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 *
 * Author: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
 */

#ifndef HEADER_H
#define HEADER_H

#include "chunk-registry.h"

/**
 * \relates ns3::Header
 * \brief this macro should be instantiated exactly once for each
 *        new type of Header
 *
 * This macro will ensure that your new Header type is registered
 * within the packet header registry. In most cases, this macro
 * is not really needed but, for safety, please, use it all the
 * time.
 *
 * Note: This macro is _absolutely_ needed if you try to run a
 * distributed simulation.
 */
#define NS_HEADER_ENSURE_REGISTERED(x)         \
static class thisisaveryverylongclassname ##x  \
{                                              \
 public:                                       \
  thisisaveryverylongclassname ##x ()          \
    { uint32_t uid; uid = x::GetUid ();}       \
} g_thisisanotherveryveryverylongname ## x;


namespace ns3 {

/**
 * \brief Protocol header serialization and deserialization.
 *
 * Every Protocol header which needs to be inserted or removed
 * from a Packet instance must derive from this base class and
 * implement the following public methods:
 *   - a default constructor: is used by the internal implementation
 *     if the Packet class.
 *   - a static method named GetUid: is used to uniquely identify
 *     the type of each header. This method shall return a unique
 *     integer allocated with Header::AllocateUid.
 *   - a method named Serialize: is used by Packet::AddHeader to
 *     store a header into the byte buffer of a packet.
 *     The input iterator points to the start of the byte buffer in
 *     which the header should write its data. The data written
 *     is expected to match bit-for-bit the representation of this
 *     header in a real network.
 *   - a method named GetSerializedSize: is used by Packet::AddHeader
 *     to store a header into the byte buffer of a packet. This method
 *     should return the number of bytes which are needed to store
 *     the full header data by Serialize.
 *   - a method named Deserialize: is used by Packet::RemoveHeader to
 *     re-create a header from the byte buffer of a packet. The input
 *     iterator points to the start of the byte buffer from which
 *     the header should read its data. The data read is expected to
 *     match bit-for-bit the representation of this header in real
 *     networks. This method shall return an integer which identifies
 *     the number of bytes read.
 *   - a method named Print: is used by Packet::Print to print the 
 *     content of a header as ascii data to a c++ output stream.
 *     Although the header is free to format its output as it
 *     wishes, it is recommended to follow a few rules to integrate
 *     with the packet pretty printer: start with flags, small field 
 *     values located between a pair of parens. Values should be separated 
 *     by whitespace. Follow the parens with the important fields, 
 *     separated by whitespace.
 *     i.e.: (field1 val1 field2 val2 field3 val3) field4 val4 field5 val5
 *   - a method named GetName: is used by Packet::Print to print
 *     header fragments. This method should return a user-readable
 *     single word as all capitalized letters.
 *
 * Sample code which shows how to create a new type of Header, and how to use it, 
 * is shown in the sample file samples/main-packet-header.cc
 */
class Header 
{
protected:
  template <typename T>
  static uint32_t AllocateUid (std::string uuid);
};

} // namespace ns3

namespace ns3 {

template <typename T>
uint32_t 
Header::AllocateUid (std::string uuid)
{
  return ChunkRegistry::RegisterHeader<T> (uuid);
}

} // namespace ns3

#endif /* HEADER_H */