Object to create transport layer instances that provide a socket API to applications. More...

#include <socket-factory.h>

Inheritance diagram for ns3::SocketFactory:

Collaboration diagram for ns3::SocketFactory:

Public Member Functions
	SocketFactory ()
virtual Ptr< Socket >	CreateSocket (void)=0
Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::Object
	Object ()
virtual	~Object ()
void	AggregateObject (Ptr< Object > other)
void	Dispose (void)
AggregateIterator	GetAggregateIterator (void) const
virtual TypeId	GetInstanceTypeId (void) const
template<typename T >
Ptr< T >	GetObject (void) const
template<typename T >
Ptr< T >	GetObject (TypeId tid) const
void	Start (void)
Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::SimpleRefCount< Object, ObjectBase, ObjectDeleter >
	SimpleRefCount ()
	SimpleRefCount (const SimpleRefCount &o)
uint32_t	GetReferenceCount (void) const
SimpleRefCount &	operator= (const SimpleRefCount &o)
void	Ref (void) const
void	Unref (void) const
Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::ObjectBase
virtual	~ObjectBase ()
void	GetAttribute (std::string name, AttributeValue &value) const
bool	GetAttributeFailSafe (std::string name, AttributeValue &attribute) const
void	SetAttribute (std::string name, const AttributeValue &value)
bool	SetAttributeFailSafe (std::string name, const AttributeValue &value)
bool	TraceConnect (std::string name, std::string context, const CallbackBase &cb)
bool	TraceConnectWithoutContext (std::string name, const CallbackBase &cb)
bool	TraceDisconnect (std::string name, std::string context, const CallbackBase &cb)
bool	TraceDisconnectWithoutContext (std::string name, const CallbackBase &cb)

Static Public Member Functions
static TypeId	GetTypeId (void)
	This method returns the TypeId associated to ns3::SocketFactory.

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Member Functions inherited from ns3::Object
	Object (const Object &o)
virtual void	DoDispose (void)
virtual void	DoStart (void)
virtual void	NotifyNewAggregate (void)

Detailed Description

Object to create transport layer instances that provide a socket API to applications.

This base class defines the API for creating sockets. The socket factory also can hold the global variables used to initialize newly created sockets, such as values that are set through the sysctl or proc interfaces in Linux.

If you want to write a new transport protocol accessible through sockets, you need to subclass this factory class, implement CreateSocket, instantiate the object, and aggregate it to the node.