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 * Author: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
 */
 
#ifndef SIMULATOR_H
#define SIMULATOR_H
 
#include "event-id.h"
#include "event-impl.h"
#include "make-event.h"
#include "nstime.h"
#include "object-factory.h"
 
#include <stdint.h>
#include <string>
 
/**
 * @file
 * @ingroup simulator
 * ns3::Simulator declaration.
 */
 
namespace ns3
{
 
class SimulatorImpl;
class Scheduler;
 
/**
 * @ingroup core
 * @defgroup simulator Simulator
 * @brief Control the virtual time and the execution of simulation events.
 */
/**
 * @ingroup simulator
 *
 * @brief Control the scheduling of simulation events.
 *
 * The internal simulation clock is maintained
 * as a 64-bit integer in a unit specified by the user
 * through the Time::SetResolution function. This means that it is
 * not possible to specify event expiration times with anything better
 * than this user-specified accuracy. Events whose expiration time is
 * the same modulo this accuracy are scheduled in FIFO order: the
 * first event inserted in the scheduling queue is scheduled to
 * expire first.
 *
 * A simple example of how to use the Simulator class to schedule events
 * is shown in sample-simulator.cc:
 * @include src/core/examples/sample-simulator.cc
 */
class Simulator
{
  public:
    // Delete default constructor and destructor to avoid misuse
    Simulator() = delete;
    ~Simulator() = delete;
 
    /**
     * @param [in] impl A new simulator implementation.
     *
     * The simulator provides a mechanism to swap out different implementations.
     * For example, the default implementation is a single-threaded simulator
     * that performs no realtime synchronization.  By calling this method, you
     * can substitute in a new simulator implementation that might be multi-
     * threaded and synchronize events to a realtime clock.
     *
     * The simulator implementation can be set when the simulator is not
     * running.
     */
    static void SetImplementation(Ptr<SimulatorImpl> impl);
 
    /**
     * @brief Get the SimulatorImpl singleton.
     *
     * @internal
     * If the SimulatorImpl singleton hasn't been created yet,
     * this function does so.  At the same time it also creates
     * the Scheduler.  Both of these respect the global values
     * which may have been set from the command line or through
     * the Config system.
     *
     * As a side effect we also call LogSetTimePrinter() and
     * LogSetNodePrinter() with the default implementations
     * since we can't really do any logging until we have
     * a SimulatorImpl and Scheduler.
 
     * @return The SimulatorImpl singleton.
     */
    static Ptr<SimulatorImpl> GetImplementation();
 
    /**
     * @brief Set the scheduler type with an ObjectFactory.
     * @param [in] schedulerFactory The configured ObjectFactory.
     *
     * The event scheduler can be set at any time: the events scheduled
     * in the previous scheduler will be transferred to the new scheduler
     * before we start to use it.
     */
    static void SetScheduler(ObjectFactory schedulerFactory);
 
    /**
     * Execute the events scheduled with ScheduleDestroy().
     *
     * This method is typically invoked at the end of a simulation
     * to avoid false-positive reports by a leak checker.
     * After this method has been invoked, it is actually possible
     * to restart a new simulation with a set of calls to Simulator::Run,
     * Simulator::Schedule and Simulator::ScheduleWithContext.
     */
    static void Destroy();
 
    /**
     * Check if the simulation should finish.
     *
     * Reasons to finish are because there are
     * no more events lefts to be scheduled, or if simulation
     * time has already reached the "stop time" (see Simulator::Stop()).
     *
     * @return @c true if no more events or stop time reached.
     */
    static bool IsFinished();
 
    /**
     * Run the simulation.
     *
     * The simulation will run until one of:
     *   - No events are present anymore
     *   - The user called Simulator::Stop
     *   - The user called Simulator::Stop with a stop time and the
     *     expiration time of the next event to be processed
     *     is greater than or equal to the stop time.
     */
    static void Run();
 
    /**
     * Tell the Simulator the calling event should be the last one
     * executed.
     *
     * If a running event invokes this method, it will be the last
     * event executed by the Simulator::Run method before
     * returning to the caller.
     */
    static void Stop();
 
    /**
     * Schedule the time delay until the Simulator should stop.
     *
     * Force the Simulator::Run method to return to the caller when the
     * expiration time of the next event to be processed is greater than
     * or equal to the stop time.  The stop time is relative to the
     * current simulation time.
     * @param [in] delay The stop time, relative to the current time.
     * @return The stop EventId.
     */
    static EventId Stop(const Time& delay);
 
    /**
     * Returns the Stop Event, or an invalid event if the simulation
     * does not have a scheduled stop time.
     * @return The stop EventId.
     */
    static EventId GetStopEvent();
 
    /**
     * Get the current simulation context.
     *
     * The simulation context is the ns-3 notion of a Logical Process.
     * Events in a single context should only modify state associated with
     * that context. Events for objects in other contexts should be
     * scheduled with ScheduleWithContext() to track the context switches.
     * In other words, events in different contexts should be mutually
     * thread safe, by not modify overlapping model state.
     *
     * In circumstances where the context can't be determined, such as
     * during object initialization, the \c enum value \c NO_CONTEXT
     * should be used.
     *
     * @return The current simulation context
     */
    static uint32_t GetContext();
 
    /**
     * Context enum values.
     *
     * \internal
     * This enum type is fixed to match the representation size
     * of simulation context.
     */
    enum : uint32_t
    {
        /**
         * Flag for events not associated with any particular context.
         */
        NO_CONTEXT = 0xffffffff
    };
 
    /**
     * Get the number of events executed.
     * \returns The total number of events executed.
     */
    static uint64_t GetEventCount();
 
    /**
     * @name Schedule events (in the same context) to run at a future time.
     */
    /** @{ */
    /**
     * Schedule an event to expire after @p delay.
     * This can be thought of as scheduling an event
     * for the current simulation time plus the @p delay  passed as a
     * parameter.
     *
     * We leverage SFINAE to discard this overload if the second argument is
     * convertible to Ptr<EventImpl> or is a function pointer.
     *
     * @tparam FUNC @deduced Template type for the function to invoke.
     * @tparam Ts @deduced Argument types.
     * @param [in] delay The relative expiration time of the event.
     * @param [in] f The function to invoke.
     * @param [in] args Arguments to pass to MakeEvent.
     * @returns The id for the scheduled event.
     */
    template <typename FUNC,
              std::enable_if_t<!std::is_convertible_v<FUNC, Ptr<EventImpl>>, int> = 0,
              std::enable_if_t<!std::is_function_v<std::remove_pointer_t<FUNC>>, int> = 0,
              typename... Ts>
    static EventId Schedule(const Time& delay, FUNC f, Ts&&... args);
 
    /**
     * Schedule an event to expire after @p delay.
     * This can be thought of as scheduling an event
     * for the current simulation time plus the @p delay  passed as a
     * parameter.
     *
     * @tparam Us @deduced Formal function argument types.
     * @tparam Ts @deduced Actual function argument types.
     * When the event expires (when it becomes due to be run), the
     * function will be invoked with any supplied arguments.
     * @param [in] delay The relative expiration time of the event.
     * @param [in] f The function to invoke.
     * @param [in] args Arguments to pass to the invoked function.
     * @returns The id for the scheduled event.
     */
    template <typename... Us, typename... Ts>
    static EventId Schedule(const Time& delay, void (*f)(Us...), Ts&&... args);
    /** @} */ // Schedule events (in the same context) to run at a future time.
 
    /**
     * @name Schedule events (in a different context) to run now or at a future time.
     *
     * See @ref main-test-sync.cc for example usage.
     */
    /** @{ */
    /**
     * Schedule an event with the given context.
     * A context of 0xffffffff means no context is specified.
     * This method is thread-safe: it can be called from any thread.
     *
     * We leverage SFINAE to discard this overload if the second argument is
     * convertible to Ptr<EventImpl> or is a function pointer.
     *
     * @tparam FUNC @deduced Template type for the function to invoke.
     * @tparam Ts @deduced Argument types.
     * @param [in] context User-specified context parameter
     * @param [in] delay The relative expiration time of the event.
     * @param [in] f The function to invoke.
     * @param [in] args Arguments to pass to MakeEvent.
     */
    template <typename FUNC,
              std::enable_if_t<!std::is_convertible_v<FUNC, Ptr<EventImpl>>, int> = 0,
              std::enable_if_t<!std::is_function_v<std::remove_pointer_t<FUNC>>, int> = 0,
              typename... Ts>
    static void ScheduleWithContext(uint32_t context, const Time& delay, FUNC f, Ts&&... args);
 
    /**
     * Schedule an event with the given context.
     * A context of 0xffffffff means no context is specified.
     * This method is thread-safe: it can be called from any thread.
     *
     * @tparam Us @deduced Formal function argument types.
     * @tparam Ts @deduced Actual function argument types.
     * @param [in] context User-specified context parameter
     * @param [in] delay The relative expiration time of the event.
     * @param [in] f The function to invoke.
     * @param [in] args Arguments to pass to the invoked function.
     */
    template <typename... Us, typename... Ts>
    static void ScheduleWithContext(uint32_t context,
                                    const Time& delay,
                                    void (*f)(Us...),
                                    Ts&&... args);
    /** @} */ // Schedule events (in a different context) to run now or at a future time.
 
    /**
     * @name Schedule events (in the same context) to run now.
     */
    /** @{ */
    /**
     * Schedule an event to expire Now. All events scheduled to
     * to expire "Now" are scheduled FIFO, after all normal events
     * have expired.
     *
     * We leverage SFINAE to discard this overload if the second argument is
     * convertible to Ptr<EventImpl> or is a function pointer.
     *
     * @tparam FUNC @deduced Template type for the function to invoke.
     * @tparam Ts @deduced Actual function argument types.
     * @param [in] f The function to invoke.
     * @param [in] args Arguments to pass to the invoked function.
     * @return The EventId of the scheduled event.
     */
    template <typename FUNC,
              std::enable_if_t<!std::is_convertible_v<FUNC, Ptr<EventImpl>>, int> = 0,
              std::enable_if_t<!std::is_function_v<std::remove_pointer_t<FUNC>>, int> = 0,
              typename... Ts>
    static EventId ScheduleNow(FUNC f, Ts&&... args);
 
    /**
     * Schedule an event to expire Now. All events scheduled to
     * to expire "Now" are scheduled FIFO, after all normal events
     * have expired.
     *
     * @tparam Us @deduced Formal function argument types.
     * @tparam Ts @deduced Actual function argument types.
     * @param [in] f The function to invoke.
     * @param [in] args Arguments to pass to MakeEvent.
     * @return The EventId of the scheduled event.
     */
    template <typename... Us, typename... Ts>
    static EventId ScheduleNow(void (*f)(Us...), Ts&&... args);
 
    /** @} */ // Schedule events (in the same context) to run now.
 
    /**
     * @name Schedule events to run at the end of the simulation, when Simulator:Destroy() is
     * called.
     */
    /** @{ */
    /**
     * Schedule an event to run at the end of the simulation, when Simulator::Destroy() is called.
     * All events scheduled to expire at "Destroy" time are scheduled FIFO,
     * after all normal events have expired and only when
     * Simulator::Destroy is invoked.
     *
     * We leverage SFINAE to discard this overload if the second argument is
     * convertible to Ptr<EventImpl> or is a function pointer.
     *
     * @tparam FUNC @deduced Template type for the function to invoke.
     * @tparam Ts @deduced Actual function argument types.
     * @param [in] f The function to invoke.
     * @param [in] args Arguments to pass to MakeEvent.
     * @return The EventId of the scheduled event.
     */
    template <typename FUNC,
              std::enable_if_t<!std::is_convertible_v<FUNC, Ptr<EventImpl>>, int> = 0,
              std::enable_if_t<!std::is_function_v<std::remove_pointer_t<FUNC>>, int> = 0,
              typename... Ts>
    static EventId ScheduleDestroy(FUNC f, Ts&&... args);
 
    /**
     * Schedule an event to run at the end of the simulation, when Simulator::Destroy() is called.
     * All events scheduled to expire at "Destroy" time are scheduled FIFO,
     * after all normal events have expired and only when
     * Simulator::Destroy is invoked.
     *
     * @tparam Us @deduced Formal function argument types.
     * @tparam Ts @deduced Actual function argument types.
     * @param [in] f The function to invoke.
     * @param [in] args Arguments to pass to MakeEvent.
     * @return The EventId of the scheduled event.
     */
    template <typename... Us, typename... Ts>
    static EventId ScheduleDestroy(void (*f)(Us...), Ts&&... args);
 
    /** @} */ // Schedule events to run when Simulator:Destroy() is called.
 
    /**
     * Remove an event from the event list.
     *
     * This method has the same visible effect as the
     * ns3::EventId::Cancel method
     * but its algorithmic complexity is much higher: it has often
     * O(log(n)) complexity, sometimes O(n), sometimes worse.
     * Note that it is not possible to remove events which were scheduled
     * for the "destroy" time. Doing so will result in a program error (crash).
     *
     * @param [in] id The event to remove from the list of scheduled events.
     */
    static void Remove(const EventId& id);
 
    /**
     * Set the cancel bit on this event: the event's associated function
     * will not be invoked when it expires.
     *
     * This method has the same visible effect as the
     * ns3::Simulator::Remove method but its algorithmic complexity is
     * much lower: it has O(1) complexity.
     * This method has the exact same semantics as ns3::EventId::Cancel.
     * Note that it is not possible to cancel events which were scheduled
     * for the "destroy" time. Doing so will result in a program error (crash).
     *
     * @param [in] id the event to cancel
     */
    static void Cancel(const EventId& id);
 
    /**
     * Check if an event has already run or been cancelled.
     *
     * This method has O(1) complexity.
     * Note that it is not possible to test for the expiration of
     * events which were scheduled for the "destroy" time. Doing so
     * will result in a program error (crash).
     * An event is said to "expire" when it starts being scheduled
     * which means that if the code executed by the event calls
     * this function, it will get true.
     *
     * @param [in] id The event to test for expiration.
     * @returns @c true if the event has expired, false otherwise.
     */
    static bool IsExpired(const EventId& id);
 
    /**
     * Return the current simulation virtual time.
     *
     * @returns The current virtual time.
     */
    static Time Now();
 
    /**
     * Get the remaining time until this event will execute.
     *
     * @param [in] id The event id to analyse.
     * @return The delay left until the input event id expires.
     *          if the event is not running, this method returns
     *          zero.
     */
    static Time GetDelayLeft(const EventId& id);
 
    /**
     * Get the maximum representable simulation time.
     *
     * @return The maximum simulation time at which an event
     *          can be scheduled.
     *
     * The returned value will always be bigger than or equal to Simulator::Now.
     */
    static Time GetMaximumSimulationTime();
 
    /**
     * Schedule a future event execution (in the same context).
     *
     * @param [in] delay Delay until the event expires.
     * @param [in] event The event to schedule.
     * @returns A unique identifier for the newly-scheduled event.
     */
    static EventId Schedule(const Time& delay, const Ptr<EventImpl>& event);
 
    /**
     * Schedule a future event execution (in a different context).
     * This method is thread-safe: it can be called from any thread.
     *
     * @param [in] delay Delay until the event expires.
     * @param [in] context Event context.
     * @param [in] event The event to schedule.
     */
    static void ScheduleWithContext(uint32_t context, const Time& delay, EventImpl* event);
 
    /**
     * Schedule an event to run at the end of the simulation, after
     * the Stop() time or condition has been reached.
     *
     * @param [in] event The event to schedule.
     * @returns A unique identifier for the newly-scheduled event.
     */
    static EventId ScheduleDestroy(const Ptr<EventImpl>& event);
 
    /**
     * Schedule an event to run at the current virtual time.
     *
     * @param [in] event The event to schedule.
     * @returns A unique identifier for the newly-scheduled event.
     */
    static EventId ScheduleNow(const Ptr<EventImpl>& event);
 
    /**
     * Get the system id of this simulator.
     *
     * The system id is the identifier for this simulator instance
     * in a distributed simulation.  For MPI this is the MPI rank.
     * @return The system id for this simulator.
     */
    static uint32_t GetSystemId();
 
  private:
    /**
     * Implementation of the various Schedule methods.
     * @param [in] delay Delay until the event should execute.
     * @param [in] event The event to execute.
     * @return The EventId.
     */
    static EventId DoSchedule(const Time& delay, EventImpl* event);
    /**
     * Implementation of the various ScheduleNow methods.
     * @param [in] event The event to execute.
     * @return The EventId.
     */
    static EventId DoScheduleNow(EventImpl* event);
    /**
     * Implementation of the various ScheduleDestroy methods.
     * @param [in] event The event to execute.
     * @return The EventId.
     */
    static EventId DoScheduleDestroy(EventImpl* event);
 
    /**
     * Stop event (if present)
     */
    static EventId m_stopEvent;
 
}; // class Simulator
 
/**
 * @ingroup simulator
 * @brief create an ns3::Time instance which contains the
 *        current simulation time.
 *
 * This is really a shortcut for the ns3::Simulator::Now method.
 * It is typically used as shown below to schedule an event
 * which expires at the absolute time "2 seconds":
 * @code
 *   Simulator::Schedule (Seconds (2.0) - Now (), &my_function);
 * @endcode
 * @return The current simulation time.
 */
Time Now();
 
} // namespace ns3
 
/********************************************************************
 *  Implementation of the templates declared above.
 ********************************************************************/
 
namespace ns3
{
 
// Doxygen has trouble with static template functions in a class:
// it treats the in-class declaration as different from the
// out of class definition, so makes two entries in the member list.  Ugh
 
template <typename FUNC,
          std::enable_if_t<!std::is_convertible_v<FUNC, Ptr<EventImpl>>, int>,
          std::enable_if_t<!std::is_function_v<std::remove_pointer_t<FUNC>>, int>,
          typename... Ts>
EventId
Simulator::Schedule(const Time& delay, FUNC f, Ts&&... args)
{
    return DoSchedule(delay, MakeEvent(f, std::forward<Ts>(args)...));
}
 
template <typename... Us, typename... Ts>
EventId
Simulator::Schedule(const Time& delay, void (*f)(Us...), Ts&&... args)
{
    return DoSchedule(delay, MakeEvent(f, std::forward<Ts>(args)...));
}
 
template <typename FUNC,
          std::enable_if_t<!std::is_convertible_v<FUNC, Ptr<EventImpl>>, int>,
          std::enable_if_t<!std::is_function_v<std::remove_pointer_t<FUNC>>, int>,
          typename... Ts>
void
Simulator::ScheduleWithContext(uint32_t context, const Time& delay, FUNC f, Ts&&... args)
{
    return ScheduleWithContext(context, delay, MakeEvent(f, std::forward<Ts>(args)...));
}
 
template <typename... Us, typename... Ts>
void
Simulator::ScheduleWithContext(uint32_t context, const Time& delay, void (*f)(Us...), Ts&&... args)
{
    return ScheduleWithContext(context, delay, MakeEvent(f, std::forward<Ts>(args)...));
}
 
template <typename FUNC,
          std::enable_if_t<!std::is_convertible_v<FUNC, Ptr<EventImpl>>, int>,
          std::enable_if_t<!std::is_function_v<std::remove_pointer_t<FUNC>>, int>,
          typename... Ts>
EventId
Simulator::ScheduleNow(FUNC f, Ts&&... args)
{
    return DoScheduleNow(MakeEvent(f, std::forward<Ts>(args)...));
}
 
template <typename... Us, typename... Ts>
EventId
Simulator::ScheduleNow(void (*f)(Us...), Ts&&... args)
{
    return DoScheduleNow(MakeEvent(f, std::forward<Ts>(args)...));
}
 
template <typename FUNC,
          std::enable_if_t<!std::is_convertible_v<FUNC, Ptr<EventImpl>>, int>,
          std::enable_if_t<!std::is_function_v<std::remove_pointer_t<FUNC>>, int>,
          typename... Ts>
EventId
Simulator::ScheduleDestroy(FUNC f, Ts&&... args)
{
    return DoScheduleDestroy(MakeEvent(f, std::forward<Ts>(args)...));
}
 
template <typename... Us, typename... Ts>
EventId
Simulator::ScheduleDestroy(void (*f)(Us...), Ts&&... args)
{
    return DoScheduleDestroy(MakeEvent(f, std::forward<Ts>(args)...));
}
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* SIMULATOR_H */