include/ns3/sync-scheduler.h

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 * Copyright (c) 2012 University of California, Los Angeles
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 *
 * Author: Zhenkai Zhu <zhenkai@cs.ucla.edu>
 *         Chaoyi Bian <bcy@pku.edu.cn>
 *	   Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 */

#ifndef SYNC_SCHEDULER_H
#define SYNC_SCHEDULER_H

#include <ns3/nstime.h>
#include <ns3/event-id.h>
#include <ns3/simulator.h>
#include <list>
#include <map>

#include "sync-event.h"

#define TIME_SECONDS(number) ns3::Seconds(number)
#define TIME_MILLISECONDS(number) ns3::MilliSeconds(number)
#define TIME_NOW ns3::Simulator::Now ()
typedef ns3::Time TimeDuration;
typedef ns3::Time TimeAbsolute;

namespace Sync {

/**
 * @ingroup sync
 * @brief General purpose event scheduler
 *
 * This class internally runs a thread and events can be scheduled by specifying an absolute or relative time of the event
 */
class Scheduler
{
public:
  /**
   * @brief Default constructor. Thread will be created
   */
  Scheduler ();
  /**
   * @brief Destructor. Thread will be nicely stopped
   */
  ~Scheduler ();

  /**
   * @brief Schedule an event at absolute time 'abstime'
   * @param abstime Absolute time
   * @param event function to be called at the time
   * @param label Label for the event
   */
  // void
  // schedule (const boost::system_time &abstime, Event event, uint32_t label);

  /**
   * @brief Schedule an event at relative time 'reltime'
   * @param reltime Relative time
   * @param event function to be called at the time
   * @param label Label for the event
   */
  void
  schedule (const TimeDuration &reltime, Event event, uint32_t label); 

  /**
   * @brief Cancel all events for the label
   * @param label Label of the event that needs to be cancelled
   */
  void
  cancel (uint32_t label);

private:
  static void
  eventWrapper (Event event);

private:
  std::map< uint32_t, std::list< ns3::EventId > > m_labeledEvents;
};
  
}

#endif // SYNC_SCHEDULER_H