helper/ccnx-producer-helper.h

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 * Author: Ilya Moiseenko <iliamo@cs.ucla.edu>
 */

#ifndef CCNX_PRODUCER_HELPER_H
#define CCNX_PRODUCER_HELPER_H

#include <stdint.h>
#include <string>
#include "ns3/object-factory.h"
#include "ns3/address.h"
#include "ns3/attribute.h"
#include "ns3/net-device.h"
#include "ns3/node-container.h"
#include "ns3/application-container.h"
#include "ns3/ccnx-name-components.h"
#include "ns3/pointer.h"
#include "ns3/ccnx-local-face.h"
#include "ns3/callback.h"
#include "ns3/ccnx-producer.h"
#include "ns3/uinteger.h"
#include "ns3/ccnx-stack-helper.h"

namespace ns3 
{    
/**
* \brief A helper to make it easier to instantiate an ns3::CcnxProducer application
* on a set of nodes.
*/
    
class CcnxProducerHelper
{
public:
/**
* Create an CcnxProducerHelper to make it easier to work with CcnxProducer applications
*
*/
CcnxProducerHelper (uint32_t storeCapacity);
        
/**
* Helper function used to set the underlying application attributes.
*
* \param name the name of the application attribute to set
* \param value the value of the application attribute to set
*/
void SetAttribute (std::string name, const AttributeValue &value);
        
/**
* Install an ns3::CcnxProducer on each node of the input container
* configured with all the attributes set with SetAttribute.
*
* \param c NodeContainer of the set of nodes on which an CcnxProducer 
* will be installed.
* \returns Container of Ptr to the applications installed.
*/
ApplicationContainer Install (NodeContainer c);
        
/**
* Install an ns3::CcnxProducer on the node configured with all the 
* attributes set with SetAttribute.
*
* \param node The node on which an CcnxProducer will be installed.
* \returns Container of Ptr to the applications installed.
*/
ApplicationContainer Install (Ptr<Node> node);
        
/**
* Install an ns3::CcnxProducer on the node configured with all the 
* attributes set with SetAttribute.
*
* \param nodeName The node on which an CcnxProducer will be installed.
* \returns Container of Ptr to the applications installed.
*/
ApplicationContainer Install (std::string nodeName);
        
private:
/**
* \internal
* Install an ns3::CcnxProducer on the node configured with all the 
* attributes set with SetAttribute.
*
* \param node The node on which an CcnxProducer will be installed.
* \returns Ptr to the application installed.
*/
Ptr<Application> InstallPriv (Ptr<Node> node);
ObjectFactory m_factory;

};
}

#endif