Attributes

The ns-3 attribute system is the mechanism used in ns-3 to organize, document, and modify the values used by the various component models. More...

Collaboration diagram for Attributes:

Modules
	Attribute Helper
	All these macros can be used to generate automatically the code for subclasses of AttributeValue, AttributeAccessor, and, AttributeChecker, which can be used to give attribute powers to a normal class.

Files
file	attribute.cc
	ns3::AttributeValue, ns3::AttributeAccessor and ns3::AttributeChecker implementations.
file	attribute.h
	ns3::AttributeValue, ns3::AttributeAccessor and ns3::AttributeChecker declarations.

Classes
class	ns3::AttributeAccessor
	allow setting and getting the value of an attribute. More...
class	ns3::AttributeChecker
	Represent the type of an attribute. More...
class	ns3::AttributeValue
	Hold a value for an Attribute. More...
class	ns3::EmptyAttributeValue
	A class for an empty attribute value. More...

Functions
static Ptr< const AttributeAccessor >	ns3::MakeEmptyAttributeAccessor ()
	Create an empty AttributeAccessor. More...
static Ptr< AttributeChecker >	ns3::MakeEmptyAttributeChecker ()
	Create an empty AttributeChecker. More...

Detailed Description

The ns-3 attribute system is the mechanism used in ns-3 to organize, document, and modify the values used by the various component models.

Attributes also enable the tracing and statistics gathering in the simulator.

See Attribute Helper for macros to ease the declaration and definition of Attributes.

Function Documentation

MakeEmptyAttributeAccessor()

static Ptr<const AttributeAccessor> ns3::MakeEmptyAttributeAccessor ( )

inlinestatic

Create an empty AttributeAccessor.

Returns

The empty AttributeAccessor (runtime exception if used)

Definition at line 286 of file attribute.h.

Referenced by DeprecatedAttribute::GetTypeId().

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MakeEmptyAttributeChecker()

static Ptr<AttributeChecker> ns3::MakeEmptyAttributeChecker ( )

inlinestatic

Create an empty AttributeChecker.

Returns

The empty AttributeChecker (runtime exception if used)

Definition at line 318 of file attribute.h.

Referenced by DeprecatedAttribute::GetTypeId().

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