NetLayer.java

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package de.tud.kom.p2psim.api.network;

import de.tud.kom.p2psim.api.common.Position;
import de.tud.kom.p2psim.api.common.SimHost;
import de.tud.kom.p2psim.api.network.routing.RoutingAlgorithm;
import de.tudarmstadt.maki.simonstrator.api.Message;
import de.tudarmstadt.maki.simonstrator.api.component.network.Bandwidth;
import de.tudarmstadt.maki.simonstrator.api.component.network.NetID;
import de.tudarmstadt.maki.simonstrator.api.component.network.NetInterface;

/**
 * The NetLayer provides a general interface to encapsulate various networking
 * models. This way, it is possible to use network solutions with different
 * abstraction levels and complexity. For instance, one can choose either
 * between a lightweight simple implementation which offers an adequate model
 * with minimum demands in resource requirements and a more complex
 * implementation capable to model fairshare bandwidth allocation of TCP but
 * having a lot of CPU consumption.
 * 
 * @author Sebastian Kaune
 * @author Konstantin Pussep
 * @version 3.0, 11/29/2007
 * 
 */

public interface NetLayer extends NetInterface {

	/**
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	public SimHost getHost();

	/**
	 * 
	 * Deliver a message with the given data to the destination using the given
	 * network protocol such as IPv4. The {@link NetProtocol} defines the
	 * {@link RoutingAlgorithm} that is used if the NetLayer is actually
	 * performing routing. This in turn defines the communication interface that
	 * is used on the LinkLayer to dispatch a message.
	 * 
	 * 
	 * @param msg
	 *            the msg to be sent
	 * @param receiver
	 *            the remote receiver
	 * @param protocol
	 *            the used network protocol
	 */
	public void send(Message msg, NetID receiver, NetProtocol protocol);

	/**
	 * Returns whether the network layer has connectivity to the physical
	 * network.
	 * 
	 * @return return true if the network layer has connectivity to the physical
	 *         network
	 */
	public boolean isOnline();

	/**
	 * Returns whether the network layer has connectivity to the physical
	 * network.
	 * 
	 * @return return true if the network layer does not have connectivity to
	 *         the physical network
	 */
	public boolean isOffline();

	/**
	 * Returns the NetID of a NetLayer instance
	 * 
	 * @return the NetID of a given NetLayer instance
	 */
	public NetID getNetID();

	/**
	 * Establishes the connection to the physical network. Further to this, if
	 * installed, the correspondent ConnectivityListener will be informed about
	 * the changes in connectivity.
	 * 
	 */
	public void goOnline();

	/**
	 * Releases the connection to the physical network. Further to this, if
	 * installed, the correspondent ConnectivityListener will be informed about
	 * the changes in connectivity.
	 * 
	 */
	public void goOffline();

	/**
	 * <b>Within your Overlay and/or Application, please use
	 * host.getProperties.getPosition() instead of the NetLayer!</b>
	 * 
	 * Returns the NetPosition of a host which might be represented as the
	 * position in a two-dimensional Euclidean space, as n-dimensional
	 * coordinates used in Global Network Positioning or the location on Earth
	 * which is described by two numbers--its latitude and its longitude.
	 * 
	 * @return Position the appropriate position
	 */
	public Position getNetPosition();

	/**
	 * Returns the maximum physical bandwidth that is available at the given
	 * network wrapper. Thus, this value represents a state in which all upload
	 * and download connections are closed.
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	public Bandwidth getMaxBandwidth();
	
	/**
	 * Returns the current available download bandwidth of the network layer as
	 * the maximum bandwidth might be shared between concurrently established
	 * connections.
	 * 
	 * @return the available download bandwidth
	 */
	public Bandwidth getCurrentBandwidth();
	
	/**
	 * Adds the given NetMessageListener as a handler for incoming NetMsgEvents
	 * triggered by the NetLayer which implements the message passing from the
	 * NetLayer to a layer above.
	 * 
	 * @param listener
	 *            the listener for network events
	 */
	public void addNetMsgListener(NetMessageListener listener);

	/**
	 * Removes the given NetMessageListener which handles incoming NetMsgEvents
	 * 
	 * @param listener
	 *            the listener for network events
	 */
	public void removeNetMsgListener(NetMessageListener listener);

}