Provides an external application that uses a host OS external process.

<b>See also:</b> ~ExternalProcess, ~ExternalEnvironment

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Parameters

Name	Type	Default value	Description
namespace	string	""	Name of the host OS network namespace (optional)

Properties

Name	Value	Description
display	i=block/app

Gates

Name	Direction	Size	Description
socketIn	input
socketOut	output

Unassigned submodule parameters

Name	Type	Default value	Description
environment.displayStringTextFormat	string	""	Determines the text that is written on top of the submodule, supports displaying pars, watches, and module-specific information
environment.initStage	int	0	Initialization stage for the setup command
environment.globalNamespace	bool	false	Create new network namespaces under /var/run/netns/ (Linux only)
environment.namespace	string	""	Name of the host OS network namespace (optional) (Linux only)
environment.setupCommand	string	""	A host OS system command
environment.teardownCommand	string	""	A host OS system command
process.displayStringTextFormat	string	""	Determines the text that is written on top of the submodule, supports displaying pars, watches, and module-specific information
process.namespace	string	""	Name of the OS network namespace (optional)
process.command	string		Executable with arguments (e.g. "ping google.com"); not a shell command as it will be passed to execvp
process.onExit	string	"ignore"	Determines what happens when the process exits
process.startTime	double	0s
process.relaunchDelay	double	0s
process.printStdout	bool	false	Print STDOUT to the simulation's STDOUT
process.printStderr	bool	true	Print STDERR to the simulation's STDERR

Source code

//
// Provides an external application that uses a host OS external process.
//
// @see ~ExternalProcess, ~ExternalEnvironment
//
module ExternalApp like IApp
{
    parameters:
        string namespace = default(""); // Name of the host OS network namespace (optional)
        *.namespace = default(this.namespace);
        @display("i=block/app");
    gates:
        input socketIn @loose;
        output socketOut @loose;
    submodules:
        environment: ExternalEnvironment {
            parameters:
                @display("p=150,150");
        }
        process: ExternalProcess {
            parameters:
                @display("p=150,300");
        }
    connections allowunconnected:
}

File: src/inet/applications/external/ExternalApp.ned

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