energy-harvester.h

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2014 Wireless Communications and Networking Group (WCNG),
 * University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 * Author: Cristiano Tapparello <cristiano.tapparello@rochester.edu>
 */
 
#ifndef ENERGY_HARVESTER_H
#define ENERGY_HARVESTER_H
 
#include <iostream>
 
// include from ns-3
#include "ns3/energy-source-container.h"
#include "ns3/node.h"
#include "ns3/object.h"
#include "ns3/ptr.h"
#include "ns3/type-id.h"
 
namespace ns3
{
 
class EnergySource;
 
/**
 * \ingroup energy
 *
 * \brief Energy harvester base class.
 */
 
class EnergyHarvester : public Object
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return The object TypeId.
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    EnergyHarvester();
 
    ~EnergyHarvester() override;
 
    /**
     * \brief Sets pointer to node containing this EnergyHarvester.
     *
     * \param node Pointer to node containing this EnergyHarvester.
     */
    void SetNode(Ptr<Node> node);
 
    /**
     * \returns Pointer to node containing this EnergyHarvester.
     *
     * When a subclass needs to get access to the underlying node base class to
     * print the nodeId for example, it can invoke this method.
     */
    Ptr<Node> GetNode() const;
 
    /**
     * \param source Pointer to energy source to which this EnergyHarvester is
     * installed.
     *
     * This function sets the pointer to the energy source connected to the energy
     * harvester.
     */
    void SetEnergySource(Ptr<EnergySource> source);
 
    /**
     * \returns Pointer to energy source connected to the harvester.
     *
     * When a subclass needs to get access to the connected energy source,
     * it can invoke this method.
     */
    Ptr<EnergySource> GetEnergySource() const;
 
    /**
     * \returns Amount of power currently provided by the harvester.
     *
     * This method is called by the energy source connected to the harvester in order
     * to determine the amount of energy that the harvester provided since last update.
     */
    double GetPower() const;
 
  private:
    /**
     *
     * Defined in ns3::Object
     */
    void DoDispose() override;
 
    /**
     * This method is called by the GetPower method and it needs to be implemented by the
     * subclasses of the energy harvester. It returns the actual amount of power that is
     * currently provided by the energy harvester.
     *
     * This method should be used to connect the logic behind the particular implementation
     * of the energy harvester with the energy source.
     *
     * \returns Amount of power currently provided by the harvester.
     */
    virtual double DoGetPower() const;
 
  private:
    /**
     * Pointer to node containing this EnergyHarvester. Used by helper class to make
     * sure energy harvesters are installed onto the corresponding node.
     */
    Ptr<Node> m_node;
 
    /**
     * Pointer to the Energy Source to which this EnergyHarvester is connected. Used
     * by helper class to make sure energy harvesters are installed onto the
     * corresponding energy source.
     */
    Ptr<EnergySource> m_energySource;
 
  protected:
};
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* defined(ENERGY_HARVESTER_H) */