1 /*
2  *  Copyright 2012 The WebRTC Project Authors. All rights reserved.
3  *
4  *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
5  *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
6  *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
7  *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
8  *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
9  */
10 
11 #ifndef WEBRTC_BASE_RATELIMITER_H_
12 #define WEBRTC_BASE_RATELIMITER_H_
13 
14 #include <stdlib.h>
15 #include "webrtc/base/basictypes.h"
16 
17 namespace rtc {
18 
19 // Limits the rate of use to a certain maximum quantity per period of
20 // time.  Use, for example, for simple bandwidth throttling.
21 //
22 // It's implemented like a diet plan: You have so many calories per
23 // day.  If you hit the limit, you can't eat any more until the next
24 // day.
25 class RateLimiter {
26  public:
27   // For example, 100kb per second.
RateLimiter(size_t max,double period)28   RateLimiter(size_t max, double period)
29       : max_per_period_(max),
30         period_length_(period),
31         used_in_period_(0),
32         period_start_(0.0),
33         period_end_(period) {
34   }
~RateLimiter()35   virtual ~RateLimiter() {}
36 
37   // Returns true if if the desired quantity is available in the
38   // current period (< (max - used)).  Once the given time passes the
39   // end of the period, used is set to zero and more use is available.
40   bool CanUse(size_t desired, double time);
41   // Increment the quantity used this period.  If past the end of a
42   // period, a new period is started.
43   void Use(size_t used, double time);
44 
used_in_period()45   size_t used_in_period() const {
46     return used_in_period_;
47   }
48 
max_per_period()49   size_t max_per_period() const {
50     return max_per_period_;
51   }
52 
53  private:
54   size_t max_per_period_;
55   double period_length_;
56   size_t used_in_period_;
57   double period_start_;
58   double period_end_;
59 };
60 
61 }  // namespace rtc
62 
63 #endif  // WEBRTC_BASE_RATELIMITER_H_
64