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/* 
 * @(#) $Header: /cvsroot/nsnam/ns-2/common/timer-handler.h,v 1.9 2005/08/25 18:58:02 johnh Exp $ (USC/ISI)
 */

#ifndef timer_handler_h
#define timer_handler_h

#include "scheduler.h"

/*
 * Abstract base class to deal with timer-style handlers.
 *
 *
 * To define a new timer, subclass this function and define handle:
 *
 * class MyTimer : public TimerHandler {
 * public:
 *      MyTimer(MyAgentClass *a) : AgentTimerHandler() { a_ = a; }
 *      virtual double expire(Event *e);
 * protected:
 *      MyAgentClass *a_;
 * };
 *
 * Then define expire.
 *
 * Often MyTimer will be a friend of MyAgentClass,
 * or expire() will only call a function of MyAgentClass.
 *
 * See tcp-rbp.{cc,h} for a real example.
 */
#define TIMER_HANDLED -1.0      // xxx: should be const double in class?

class TimerHandler : public Handler {
public:
        TimerHandler() : status_(TIMER_IDLE) { }

        void sched(double delay);       // cannot be pending
        void resched(double delay);     // may or may not be pending
                                        // if you don't know the pending status
                                        // call resched()
        void cancel();                  // must be pending
        inline void force_cancel() {    // cancel!
                if (status_ == TIMER_PENDING) {
                        _cancel();
                        status_ = TIMER_IDLE;
                }
        }
        enum TimerStatus { TIMER_IDLE, TIMER_PENDING, TIMER_HANDLING };
        int status() { return status_; };

protected:
        virtual void expire(Event *) = 0;  // must be filled in by client
        // Should call resched() if it wants to reschedule the interface.

        virtual void handle(Event *);
        int status_;
        Event event_;

private:
        inline void _sched(double delay) {
                (void)Scheduler::instance().schedule(this, &event_, delay);
        }
        inline void _cancel() {
                (void)Scheduler::instance().cancel(&event_);
                // no need to free event_ since it's statically allocated
        }
};

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#endif /* timer_handler_h */