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double-probe-example.cc
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19
20/*
21 * This example is designed to show the main features of an
22 * ns3::DoubleProbe.
23 */
24
25#include <string>
26
27#include "ns3/core-module.h"
28#include "ns3/double-probe.h"
29
30using namespace ns3;
31
32NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("DoubleProbeExample");
33
38class Emitter : public Object
39{
40public:
45 static TypeId GetTypeId (void);
46 Emitter ();
47private:
48 void DoInitialize (void);
49
51 void Emit (void);
53 void Count (void);
54
57
58};
59
61
64{
65 static TypeId tid = TypeId ("ns3::Emitter")
66 .SetParent<Object> ()
67 .SetGroupName ("Stats")
68 .AddConstructor<Emitter> ()
69 .AddTraceSource ("Counter",
70 "sample counter",
72 "ns3::TracedValueCallback::Double")
73 ;
74 return tid;
75}
76
78{
79 NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
80 m_counter = 0;
81 m_var = CreateObject<ExponentialRandomVariable> ();
82}
83
84void
86{
87 NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
88 Simulator::Schedule (Seconds (m_var->GetValue ()), &Emitter::Emit, this);
89 Simulator::Schedule (Seconds (m_var->GetValue ()), &Emitter::Count, this);
90}
91
92void
94{
95 NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
96 NS_LOG_DEBUG ("Emitting at " << Simulator::Now ().As (Time::S));
97 Simulator::Schedule (Seconds (m_var->GetValue ()), &Emitter::Emit, this);
98}
99
100void
102{
103 NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
104 NS_LOG_DEBUG ("Counting at " << Simulator::Now ().As (Time::S));
105 m_counter += 1.0;
106 DoubleProbe::SetValueByPath ("/Names/StaticallyAccessedProbe", m_counter);
107 Simulator::Schedule (Seconds (m_var->GetValue ()), &Emitter::Count, this);
108}
109
110// This is a function to test hooking a raw function to the trace source
111void
112NotifyViaTraceSource (std::string context, double oldVal, double newVal)
113{
114 NS_LOG_DEBUG ("context: " << context << " old " << oldVal << " new " << newVal);
115}
116
117// This is a function to test hooking it to the probe output
118void
119NotifyViaProbe (std::string context, double oldVal, double newVal)
120{
121 NS_LOG_DEBUG ("context: " << context << " old " << oldVal << " new " << newVal);
122}
123
124int main (int argc, char *argv[])
125{
126 CommandLine cmd (__FILE__);
127 cmd.Parse (argc, argv);
128 bool connected;
129
130 Ptr<Emitter> emitter = CreateObject<Emitter> ();
131 Names::Add ("/Names/Emitter", emitter);
132
133 //
134 // The below shows typical functionality without a probe
135 // (connect a sink function to a trace source)
136 //
137 connected = emitter->TraceConnect ("Counter", "sample context", MakeCallback (&NotifyViaTraceSource));
138 NS_ASSERT_MSG (connected, "Trace source not connected");
139
140 //
141 // Next, we'll show several use cases of using a Probe to access and
142 // filter the values of the underlying trace source
143 //
144
145 //
146 // Probe1 will be hooked directly to the Emitter trace source object
147 //
148
149 // probe1 will be hooked to the Emitter trace source
150 Ptr<DoubleProbe> probe1 = CreateObject<DoubleProbe> ();
151 // the probe's name can serve as its context in the tracing
152 probe1->SetName ("ObjectProbe");
153
154 // Connect the probe to the emitter's Counter
155 connected = probe1->ConnectByObject ("Counter", emitter);
156 NS_ASSERT_MSG (connected, "Trace source not connected to probe1");
157
158 // The probe itself should generate output. The context that we provide
159 // to this probe (in this case, the probe name) will help to disambiguate
160 // the source of the trace
161 connected = probe1->TraceConnect ("Output", probe1->GetName (), MakeCallback (&NotifyViaProbe));
162 NS_ASSERT_MSG (connected, "Trace source not connected to probe1 Output");
163
164 //
165 // Probe2 will be hooked to the Emitter trace source object by
166 // accessing it by path name in the Config database
167 //
168
169 // Create another similar probe; this will hook up via a Config path
170 Ptr<DoubleProbe> probe2 = CreateObject<DoubleProbe> ();
171 probe2->SetName ("PathProbe");
172
173 // Note, no return value is checked here
174 probe2->ConnectByPath ("/Names/Emitter/Counter");
175
176 // The probe itself should generate output. The context that we provide
177 // to this probe (in this case, the probe name) will help to disambiguate
178 // the source of the trace
179 connected = probe2->TraceConnect ("Output", "/Names/Probes/PathProbe/Output", MakeCallback (&NotifyViaProbe));
180 NS_ASSERT_MSG (connected, "Trace source not connected to probe2 Output");
181
182 //
183 // Probe3 will be called by the emitter directly through the
184 // static method SetValueByPath().
185 //
186 Ptr<DoubleProbe> probe3 = CreateObject<DoubleProbe> ();
187 probe3->SetName ("StaticallyAccessedProbe");
188 // We must add it to the config database
189 Names::Add ("/Names/Probes", probe3->GetName (), probe3);
190
191 // The probe itself should generate output. The context that we provide
192 // to this probe (in this case, the probe name) will help to disambiguate
193 // the source of the trace
194 connected = probe3->TraceConnect ("Output", "/Names/Probes/StaticallyAccessedProbe/Output", MakeCallback (&NotifyViaProbe));
195 NS_ASSERT_MSG (connected, "Trace source not connected to probe3 Output");
196
197 // The Emitter object is not associated with an ns-3 node, so
198 // it won't get started automatically, so we need to do this ourselves
199 Simulator::Schedule (Seconds (0.0), &Emitter::Initialize, emitter);
200
201 Simulator::Stop (Seconds (100.0));
202 Simulator::Run ();
203 Simulator::Destroy ();
204
205 return 0;
206}
This is our test object, an object that increments counters at various times and emits one of them as...
TracedValue< double > m_counter
Sample counter, normally this would be integer type.
void Count(void)
Counts how many times this function is called.
void Emit(void)
Generate data - actually this function is not traced.
void DoInitialize(void)
Initialize() implementation.
Ptr< ExponentialRandomVariable > m_var
Random number generator.
static TypeId GetTypeId(void)
Register this type.
Parse command-line arguments.
Definition: command-line.h:229
double GetValue(double mean, double bound)
Get the next random value, as a double from the exponential distribution with the specified mean and ...
A base class which provides memory management and object aggregation.
Definition: object.h:88
void Initialize(void)
Invoke DoInitialize on all Objects aggregated to this one.
Definition: object.cc:183
a unique identifier for an interface.
Definition: type-id.h:59
TypeId SetParent(TypeId tid)
Set the parent TypeId.
Definition: type-id.cc:922
void NotifyViaProbe(std::string context, double oldVal, double newVal)
void NotifyViaTraceSource(std::string context, double oldVal, double newVal)
#define NS_ASSERT_MSG(condition, message)
At runtime, in debugging builds, if this condition is not true, the program prints the message to out...
Definition: assert.h:88
#define NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE(name)
Define a Log component with a specific name.
Definition: log.h:205
#define NS_LOG_DEBUG(msg)
Use NS_LOG to output a message of level LOG_DEBUG.
Definition: log.h:273
#define NS_LOG_FUNCTION(parameters)
If log level LOG_FUNCTION is enabled, this macro will output all input parameters separated by ",...
#define NS_OBJECT_ENSURE_REGISTERED(type)
Register an Object subclass with the TypeId system.
Definition: object-base.h:45
Time Now(void)
create an ns3::Time instance which contains the current simulation time.
Definition: simulator.cc:287
Time Seconds(double value)
Construct a Time in the indicated unit.
Definition: nstime.h:1244
Ptr< const TraceSourceAccessor > MakeTraceSourceAccessor(T a)
Create a TraceSourceAccessor which will control access to the underlying trace source.
Every class exported by the ns3 library is enclosed in the ns3 namespace.
Callback< R, Ts... > MakeCallback(R(T::*memPtr)(Ts...), OBJ objPtr)
Build Callbacks for class method members which take varying numbers of arguments and potentially retu...
Definition: callback.h:1648
cmd
Definition: second.py:35