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+//
+//  stupid-interest-sink.cpp
+//  Abstraction
+//
+//  Created by Ilya Moiseenko on 10.08.11.
+//  Copyright 2011 UCLA. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+#include "stupid-interest-sink.h"
+
+#include "ns3/address.h"
+#include "ns3/address-utils.h"
+#include "ns3/log.h"
+#include "ns3/inet-socket-address.h"
+#include "ns3/node.h"
+#include "ns3/socket.h"
+#include "ns3/udp-socket.h"
+#include "ns3/simulator.h"
+#include "ns3/socket-factory.h"
+#include "ns3/packet.h"
+#include "ns3/trace-source-accessor.h"
+#include "ns3/udp-socket-factory.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+namespace ns3 {
+    
+    NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("StupidInterestSink");
+    NS_OBJECT_ENSURE_REGISTERED (StupidInterestSink);
+    
+    TypeId 
+    StupidInterestSink::GetTypeId (void)
+    {
+        static TypeId tid = TypeId ("ns3::StupidInterestSink")
+        .SetParent<Application> ()
+        .AddConstructor<StupidInterestSink> ()
+        .AddAttribute ("Local", "The Address on which to Bind the rx socket.",
+                       AddressValue (),
+                       MakeAddressAccessor (&StupidInterestSink::m_local),
+                       MakeAddressChecker ())
+        .AddAttribute ("Protocol", "The type id of the protocol to use for the rx socket.",
+                       TypeIdValue (UdpSocketFactory::GetTypeId ()),
+                       MakeTypeIdAccessor (&StupidInterestSink::m_tid),
+                       MakeTypeIdChecker ())
+        .AddTraceSource ("Rx", "A packet has been received",
+                         MakeTraceSourceAccessor (&StupidInterestSink::m_rxTrace))
+        ;
+        return tid;
+    }
+    
+    StupidInterestSink::StupidInterestSink ()
+    {
+        NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
+        m_socket = 0;
+        m_totalRx = 0;
+    }
+    
+    StupidInterestSink::~StupidInterestSink()
+    {
+        NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
+    }
+    
+    uint32_t StupidInterestSink::GetTotalRx () const
+    {
+        return m_totalRx;
+    }
+    
+    Ptr<Socket>
+    StupidInterestSink::GetListeningSocket (void) const
+    {
+        NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
+        return m_socket;
+    }
+    
+    std::list<Ptr<Socket> >
+    StupidInterestSink::GetAcceptedSockets (void) const
+    {
+        NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
+        return m_socketList;
+    }
+    
+    void StupidInterestSink::DoDispose (void)
+    {
+        NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
+        m_socket = 0;
+        m_socketList.clear ();
+        
+        // chain up
+        Application::DoDispose ();
+    }
+    
+    
+    // Application Methods
+    void StupidInterestSink::StartApplication ()    // Called at time specified by Start
+    {
+        NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
+        // Create the socket if not already
+        if (!m_socket)
+        {
+            m_socket = Socket::CreateSocket (GetNode (), m_tid);
+            m_socket->Bind (m_local);
+            m_socket->Listen ();
+            m_socket->ShutdownSend ();
+            if (addressUtils::IsMulticast (m_local))
+            {
+                Ptr<UdpSocket> udpSocket = DynamicCast<UdpSocket> (m_socket);
+                if (udpSocket)
+                {
+                    // equivalent to setsockopt (MCAST_JOIN_GROUP)
+                    udpSocket->MulticastJoinGroup (0, m_local);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    NS_FATAL_ERROR ("Error: joining multicast on a non-UDP socket");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        
+        m_socket->SetRecvCallback (MakeCallback (&StupidInterestSink::HandleRead, this));
+        m_socket->SetAcceptCallback (
+                                     MakeNullCallback<bool, Ptr<Socket>, const Address &> (),
+                                     MakeCallback (&StupidInterestSink::HandleAccept, this));
+        m_socket->SetCloseCallbacks (
+                                     MakeCallback (&StupidInterestSink::HandlePeerClose, this),
+                                     MakeCallback (&StupidInterestSink::HandlePeerError, this));
+    }
+    
+    void StupidInterestSink::StopApplication ()     // Called at time specified by Stop
+    {
+        NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
+        while(!m_socketList.empty ()) //these are accepted sockets, close them
+        {
+            Ptr<Socket> acceptedSocket = m_socketList.front ();
+            m_socketList.pop_front ();
+            acceptedSocket->Close ();
+        }
+        if (m_socket) 
+        {
+            m_socket->Close ();
+            m_socket->SetRecvCallback (MakeNullCallback<void, Ptr<Socket> > ());
+        }
+    }
+    
+    void StupidInterestSink::HandleRead (Ptr<Socket> socket)
+    {
+        NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << socket);
+        Ptr<Packet> packet;
+        Address from;
+        while (packet = socket->RecvFrom (from))
+        {
+            if (packet->GetSize () == 0)
+            { //EOF
+                break;
+            }
+            if (InetSocketAddress::IsMatchingType (from))
+            {
+                m_totalRx += packet->GetSize ();
+                InetSocketAddress address = InetSocketAddress::ConvertFrom (from);
+                NS_LOG_INFO ("Received " << packet->GetSize () << " bytes from " <<
+                             address.GetIpv4 () << " [" << address << "]"
+                             << " total Rx " << m_totalRx);
+                //cast address to void , to suppress 'address' set but not used 
+                //compiler warning in optimized builds
+                (void) address;
+            }
+            m_rxTrace (packet, from);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    void StupidInterestSink::HandlePeerClose (Ptr<Socket> socket)
+    {
+        NS_LOG_INFO ("PktSink, peerClose");
+    }
+    
+    void StupidInterestSink::HandlePeerError (Ptr<Socket> socket)
+    {
+        NS_LOG_INFO ("PktSink, peerError");
+    }
+    
+    
+    void StupidInterestSink::HandleAccept (Ptr<Socket> s, const Address& from)
+    {
+        NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << s << from);
+        s->SetRecvCallback (MakeCallback (&StupidInterestSink::HandleRead, this));
+        m_socketList.push_back (s);
+    }
+    
+} // Namespace ns3