Namespace inet

GenericAppMsg

packet

Message class for generic request-reply style applications. The client sends a GenericAppMsg which contains the number of bytes the client wants the server to send back as reply.

This way intelligence (behaviour specific to the modelled application, e.g. HTTP, SMB, database protocol) needs only to be present in the client, and the server model can be kept simple and dumb.

See also: TCPGenericSrvApp, TCPGenericCliAppBase (C++ only)

Fields

Name	Type	Description
expectedReplyLength	int	in bytes
replyDelay	double	reply after this many seconds
serverClose	bool	with TCP: if true, server should close the connection after sending the reply

Source code

//
// Message class for generic request-reply style applications.
// The client sends a ~GenericAppMsg which contains the number of
// bytes the client wants the server to send back as reply.
//
// This way intelligence (behaviour specific to the modelled application,
// e.g. HTTP, SMB, database protocol) needs only to be present in
// the client, and the server model can be kept simple and dumb.
//
// @see ~TCPGenericSrvApp, TCPGenericCliAppBase (C++ only)
//
packet GenericAppMsg
{
    int expectedReplyLength; // in bytes
    double replyDelay;       // reply after this many seconds
    bool serverClose;        // with TCP: if true, server should close the
                             // connection after sending the reply
}

File: src/inet/applications/tcpapp/GenericAppMsg.msg