets the claim value provided the claim value name.
* @note: The claim name used here is Case Sensitive.
*
* The template type `T` is what the user expects the value
* type to be. If the type provided is incompatible the underlying
* JSON library will throw an exception.
*/
template <typename T>
decltype(auto) get_claim_value(const string_view cname) const
@ -374,6 +500,13 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Gets the claim value provided the claim value name.
* This overload takes the claim name as an instance of
* type `registered_claims`.
*
* The template type `T` is what the user expects the value
* type to be. If the type provided is incompatible the underlying
* JSON library will throw an exception.
*/
template <typename T>
decltype(auto) get_claim_value(enum registered_claims cname) const
@ -382,6 +515,7 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Remove a claim identified by a claim name.
*/
bool remove_claim(const string_view cname)
{
@ -395,6 +529,9 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Remove a claim.
* Overload which takes the claim name as an instance
* of `registered_claims` type.
*/
bool remove_claim(enum registered_claims cname)
{
@ -402,6 +539,9 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Checks whether a claim is present in the payload
* or not.
* @note: Claim name is case insensitive for this API.
*/
//TODO: Not all libc++ version agrees with this
//because count() is not made const for is_transparent
@ -412,6 +552,10 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Checks whether a claim is present in the payload or
* not.
* Overload which takes the claim name as an instance
* of `registered_claims` type.
*/
bool has_claim(enum registered_claims cname) const noexcept
{
@ -419,6 +563,8 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Checks whether there is claim with a specific
* value in the payload.
*/
template <typename T>
bool has_claim_with_value(const string_view cname, T&& cvalue) const
@ -430,14 +576,20 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Checks whether there is claim with a specific
* value in the payload.
* Overload which takes the claim name as an instance of
* type `registered_claims`.
*/
template <typename T>
bool has_claim_with_value(registered_claims cname, T&& value) const
bool has_claim_with_value(const enum registered_claims cname, T&& value) const
{
return has_claim_with_value(reg_claims_to_str(cname), std::forward<T>(value));
}
/**
* Encodes the payload as URL safe Base64 encoded
* string.
*/
std::string encode(bool pprint = false)
{
@ -445,14 +597,29 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Decodes an encoded string and overwrites the payload
* as per the encoded information.
*
* This version of API reports error via std::error_code.
*
* @note: Allocation failures are still thrown out
* as exceptions.
*/
void decode(const string_view enc_str, std::error_code& ec) noexcept;
void decode(const string_view enc_str, std::error_code& ec);
/**
* Overload of decode API which throws exception
* on any failure.
*
* Throws DecodeError on failure.
*/
void decode(const string_view enc_str) throw(DecodeError);
void decode(const string_view enc_str);
/**
* Creates a JSON object of the payload.
*
* The presence of this API is required for
* making it work with `write_interface`.
*/
const json_t& create_json_obj() const
{
@ -461,6 +628,8 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
private:
/**
* Transparent comparator.
* @note: C++14 only.
*/
struct case_compare
{
@ -497,7 +666,13 @@ private:
std::set<std::string, case_compare> claim_names_;
};
/*!
/**
* Component class for representing JWT signature.
*
* Provides APIs for:
* a) Encoding header and payload to JWS string parts.
* b) Verifying the signature by matching it with header and payload
* signature.
*/
struct jwt_signature
{
@ -505,9 +680,10 @@ public: // 'tors
/// Default constructor
jwt_signature() = default;
/*!
/**
* Constructor which takes the key.
*/
jwt_signature(string_view key)
jwt_signature(const string_view key)
: key_(key.data(), key.length())
{
}
@ -519,13 +695,18 @@ public: // 'tors
~jwt_signature() = default;
public: // Exposed APIs
/*!
/**
* Encodes the header and payload to get the
* three part JWS signature.
*/
std::string encode(const jwt_header& header,
const jwt_payload& payload,
std::error_code& ec);
/*!
/**
* Verifies the JWS signature.
* Returns `verify_result_t` which is a pair
* of bool and error_code.
*/
verify_result_t verify(const jwt_header& header,
const string_view hdr_pld_sign,
@ -548,27 +729,44 @@ private: // Data members;
/**
* The main class representing the JWT object.
* It is a composition of all JWT composition classes.
*
* @note: This class does not provide all the required
* APIs in its public interface. Instead the class provides
* `header()` and `payload()` APIs. Those can be used to
* access more public APIs specific to those components.
*/
class jwt_object
{
public: // 'tors
/**
* Default constructor.
*/
jwt_object() = default;
/**
* Takes a variadic set of parameters.
* Each type must satisfy the
* `ParameterConcept` concept.
*/
template <typename... Args>
jwt_object(Args&&... args);
public: // Exposed static APIs
/**
* Splitsa JWT string into its three parts
* using dot('.') as the delimiter.
*
* @note: Instead of actually splitting the API
* simply provides an array of view.
*/
static std::array<string_view, 3>
three_parts(const string_view enc_str);
public: // Exposed APIs
/**
* Returns the payload component object by reference.
*/
jwt_payload& payload() noexcept
{
@ -576,6 +774,7 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Returns the payload component object by const-reference.
*/
const jwt_payload& payload() const noexcept
{
@ -583,6 +782,7 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Sets the payload component object.
*/
void payload(const jwt_payload& p)
{
@ -590,6 +790,8 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Sets the payload component object.
* Takes the payload object as rvalue-reference.
*/
void payload(jwt_payload&& p)
{
@ -597,6 +799,7 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Sets the header component object.
*/
void header(const jwt_header& h)
{
@ -604,6 +807,8 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Sets the header component object.
* Takes the header object as rvalue-reference.
*/
void header(jwt_header&& h)
{
@ -611,6 +816,7 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Get the header component object as reference.
*/
jwt_header& header() noexcept
{
@ -618,6 +824,7 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Get the header component object as const-reference.
*/
const jwt_header& header() const noexcept
{
@ -625,6 +832,7 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Get the secret to be used for signing.
*/
std::string secret() const
{
@ -632,6 +840,7 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Set the secret to be used for signing.
*/
void secret(const string_view sv)
{
@ -639,17 +848,27 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Provides the glue interface for adding claim.
* @note: See `jwt_payload::add_claim` for more details.
*/
template <typename T, typename Cond>
jwt_object& add_claim(const string_view name, T&& value);
/**
* Provides the glue interface for adding claim.
*
* @note: See `jwt_payload::add_claim` for more details.
*
* Specialization for time points.
* Eg: Users can set `exp` claim to `chrono::system_clock::now()`.
*/
jwt_object& add_claim(const string_view name, system_time_t time_point);
/**
* Provides the glue interface for adding claim.
* Overload for taking claim name as `registered_claims` instance.
*
* @note: See `jwt_payload::add_claim` for more details.
*/
template <typename T>
jwt_object& add_claim(enum registered_claims cname, T&& value)
@ -658,10 +877,16 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Provides the glue interface for removing claim.
*
* @note: See `jwt_payload::remove_claim` for more details.
*/
jwt_object& remove_claim(const string_view name);
/**
* Provides the glue interface for removing claim.
*
* @note: See `jwt_payload::remove_claim` for more details.
*/
jwt_object& remove_claim(enum registered_claims cname)
{
@ -669,6 +894,10 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Provides the glue interface for checking if a claim is present
* or not.
*
* @note: See `jwt_payload::has_claim` for more details.
*/
bool has_claim(const string_view cname) const noexcept
{
@ -676,6 +905,10 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Provides the glue interface for checking if a claim is present
* or not.
*
* @note: See `jwt_payload::has_claim` for more details.
*/
bool has_claim(enum registered_claims cname) const noexcept
{
@ -683,15 +916,25 @@ public: // Exposed APIs
}
/**
* Generate the JWS for the header + payload using the secret.
* This version takes the error_code for reporting errors.
*
* @note: The API would still throw for memory allocation exceptions
* (`std::bad_alloc` or `jwt::MemoryAllocationException`)
* or exceptions thrown by user types.
*/
std::string signature(std::error_code& ec) const;
/**
* Generate the JWS for the header + payload using the secret.
* Exception throwing version.
*/
std::string signature() const;
/**
* Verify the signature.
* TODO: Returns an error_code instead of taking
* by reference.
*/
template <typename Params, typename SequenceT>
std::error_code verify(
@ -761,10 +1004,9 @@ private: // Data Members
};
/**
*/
jwt_object jwt_decode(const string_view encoded_str, const string_view key, bool validate=true);
/**
* Decode the JWT signature to create the `jwt_object`.
* This version reports error back using `std::error_code`.
*
* NOTE: Memory allocation exceptions are not caught.
*/
template <typename SequenceT, typename... Args>
@ -774,6 +1016,8 @@ jwt_object decode(const string_view enc_str,
Args&&... args);
/**
* Decode the JWT signature to create the `jwt_object`.
* This version reports error back by throwing exceptions.
*/
template <typename SequenceT, typename... Args>
jwt_object decode(const string_view enc_str,