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 * Authors: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
 */
#ifndef CONFIG_H
#define CONFIG_H
 
#include "ptr.h"
 
#include <string>
#include <vector>
 
/**
 * \file
 * \ingroup config
 * Declaration of the various ns3::Config functions and classes.
 */
 
namespace ns3
{
 
class AttributeValue;
class Object;
class CallbackBase;
 
/**
 * \ingroup core
 * \defgroup config Configuration
 * \brief Configuration of simulation parameters and tracing.
 */
 
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * Namespace for the various functions implementing the Config system.
 */
namespace Config
{
 
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * Reset the initial value of every attribute as well as the value of every
 * global to what they were before any call to SetDefault and SetGlobal.
 */
void Reset();
 
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * \param [in] path A path to match attributes.
 * \param [in] value The value to set in all matching attributes.
 *
 * This function will attempt to find attributes which
 * match the input path and will then set their value to the input
 * value.  If no such attributes are found, the function will throw
 * a fatal error; use SetFailSafe if the lack of a match is to be permitted.
 */
void Set(std::string path, const AttributeValue& value);
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * \param [in] path A path to match attributes.
 * \param [in] value The value to set in all matching attributes.
 *
 * This function will attempt to find attributes which
 * match the input path and will then set their value to the input
 * value, and will return true if at least one such attribute is found.
 * \return \c true if any matching attributes could be set.
 */
bool SetFailSafe(std::string path, const AttributeValue& value);
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * \param [in] name The full name of the attribute
 * \param [in] value The value to set.
 *
 * This method overrides the initial value of the
 * matching attribute. This method cannot fail: it will
 * crash if the input attribute name or value is invalid.
 */
void SetDefault(std::string name, const AttributeValue& value);
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * \param [in] name The full name of the attribute
 * \param [in] value The value to set.
 * \returns \c true if the value was set successfully, false otherwise.
 *
 * This method overrides the initial value of the
 * matching attribute.
 */
bool SetDefaultFailSafe(std::string name, const AttributeValue& value);
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * \param [in] name The name of the requested GlobalValue.
 * \param [in] value The value to set
 *
 * This method is equivalent to GlobalValue::Bind
 */
void SetGlobal(std::string name, const AttributeValue& value);
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * \param [in] name The name of the requested GlobalValue.
 * \param [in] value The value to set
 * \return \c true if the GlobalValue could be set.
 *
 * This method is equivalent to GlobalValue::BindFailSafe
 */
bool SetGlobalFailSafe(std::string name, const AttributeValue& value);
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * \param [in] path A path to match trace sources.
 * \param [in] cb The callback to connect to the matching trace sources.
 *
 * This function will attempt to find all trace sources which
 * match the input path and will then connect the input callback
 * to them.  If no matching trace sources are found, this method will
 * throw a fatal error.  Use ConnectWithoutContextFailSafe if the absence
 * of matching trace sources should not be fatal.
 */
void ConnectWithoutContext(std::string path, const CallbackBase& cb);
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * \param [in] path A path to match trace sources.
 * \param [in] cb The callback to connect to the matching trace sources.
 *
 * This function will attempt to find all trace sources which
 * match the input path and will then connect the input callback
 * to them.  If no matching trace sources are found, this method will
 * return false; otherwise true.
 * \returns \c true if any trace sources could be connected.
 */
bool ConnectWithoutContextFailSafe(std::string path, const CallbackBase& cb);
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * \param [in] path A path to match trace sources.
 * \param [in] cb The callback to disconnect to the matching trace sources.
 *
 * This function undoes the work of Config::Connect.
 */
void DisconnectWithoutContext(std::string path, const CallbackBase& cb);
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * \param [in] path A path to match trace sources.
 * \param [in] cb The callback to connect to the matching trace sources.
 *
 * This function will attempt to find all trace sources which
 * match the input path and will then connect the input callback
 * to them in such a way that the callback will receive an extra
 * context string upon trace event notification.
 * If no matching trace sources are found, this method will
 * throw a fatal error.  Use ConnectFailSafe if the absence
 * of matching trace sources should not be fatal.
 */
void Connect(std::string path, const CallbackBase& cb);
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * \param [in] path A path to match trace sources.
 * \param [in] cb The callback to connect to the matching trace sources.
 *
 * This function will attempt to find all trace sources which
 * match the input path and will then connect the input callback
 * to them in such a way that the callback will receive an extra
 * context string upon trace event notification.
 * \returns \c true if any trace sources could be connected.
 */
bool ConnectFailSafe(std::string path, const CallbackBase& cb);
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * \param [in] path A path to match trace sources.
 * \param [in] cb The callback to connect to the matching trace sources.
 *
 * This function undoes the work of Config::ConnectWithContext.
 */
void Disconnect(std::string path, const CallbackBase& cb);
 
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * \brief hold a set of objects which match a specific search string.
 *
 * This class also allows you to perform a set of configuration operations
 * on the set of matching objects stored in the container. Specifically,
 * it is possible to perform bulk Connects and Sets.
 */
class MatchContainer
{
  public:
    /** Const iterator over the objects in this container. */
    typedef std::vector<Ptr<Object>>::const_iterator Iterator;
    MatchContainer();
    /**
     * Constructor used only by implementation.
     *
     * \param [in] objects The vector of objects to store in this container.
     * \param [in] contexts The corresponding contexts.
     * \param [in] path The path used for object matching.
     */
    MatchContainer(const std::vector<Ptr<Object>>& objects,
                   const std::vector<std::string>& contexts,
                   std::string path);
 
    /**
     * \returns An iterator which points to the first item in the container
     * @{
     */
    MatchContainer::Iterator Begin() const;
 
    MatchContainer::Iterator begin() const
    {
        return Begin();
    }
 
    /** @} */
    /**
     * \returns An iterator which points to the last item in the container
     * @{
     */
    MatchContainer::Iterator End() const;
 
    MatchContainer::Iterator end() const
    {
        return End();
    }
 
    /** @} */
    /**
     * \returns The number of items in the container
     * @{
     */
    std::size_t GetN() const;
 
    std::size_t size() const
    {
        return GetN();
    }
 
    /** @} */
    /**
     * \param [in] i Index of item to lookup ([0,n[)
     * \returns The item requested.
     */
    Ptr<Object> Get(std::size_t i) const;
    /**
     * \param [in] i Index of item to lookup ([0,n[)
     * \returns The fully-qualified matching path associated
     *          to the requested item.
     *
     * The matching patch uniquely identifies the requested object.
     */
    std::string GetMatchedPath(uint32_t i) const;
    /**
     * \returns The path used to perform the object matching.
     */
    std::string GetPath() const;
 
    /**
     * \param [in] name Name of attribute to set
     * \param [in] value Value to set to the attribute
     *
     * Set the specified attribute value to all the objects stored in this
     * container.  This method will raise a fatal error if no such attribute
     * exists; use SetFailSafe if the absence of the attribute is to be
     * permitted.
     * \sa ns3::Config::Set
     */
    void Set(std::string name, const AttributeValue& value);
    /**
     * \param [in] name Name of attribute to set
     * \param [in] value Value to set to the attribute
     *
     * Set the specified attribute value to all the objects stored in this
     * container.  This method will return true if any attributes could be
     * set, and false otherwise.
     * \returns \c true if any attributes could be set.
     */
    bool SetFailSafe(std::string name, const AttributeValue& value);
    /**
     * \param [in] name The name of the trace source to connect to
     * \param [in] cb The sink to connect to the trace source
     *
     * Connect the specified sink to all the objects stored in this
     * container.  This method will raise a fatal error if no objects could
     * be connected; use ConnectFailSafe if no connections is a valid possible
     * outcome.
     * \sa ns3::Config::Connect
     */
    void Connect(std::string name, const CallbackBase& cb);
    /**
     * \param [in] name The name of the trace source to connect to
     * \param [in] cb The sink to connect to the trace source
     *
     * Connect the specified sink to all the objects stored in this
     * container.  This method will return true if any trace sources could be
     * connected, and false otherwise.
     * \returns \c true if any trace sources could be connected.
     */
    bool ConnectFailSafe(std::string name, const CallbackBase& cb);
    /**
     * \param [in] name The name of the trace source to connect to
     * \param [in] cb The sink to connect to the trace source
     *
     * Connect the specified sink to all the objects stored in this
     * container.  This method will raise a fatal error if no objects could
     * be connected; use ConnectWithoutContextFailSafe if no connections is
     * a valid possible outcome.
     * \sa ns3::Config::ConnectWithoutContext
     */
    void ConnectWithoutContext(std::string name, const CallbackBase& cb);
    /**
     * \param [in] name The name of the trace source to connect to
     * \param [in] cb The sink to connect to the trace source
     *
     * Connect the specified sink to all the objects stored in this
     * container.  This method will return true if any trace sources could be
     * connected, and false otherwise.
     * \returns \c true if any trace sources could be connected.
     */
    bool ConnectWithoutContextFailSafe(std::string name, const CallbackBase& cb);
    /**
     * \param [in] name The name of the trace source to disconnect from
     * \param [in] cb The sink to disconnect from the trace source
     *
     * Disconnect the specified sink from all the objects stored in this
     * container.
     * \sa ns3::Config::Disconnect
     */
    void Disconnect(std::string name, const CallbackBase& cb);
    /**
     * \param [in] name The name of the trace source to disconnect from
     * \param [in] cb The sink to disconnect from the trace source
     *
     * Disconnect the specified sink from all the objects stored in this
     * container.
     * \sa ns3::Config::DisconnectWithoutContext
     */
    void DisconnectWithoutContext(std::string name, const CallbackBase& cb);
 
  private:
    /** The list of objects in this container. */
    std::vector<Ptr<Object>> m_objects;
    /** The context for each object. */
    std::vector<std::string> m_contexts;
    /** The path used to perform the object matching. */
    std::string m_path;
};
 
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * \param [in] path The path to perform a match against
 * \returns A container which contains all the objects which match the input
 *          path.
 */
MatchContainer LookupMatches(std::string path);
 
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * \param [in] obj A new root object
 *
 * Each root object is used during path matching as
 * the root of the path by Config::Connect, and Config::Set.
 */
void RegisterRootNamespaceObject(Ptr<Object> obj);
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * \param [in] obj A new root object
 *
 * This function undoes the work of Config::RegisterRootNamespaceObject.
 */
void UnregisterRootNamespaceObject(Ptr<Object> obj);
 
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * \returns The number of registered root namespace objects.
 */
std::size_t GetRootNamespaceObjectN();
 
/**
 * \ingroup config
 * \param [in] i The index of the requested object.
 * \returns The requested root namespace object
 */
Ptr<Object> GetRootNamespaceObject(uint32_t i);
 
} // namespace Config
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* CONFIG_H */