OMNeT++ Simulation Library  5.6.1
cPacket Class Reference

#include <cpacket.h>

Description

A subclass of cMessage to represent packets, frames, datagrams, application messages, and similar data.

cPacket adds length (measured in bits or bytes), bit error flag, and encapsulation capability to cMessage. Length and bit error flag are significant when the packet travels through a cDatarateChannel or another channel that supports data rate and/or error modelling.

cPacket is rarely used "as is". Typically the user wants to subclass it to create specific packet types for various protocols being modelled. The most convenient way to do that are via message declaration files (.msg), which are translated into C++ classes. An example message declaration:

packet Datagram
{
int destAddr = -1; // destination address
int srcAddr = -1; // source address
int ttl = 32; // time to live
}
See also
cSimpleModule, cDatarateChannel, cPacketQueue
Inheritance diagram for cPacket:
cMessage cEvent cOwnedObject cNamedObject cObject

Public Member Functions

Constructors, destructor, assignment
 cPacket (const cPacket &packet)
 
 cPacket (const char *name=nullptr, short kind=0, int64_t bitLength=0)
 
virtual ~cPacket ()
 
cPacketoperator= (const cPacket &packet)
 
Redefined cObject/cMessage member functions.
virtual cPacketdup () const override
 
virtual std::string str () const override
 
virtual void forEachChild (cVisitor *v) override
 
virtual void parsimPack (cCommBuffer *buffer) const override
 
virtual void parsimUnpack (cCommBuffer *buffer) override
 
virtual bool isPacket () const override
 
virtual const char * getDisplayString () const override
 
Length and bit error flag
virtual void setBitLength (int64_t l)
 
void setByteLength (int64_t l)
 
virtual void addBitLength (int64_t delta)
 
void addByteLength (int64_t delta)
 
virtual int64_t getBitLength () const
 
int64_t getByteLength () const
 
virtual void setBitError (bool e)
 
virtual bool hasBitError () const
 
Message encapsulation.
virtual void encapsulate (cPacket *packet)
 
virtual cPacketdecapsulate ()
 
virtual cPacketgetEncapsulatedPacket () const
 
virtual bool hasEncapsulatedPacket () const
 
Transmission state
simtime_t_cref getDuration () const
 
bool isReceptionStart () const
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from cMessage
 cMessage (const cMessage &msg)
 
 cMessage (const char *name=nullptr, short kind=0)
 
virtual ~cMessage ()
 
cMessageoperator= (const cMessage &msg)
 
void setKind (short k)
 
void setTimestamp ()
 
void setTimestamp (simtime_t t)
 
void setContextPointer (void *p)
 
virtual void setControlInfo (cObject *p)
 
cObjectremoveControlInfo ()
 
short getKind () const
 
simtime_t_cref getTimestamp () const
 
void * getContextPointer () const
 
cObjectgetControlInfo () const
 
virtual cArraygetParList ()
 
virtual cMsgParaddPar (const char *name)
 
virtual cMsgParaddPar (cMsgPar *par)
 
virtual cMsgParpar (int index)
 
virtual cMsgParpar (const char *name)
 
virtual int findPar (const char *name) const
 
virtual bool hasPar (const char *name) const
 
virtual cObjectaddObject (cObject *par)
 
virtual cObjectgetObject (const char *name)
 
virtual bool hasObject (const char *name)
 
virtual cObjectremoveObject (const char *name)
 
virtual cObjectremoveObject (cObject *par)
 
bool isSelfMessage () const
 
cModulegetSenderModule () const
 
cGategetSenderGate () const
 
cModulegetArrivalModule () const
 
cGategetArrivalGate () const
 
int getSenderModuleId () const
 
int getSenderGateId () const
 
int getArrivalModuleId () const
 
int getArrivalGateId () const
 
simtime_t_cref getCreationTime () const
 
simtime_t_cref getSendingTime () const
 
simtime_t_cref getArrivalTime () const
 
bool arrivedOn (int gateId) const
 
bool arrivedOn (const char *gateName) const
 
bool arrivedOn (const char *gateName, int gateIndex) const
 
long getId () const
 
long getTreeId () const
 
void setArrival (int moduleId, int gateId)
 
void setArrival (int moduleId, int gateId, simtime_t_cref t)
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from cEvent
 cEvent (const cEvent &event)
 
 cEvent (const char *name)
 
virtual ~cEvent ()
 
cEventoperator= (const cEvent &event)
 
void setSchedulingPriority (short p)
 
short getSchedulingPriority () const
 
bool isScheduled () const
 
simtime_t_cref getArrivalTime () const
 
bool shouldPrecede (const cEvent *event) const
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from cOwnedObject
 cOwnedObject ()
 
 cOwnedObject (const char *name, bool namepooling=true)
 
 cOwnedObject (const cOwnedObject &obj)
 
virtual ~cOwnedObject ()
 
cOwnedObjectoperator= (const cOwnedObject &o)
 
virtual cObjectgetOwner () const override
 
virtual bool isOwnedObject () const override
 
virtual bool isSoftOwner () const
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from cNamedObject
 cNamedObject ()
 
 cNamedObject (const char *name, bool namepooling=true)
 
 cNamedObject (const cNamedObject &obj)
 
virtual ~cNamedObject ()
 
cNamedObjectoperator= (const cNamedObject &o)
 
virtual void setName (const char *s)
 
virtual const char * getName () const override
 
virtual void setNamePooling (bool b)
 
virtual bool getNamePooling ()
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from cObject
 cObject ()
 
 cObject (const cObject &other)
 
virtual ~cObject ()
 
virtual const char * getClassName () const
 
bool isName (const char *s) const
 
virtual const char * getFullName () const
 
virtual std::string getFullPath () const
 
const cObjectgetThisPtr () const
 
virtual _OPPDEPRECATED std::string info () const
 
virtual _OPPDEPRECATED std::string detailedInfo () const
 
cObjectfindObject (const char *name, bool deep=true)
 
void copyNotSupported () const
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Static Public Member Functions inherited from cMessage
static long getTotalMessageCount ()
 
static long getLiveMessageCount ()
 
static void resetMessageCounters ()
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from cOwnedObject
static long getTotalObjectCount ()
 
static long getLiveObjectCount ()
 
static void resetObjectCounters ()
 
static cDefaultListgetDefaultOwner ()
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from cObject
virtual void take (cOwnedObject *obj)
 
virtual void drop (cOwnedObject *obj)
 
void dropAndDelete (cOwnedObject *obj)
 

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ cPacket() [1/2]

cPacket ( const cPacket packet)

Copy constructor.

◆ cPacket() [2/2]

cPacket ( const char *  name = nullptr,
short  kind = 0,
int64_t  bitLength = 0 
)
explicit

Constructor. It takes the packet name, message kind value, and the packet length in bits; all optional.

◆ ~cPacket()

virtual ~cPacket ( )
virtual

Destructor

Member Function Documentation

◆ operator=()

cPacket& operator= ( const cPacket packet)

Assignment operator. Duplication and the assignment operator work all right with cPacket. The name member is not copied; see cNamedObject's operator=() for more details.

◆ dup()

virtual cPacket* dup ( ) const
inlineoverridevirtual

Creates and returns an exact copy of this object. See cObject for more details.

Reimplemented from cMessage.

◆ str()

virtual std::string str ( ) const
overridevirtual

Produces a one-line description of the object's contents. See cObject for more details.

Reimplemented from cMessage.

◆ forEachChild()

virtual void forEachChild ( cVisitor v)
overridevirtual

Calls v->visit(this) for each contained object. See cObject for more details.

Reimplemented from cMessage.

◆ parsimPack()

virtual void parsimPack ( cCommBuffer buffer) const
overridevirtual

Serializes the object into an MPI send buffer Used by the simulation kernel for parallel execution. See cObject for more details.

Reimplemented from cMessage.

◆ parsimUnpack()

virtual void parsimUnpack ( cCommBuffer buffer)
overridevirtual

Deserializes the object from an MPI receive buffer Used by the simulation kernel for parallel execution. See cObject for more details.

Reimplemented from cMessage.

◆ isPacket()

virtual bool isPacket ( ) const
inlineoverridevirtual

Returns true.

Reimplemented from cMessage.

◆ getDisplayString()

virtual const char* getDisplayString ( ) const
overridevirtual

Returns the encapsulated packet's display string if it has one, otherwise returns the empty string. Override as needed.

Reimplemented from cMessage.

◆ setBitLength()

virtual void setBitLength ( int64_t  l)
virtual

Sets packet length (in bits). When the packet is sent through a channel, packet length affects the transmission duration and the probability of setting the bit error flag.

◆ setByteLength()

void setByteLength ( int64_t  l)
inline

Sets packet length (bytes). This is just a convenience function which invokes setBitLength() with 8*l as argument. The caller must take care that the result does not overflow (i.e. fits into an int64_t).

◆ addBitLength()

virtual void addBitLength ( int64_t  delta)
virtual

Changes packet length by the given value (bits). This is useful for modeling encapsulation/decapsulation. (See also encapsulate() and decapsulate().) The caller must take care that the result does not overflow (i.e. fits into an int64_t).

The value may be negative (packet length may be decreased too). If the resulting length would be negative, the method throws a cRuntimeError.

◆ addByteLength()

void addByteLength ( int64_t  delta)
inline

Changes packet length by the given value (bytes). This is just a convenience function which invokes addBitLength() with 8*l as argument. The caller must take care that the result does not overflow (i.e. fits into an int64_t).

◆ getBitLength()

virtual int64_t getBitLength ( ) const
inlinevirtual

Returns the packet length (in bits).

◆ getByteLength()

int64_t getByteLength ( ) const
inline

Returns the packet length in bytes, that is, bitlength/8. If bitlength is not a multiple of 8, the result is rounded up.

◆ setBitError()

virtual void setBitError ( bool  e)
inlinevirtual

Sets the bit error flag.

◆ hasBitError()

virtual bool hasBitError ( ) const
inlinevirtual

Returns the bit error flag.

◆ encapsulate()

virtual void encapsulate ( cPacket packet)
virtual

Encapsulates packet in the packet. The packet length gets increased by the length of the encapsulated packet.

IMPORTANT NOTE: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO KEEP A POINTER TO A MESSAGE AFTER IT WAS ENCAPSULATED. For performance reasons, encapsulated packets are reference counted, meaning that the encapsulated packet is not duplicated when you duplicate a packet, but rather, both (all) copies share the same packet instance. Any change done to the encapsulated packet would affect other packets as well. Decapsulation (and even calling getEncapsulatedPacket()) will create an own (non-shared) copy of the packet.

◆ decapsulate()

virtual cPacket* decapsulate ( )
virtual

Decapsulates a packet from the packet object. The length of this packet will be decreased by the length of the encapsulated packet, except if it was zero. If the length would become negative, cRuntimeError is thrown. If there is no encapsulated packet, the method returns nullptr.

◆ getEncapsulatedPacket()

virtual cPacket* getEncapsulatedPacket ( ) const
virtual

Returns a pointer to the encapsulated packet, or nullptr if there is no encapsulated packet.

IMPORTANT: see notes at encapsulate() about reference counting of encapsulated packets.

◆ hasEncapsulatedPacket()

virtual bool hasEncapsulatedPacket ( ) const
virtual

Returns true if the packet contains an encapsulated packet, and false otherwise. This method is potentially more efficient than getEncapsulatedPacket()!=nullptr, because it does not need to unshare a shared encapsulated packet (see note at encapsulate()).

◆ getDuration()

simtime_t_cref getDuration ( ) const
inline

Returns the transmission duration after the packet was sent through a channel with data rate.

See also
isReceptionStart(), getArrivalTime(), cDatarateChannel

◆ isReceptionStart()

bool isReceptionStart ( ) const
inline

Tells whether this packet represents the start or the end of the reception, provided the packet has nonzero length and it travelled through a channel with nonzero data rate. This can be configured on the receiving gate (see cGate::setDeliverOnReceptionStart()).

See also
getArrivalTime(), getDuration(), cDatarateChannel

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