ns3::AttributeValue Class Reference

Hold a value for an Attribute. More...

#include <attribute.h>

Inheritance diagram for ns3::AttributeValue:

Public Member Functions
virtual Ptr< AttributeValue >	Copy (void) const =0
virtual bool	DeserializeFromString (std::string value, Ptr< const AttributeChecker > checker)=0
virtual std::string	SerializeToString (Ptr< const AttributeChecker > checker) const =0
Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::SimpleRefCount< AttributeValue >
	SimpleRefCount (const SimpleRefCount &o)
uint32_t	GetReferenceCount (void) const
SimpleRefCount &	operator= (const SimpleRefCount &o)
void	Ref (void) const
void	Unref (void) const

Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Member Functions inherited from ns3::SimpleRefCount< AttributeValue >
static void	Cleanup (void)

Detailed Description

Hold a value for an Attribute.

Instances of this class should always be wrapped into an Attribute object. Most subclasses of this base class are implemented by the ATTRIBUTE_HELPER_* macros.

Definition at line 51 of file attribute.h.

Member Function Documentation

virtual Ptr<AttributeValue> ns3::AttributeValue::Copy ( void  ) const

pure virtual

Returns

a deep copy of this class, wrapped into an Attribute object.

Implemented in ns3::CallbackValue, ns3::RandomVariableValue, ns3::TimeValue, ns3::EmptyAttributeValue, ns3::ObjectPtrContainerValue, ns3::PointerValue, ns3::BooleanValue, ns3::EnumValue, ns3::UintegerValue, ns3::IntegerValue, ns3::DoubleValue, and ns3::StringValue.

Referenced by ns3::TypeId::AddAttribute(), and ns3::ObjectFactory::Set().

virtual bool ns3::AttributeValue::DeserializeFromString ( std::string  value, Ptr< const AttributeChecker >  checker  )

pure virtual

Parameters

value	a string representation of the value
checker	a pointer to the checker associated to the attribute.

Returns

true if the input string was correctly-formatted and could be successfully deserialized, false otherwise.

Upon return of this function, this AttributeValue instance contains the deserialized value. In most cases, this method will not make any use of the checker argument. However, in a very limited set of cases, the checker argument is needed to perform proper serialization. A nice example of code which needs it is the EnumValue::SerializeToString code.

Implemented in ns3::CallbackValue, ns3::RandomVariableValue, ns3::TimeValue, ns3::EmptyAttributeValue, ns3::ObjectPtrContainerValue, ns3::PointerValue, ns3::BooleanValue, ns3::EnumValue, ns3::UintegerValue, ns3::IntegerValue, ns3::DoubleValue, and ns3::StringValue.

virtual std::string ns3::AttributeValue::SerializeToString ( Ptr< const AttributeChecker >  checker ) const

pure virtual

Parameters

checker

the checker associated to the attribute

Returns

a string representation of this value.

In most cases, this method will not make any use of the checker argument. However, in a very limited set of cases, the checker argument is needed to perform proper serialization. A nice example of code which needs it is the EnumValue::SerializeToString code.

Implemented in ns3::CallbackValue, ns3::RandomVariableValue, ns3::TimeValue, ns3::EmptyAttributeValue, ns3::ObjectPtrContainerValue, ns3::PointerValue, ns3::BooleanValue, ns3::EnumValue, ns3::UintegerValue, ns3::IntegerValue, ns3::DoubleValue, and ns3::StringValue.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• src/core/model/attribute.h
• src/core/model/attribute.cc