ns3/sync-scheduler.h

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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 <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
#include "sync-event.h"

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 boost::posix_time::time_duration &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);
};
  
}

#endif // SYNC_SCHEDULER_H