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// Copyright (C) 2007 
// Fraunhofer Institut fuer offene Kommunikationssysteme (FOKUS)
// Kompetenzzentrum fuer Satelitenkommunikation (SatCom)
//     Stefan Bund <g0dil@berlios.de>
//
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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/** \file
    \brief Module public header */

#ifndef HH_Module_
#define HH_Module_ 1

// Custom includes
#include <boost/utility.hpp>

//#include "Module.mpp"
///////////////////////////////hh.p////////////////////////////////////////

namespace senf {
namespace ppi {

    /** \brief Module baseclass

        senf::ppi::Module is the baseclass of all PPI modules. It provides the module implementation
        with interfaces to several PPI facilities:
        
        \li Connector management
        \li Flow management
        \li Event handling

        To provide internal bookkeeping, most access to the PPI infrastructure is managed through
        this base class. 

        Instances of this class may be allocated either statically or dynamically. Dynamic instances
        are automatically managed using the dynamicModule adaptor.
     */
    class Module
        : boost::noncopyable
    {
    protected:
        Module();
        ~Module();

        template <class Source, class Target>
        Route route(Source const & source, Target const & target); ///< Define flow information
                                        /**< Using the route() and noroute() members, the
                                             information flow within the module is defined. Routing
                                             may be specified either between inputs, outputs and
                                             events. The routing information is used to perform
                                             automatic throttling. The throttling behavior may
                                             however be controlled manually.

                                             Even if no automatic throttling is desired <em>it is
                                             vital to define the flow information for all inputs and
                                             outputs</em>. Without flow information important
                                             internal state of the module cannot be
                                             initialized. This includes, explicitly defining
                                             terminal inputs and outputs using noroute. Event
                                             routing however is optional.

                                             The return value may be used to alter routing
                                             parameters like throttling parameters.

                                             \param[in] source Data source, object which controlls
                                                 incoming data
                                             \param[in] target Data target, object which controlls
                                                 outgoing data
                                             \returns Route instance describing this route */

        template <class Connector>
        void noroute(Connector const & connector); ///<Define terminal connectors
                                        /**<
            
                                            The noroute() member explicitly declares, that a
                                            connector is terminal and does not directly
                                            receive/forward data from/to some other
                                            connector. <em>It is mandatory to define routing
                                            information for terminal connectors</em>.

                                            See the route() documentation for more on routing

                                            \param[in] connector Terminal connector to declare */

        template <class Target, class Descriptor>
        typename Descriptor::EventBinding const registerEvent(Target target, 
                                                              Descriptor const & descriptor);
                                        ///< Register an external event
                                        /**< The \a target argument may be either an arbitrary
                                             callable object or it may be a member function pointer
                                             pointing to a member function of the Module derived
                                             classed. The handler may \e optionally take an Argument
                                             of type <tt>typename Descriptor::Event const
                                             &</tt>. This object allows to access detailed
                                             information on the event delivered.

                                             The \a descriptor describes the event to signal. This
                                             may be a timer event or some type of I/O event on a
                                             file descriptor or socket.

                                             The return value may be used to modify the
                                             binding. This allows to temporarily inhibit event
                                             delivery or to remove the binding explicitly. Depending
                                             on the type of event, other operations may be
                                             possible. See the event descriptor documentation.
            
                                            \param[in] target The handler to call whenever the event
                                                is signaled
                                            \param[in] descriptor The type of event to register
                                            \returns An event binding instance of the appropriate
                                                type. */
    };

}}

///////////////////////////////hh.e////////////////////////////////////////
//#include "Module.cci"
//#include "Module.ct"
//#include "Module.cti"
#endif


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