file-helper-example.cc

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2013 University of Washington
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation;
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 *
 * This is based on double-probe-example.cc.
 *
 * Author: Mitch Watrous (watrous@u.washington.edu)
 */
 
/*
 * This example is designed to show the main features of an
 * ns3::FileHelper.
 */
 
#include "ns3/core-module.h"
#include "ns3/stats-module.h"
 
#include <string>
 
using namespace ns3;
 
NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE("FileHelperExample");
 
class Emitter : public Object
{
  public:
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
    Emitter();
 
  private:
    void DoInitialize() override;
    void Count();
 
    TracedValue<uint32_t> m_counter;      
    Ptr<ExponentialRandomVariable> m_var; 
};
 
NS_OBJECT_ENSURE_REGISTERED(Emitter);
 
TypeId
Emitter::GetTypeId()
{
    static TypeId tid = TypeId("ns3::Emitter")
                            .SetParent<Object>()
                            .SetGroupName("Stats")
                            .AddConstructor<Emitter>()
                            .AddTraceSource("Counter",
                                            "sample counter",
                                            MakeTraceSourceAccessor(&Emitter::m_counter),
                                            "ns3::TracedValueCallback::Double");
    return tid;
}
 
Emitter::Emitter()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    m_counter = 0;
    m_var = CreateObject<ExponentialRandomVariable>();
}
 
void
Emitter::DoInitialize()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    Simulator::Schedule(Seconds(m_var->GetValue()), &Emitter::Count, this);
}
 
void
Emitter::Count()
{
    NS_LOG_FUNCTION(this);
    NS_LOG_DEBUG("Counting at " << Simulator::Now().As(Time::S));
    m_counter += 1.0;
    Simulator::Schedule(Seconds(m_var->GetValue()), &Emitter::Count, this);
}
 
int
main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    CommandLine cmd(__FILE__);
    cmd.Parse(argc, argv);
 
    //
    // This Emitter has a trace source object that will emit values at
    // random times.
    //
 
    Ptr<Emitter> emitter = CreateObject<Emitter>();
    Names::Add("/Names/Emitter", emitter);
 
    //
    // This file helper will be used to put data values into a file.
    //
 
    // Create the file helper.
    FileHelper fileHelper;
 
    // Configure the file to be written.
    fileHelper.ConfigureFile("file-helper-example", FileAggregator::FORMATTED);
 
    // Set the labels for this formatted output file.
    fileHelper.Set2dFormat("Time (Seconds) = %.3f\tCount = %.0f");
 
    // Write the values generated by the probe.  The path that we
    // provide helps to disambiguate the source of the trace.
    fileHelper.WriteProbe("ns3::Uinteger32Probe", "/Names/Emitter/Counter", "Output");
 
    // The Emitter object is not associated with an ns-3 node, so
    // it won't get started automatically, so we need to do this ourselves
    Simulator::Schedule(Seconds(0.0), &Emitter::Initialize, emitter);
 
    Simulator::Stop(Seconds(100.0));
    Simulator::Run();
    Simulator::Destroy();
 
    return 0;
}