event-garbage-collector.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2007 INESC Porto
 *
 * 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.
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 *
 * Author: Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro  <gjc@inescporto.pt>
 */
#ifndef EVENT_GARBAGE_COLLECTOR_H
#define EVENT_GARBAGE_COLLECTOR_H
 
#include "ns3/event-id.h"
#include "ns3/simulator.h"
 
#include <set>
 
/**
 * \file
 * \ingroup events
 * \ingroup core-helpers
 * ns3::EventGarbageCollector declaration.
 */
 
namespace ns3
{
 
/**
 * \ingroup events
 * \ingroup core-helpers
 *
 * \brief An object that tracks scheduled events and automatically
 * cancels them when it is destroyed.  It is useful in situations
 * where multiple instances of the same type of event can
 * simultaneously be scheduled, and when the events should be limited
 * to the lifetime of a container object.
 */
class EventGarbageCollector
{
  public:
    EventGarbageCollector();
 
    /**
     * \brief Tracks a new event
     * \param [in] event the Event to track
     */
    void Track(EventId event);
 
    ~EventGarbageCollector();
 
  private:
    /** Event list container */
    typedef std::multiset<EventId> EventList;
 
    /** Initial threshold for cleaning the event list. */
    const typename EventList::size_type CHUNK_INIT_SIZE = 8;
    /**
     * Threshold to switch from exponential to linear growth
     * in the cleanup frequency.
     */
    const typename EventList::size_type CHUNK_MAX_SIZE = 128;
 
    EventList::size_type m_nextCleanupSize; //!< Batch size for cleanup
    EventList m_events;                     //!< The tracked event list
 
    /**
     * \brief Called when a new event was added and the cleanup limit was
     * exceeded in consequence.
     */
    void Cleanup();
    /**
     * \brief Grow the cleanup limit.
     * Increase the cleanup size by the smaller of
     * the current cleanup size (exponential growth),
     * or the CHUNK_MAX_SIZE (linear growth).
     */
    void Grow();
    /**
     * \brief Shrink the cleanup limit
     * Reduce the cleanup size by factors of two until less than the
     * current event list, then Grow one step.
     */
    void Shrink();
};
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* EVENT_GARBAGE_COLLECTOR_H */