model/sync-name-info.h

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 * Author: Zhenkai Zhu <zhenkai@cs.ucla.edu>
 *         卞超轶 Chaoyi Bian <bcy@pku.edu.cn>
 *	   Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 */

#ifndef SYNC_NAME_INFO_H
#define SYNC_NAME_INFO_H

#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
#include <map>
#include <string>

namespace ns3 {
namespace Sync {

/**
 * @ingroup sync
 * @brief Templated class for the leaf name
 */
class NameInfo
{
private:
  typedef boost::shared_ptr<const NameInfo> const_ptr;
  
public:
  virtual ~NameInfo () { };

  /**
   * @brief Get ID of the record (should be locally-unique, but not really necessary---this is be used for hashing purposes)
   */
  size_t
  getHashId () const { return m_id; }
  
  virtual bool
  operator == (const NameInfo &info) const = 0;

  /**
   * @brief Calculates digest of the name
   */
  const Digest &
  getDigest () const { return m_digest; }

  /**
   * @brief Convert prefix to string
   * @returns string representation of prefix
   */
  virtual std::string
  toString () const = 0;

protected:
  // actual stuff
  size_t m_id; ///< @brief Identifies NameInfo throughout the library (for hash container, doesn't need to be strictly unique)
  Digest m_digest;

  // static stuff
  typedef std::map<std::string, const_ptr> NameMap;
  static size_t  m_ids;
  static NameMap m_names;
};

typedef boost::shared_ptr<NameInfo> NameInfoPtr;
typedef boost::shared_ptr<const NameInfo> NameInfoConstPtr;


} // Sync
} // ns3

#endif // SYNC_NAME_INFO_H