More progress on CCNx stack. Now we have helpers. Everything compiles, but not yet working
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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 INRIA
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ *
+ * Author: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
+ */
+#ifndef CCNX_FORWARDING_HELPER_H
+#define CCNX_FORWARDING_HELPER_H
+
+#include "ns3/ptr.h"
+#include "ns3/nstime.h"
+#include "ns3/output-stream-wrapper.h"
+
+namespace ns3 {
+
+class CcnxForwardingProtocol;
+class Node;
+
+/**
+ * \brief a factory to create ns3::CcnxForwardingProtocol objects
+ *
+ * For each new forwarding protocol created as a subclass of
+ * ns3::CcnxForwardingProtocol, you need to create a subclass of
+ * ns3::CcnxForwardingHelper which can be used by
+ * ns3::InternetStackHelper::SetForwardingHelper and
+ * ns3::InternetStackHelper::Install.
+ */
+class CcnxForwardingHelper
+{
+public:
+ /*
+ * Destroy an instance of an CcnxForwardingHelper
+ */
+ virtual ~CcnxForwardingHelper ();
+
+ /**
+ * \brief virtual constructor
+ * \returns pointer to clone of this CcnxForwardingHelper
+ *
+ * This method is mainly for internal use by the other helpers;
+ * clients are expected to free the dynamic memory allocated by this method
+ */
+ virtual CcnxForwardingHelper* Copy (void) const = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * \param node the node within which the new forwarding protocol will run
+ * \returns a newly-created forwarding protocol
+ */
+ virtual Ptr<CcnxForwardingProtocol> Create (Ptr<Node> node) const = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * \brief prints the forwarding tables of all nodes at a particular time.
+ * \param printTime the time at which the forwarding table is supposed to be printed.
+ * \param stream The output stream object to use
+ *
+ * This method calls the PrintForwardingTable() method of the
+ * CcnxForwardingProtocol stored in the Ccnx object, for all nodes at the
+ * specified time; the output format is forwarding protocol-specific.
+ */
+ void PrintForwardingTableAllAt (Time printTime, Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream) const;
+
+ /**
+ * \brief prints the forwarding tables of all nodes at regular intervals specified by user.
+ * \param printInterval the time interval for which the forwarding table is supposed to be printed.
+ * \param stream The output stream object to use
+ *
+ * This method calls the PrintForwardingTable() method of the
+ * CcnxForwardingProtocol stored in the Ccnx object, for all nodes at the
+ * specified time interval; the output format is forwarding protocol-specific.
+ */
+ void PrintForwardingTableAllEvery (Time printInterval, Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream) const;
+
+ /**
+ * \brief prints the forwarding tables of a node at a particular time.
+ * \param printTime the time at which the forwarding table is supposed to be printed.
+ * \param node The node ptr for which we need the forwarding table to be printed
+ * \param stream The output stream object to use
+ *
+ * This method calls the PrintForwardingTable() method of the
+ * CcnxForwardingProtocol stored in the Ccnx object, for the selected node
+ * at the specified time; the output format is forwarding protocol-specific.
+ */
+ void PrintForwardingTableAt (Time printTime, Ptr<Node> node, Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream) const;
+
+ /**
+ * \brief prints the forwarding tables of a node at regular intervals specified by user.
+ * \param printInterval the time interval for which the forwarding table is supposed to be printed.
+ * \param node The node ptr for which we need the forwarding table to be printed
+ * \param stream The output stream object to use
+ *
+ * This method calls the PrintForwardingTable() method of the
+ * CcnxForwardingProtocol stored in the Ccnx object, for the selected node
+ * at the specified interval; the output format is forwarding protocol-specific.
+ */
+ void PrintForwardingTableEvery (Time printInterval, Ptr<Node> node, Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream) const;
+
+private:
+ void Print (Ptr<Node> node, Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream) const;
+ void PrintEvery (Time printInterval, Ptr<Node> node, Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream) const;
+};
+
+} // namespace ns3
+
+
+#endif /* CCNX_FORWARDING_HELPER_H */