From cccdb1f6d69bae6cb0e2cbcff5fbc783c27a3c53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:53:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] small tweaking

---
 src/core/initial-value.cc | 12 +++++++-----
 src/core/initial-value.h  |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/initial-value.cc b/src/core/initial-value.cc
index 8404b125c..dbd0ed519 100644
--- a/src/core/initial-value.cc
+++ b/src/core/initial-value.cc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ InitialValue::GetHelp (void) const
   return m_help;
 }
 PValue 
-InitialValue::GetInitialValue (void) const
+InitialValue::GetValue (void) const
 {
   return m_initialValue;
 }
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ InitialValue::GetChecker (void) const
 }
   
 void 
-InitialValue::SetInitialValue (PValue value)
+InitialValue::SetValue (PValue value)
 {
   if (!m_checker->Check (value))
     {
@@ -60,11 +60,13 @@ InitialValue::Bind (std::string name, PValue value)
     {
       if ((*i)->GetName () == name)
 	{
-	  (*i)->SetInitialValue (value);
+	  (*i)->SetValue (value);
 	  return;
 	}
     }
-  NS_FATAL_ERROR ("InitialValue name=\""<<name<<"\" not found.");
+  // since we did not find a matching InitialValue,
+  // we attempt to configure the global parameters list.
+  Parameters::GetGlobal ()->Set (name, value);
 }
 InitialValue::Iterator 
 InitialValue::Begin (void)
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ InitialValueTests::RunTests (void)
 {
   bool result = true;
 
-  NS_TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL (10, UintValue (g_uint.GetInitialValue ()).Get ());
+  NS_TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL (10, UintValue (g_uint.GetValue ()).Get ());
 
   return result;
 }
diff --git a/src/core/initial-value.h b/src/core/initial-value.h
index 38d813217..1099df67d 100644
--- a/src/core/initial-value.h
+++ b/src/core/initial-value.h
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ public:
 
   std::string GetName (void) const;
   std::string GetHelp (void) const;
-  PValue GetInitialValue (void) const;
+  PValue GetValue (void) const;
   Ptr<const AttributeChecker> GetChecker (void) const;
   
-  void SetInitialValue (PValue value);
+  void SetValue (PValue value);
 
   static void Bind (std::string name, PValue value);