Bug 962 - list of paths to reach objects contains bogus entries

RELEASE_NOTES

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ New user-visible features
    
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
+ - bug 962  - list of paths to reach objects contains bogus entries
  - bug 1313 - Stddev (average.h) returning NaN
  - bug 1319 - Fix Ipv6RawSocketImpl Icmpv6 filter
  - bug 1318 - Asserts for IPv6 malformed packets

src/internet/model/ipv6-interface.cc

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ namespace ns3
 
 NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("Ipv6Interface");
 
+NS_OBJECT_ENSURE_REGISTERED (Ipv6Interface);
+
 TypeId Ipv6Interface::GetTypeId ()
 {
   static TypeId tid = TypeId ("ns3::Ipv6Interface")

src/internet/model/udp-socket-impl.cc

@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("UdpSocketImpl");
 
 namespace ns3 {
 
+NS_OBJECT_ENSURE_REGISTERED (UdpSocketImpl);
+
 static const uint32_t MAX_IPV4_UDP_DATAGRAM_SIZE = 65507;
 
 // Add attributes generic to all UdpSockets to base class UdpSocket

src/network/model/socket.cc

@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("Socket");
 
 namespace ns3 {
 
+NS_OBJECT_ENSURE_REGISTERED (Socket);
+
+TypeId
+Socket::GetTypeId (void)
+{
+  static TypeId tid = TypeId ("ns3::Socket")
+    .SetParent<Object> ();
+  return tid;
+}
+
 Socket::Socket (void)
 {
   m_boundnetdevice = 0;

src/network/model/socket.h

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class Packet;
 class Socket : public Object
 {
 public:
+  static TypeId GetTypeId (void);
 
   Socket (void);
   virtual ~Socket (void);

utils/print-introspected-doxygen.cc

@@ -207,6 +207,19 @@ StaticInformation::DoGather (TypeId tid)
       if (ptrChecker != 0)
         {
           TypeId pointee = ptrChecker->GetPointeeTypeId ();
+
+	  // See if this is a pointer to an Object.
+	  Ptr<Object> object = CreateObject<Object> ();
+	  TypeId objectTypeId = object->GetTypeId ();
+	  if (objectTypeId == pointee)
+	    {
+	      // Stop the recursion at this attribute if it is a
+	      // pointer to an Object, which create too many spurious
+	      // paths in the list of attribute paths because any
+	      // Object can be in that part of the path.
+	      continue;
+	    }
+
           m_currentPath.push_back (info.name);
           m_alreadyProcessed.push_back (tid);
           DoGather (pointee);