object-base.h

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 * Authors: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
 */
#ifndef OBJECT_BASE_H
#define OBJECT_BASE_H

#include "type-id.h"
#include "callback.h"
#include <string>
#include <list>

#define NS_OBJECT_ENSURE_REGISTERED(type)       \
  static struct X ## type ## RegistrationClass      \
  {                                             \
    X ## type ## RegistrationClass () {             \
      ns3::TypeId tid = type::GetTypeId ();     \
      tid.GetParent ();                         \
    }                                           \
  } x_ ## type ## RegistrationVariable

namespace ns3 {

class AttributeConstructionList;

class ObjectBase
{
public:
  static TypeId GetTypeId (void);

  virtual ~ObjectBase ();

  virtual TypeId GetInstanceTypeId (void) const = 0;

  void SetAttribute (std::string name, const AttributeValue &value);
  bool SetAttributeFailSafe (std::string name, const AttributeValue &value);
  void GetAttribute (std::string name, AttributeValue &value) const;
  bool GetAttributeFailSafe (std::string name, AttributeValue &attribute) const;

  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);

protected:
  virtual void NotifyConstructionCompleted (void);
  void ConstructSelf (const AttributeConstructionList &attributes);

private:
  bool DoSet (Ptr<const AttributeAccessor> spec,
              Ptr<const AttributeChecker> checker, 
              const AttributeValue &value);

};

} // namespace ns3

#endif /* OBJECT_BASE_H */