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+//
+// Copyright Š 2014 PRISTINE Consortium (http://ict-pristine.eu)
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+//
+
+#ifndef QUEUEALLOCBASE_H_
+#define QUEUEALLOCBASE_H_
+
+#include <omnetpp.h>
+#include "Flow.h"
+#include "RMTModuleAllocator.h"
+#include "RMTPort.h"
+#include "RABase.h"
+#include "QueueIDGenBase.h"
+
+/**
+ * Noop base class for the RA queue allocation policy
+ * The policy manages allocation and deallocation of RMT queues via hook methods.
+ */
+class QueueAllocBase : public cSimpleModule
+{
+ public:
+
+ /**
+ * A hook method invoked after the initial setup of policy module.
+ */
+ virtual void onPolicyInit();
+
+ /**
+ * A hook method invoked when a new (N-1)-port is initiated.
+ *
+ * @param port pointer to the port
+ */
+ virtual void onNM1PortInit(RMTPort* port);
+
+ /**
+ * A hook method invoked when a new (N)-flow is established.
+ *
+ * @param flow (N)-flow object
+ * @param port pointer to a port of the (N-1)-flow used by the flow's PDUs
+ */
+ virtual void onNFlowAlloc(RMTPort* port, Flow* flow);
+
+ /**
+ * A hook method invoked when an (N)-flow is deallocated.
+ *
+ * @param flow (N)-flow object
+ * @param port pointer to a port of the (N-1)-flow used by the flow's PDUs
+ */
+ virtual void onNFlowDealloc(RMTPort* port, Flow* flow);
+
+ protected:
+ /**
+ * Handler for OMNeT++ module messages (probably not of much use here).
+ *
+ * @param msg message
+ */
+ void handleMessage(cMessage *msg);
+
+ /**
+ * Pointer to a policy module used for generating queue IDs from flow and
+ * message objects.
+ */
+ QueueIDGenBase* idGenerator;
+
+ /**
+ * Pointer to a module providing API for (de)allocation of ports and queues.
+ */
+ RMTModuleAllocator* rmtAllocator;
+
+ /**
+ * Pointer to the Resource Allocator module.
+ */
+ RABase* ra;
+
+ private:
+ /**
+ * Module initialization routine setting up some parameters for GUI.
+ * Inherited policies should be using onPolicyInit() instead.
+ */
+ void initialize();
+};
+
+#endif /* QUEUEALLOCBASE_H_ */