VR-Forces 4.0.4 Class Documentation
Public Member Functions | Static Public Member Functions | Protected Member Functions | Protected Attributes
DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface Class Reference

Class Description: DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface. More...

Inheritance diagram for DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface:
Inheritance graph
[legend]

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

 DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface (const DtString &name, DtVrfObject *vrfObject, DtReaderWriterRegistry *parentRegistry=0, bool publishObject=true)
 read/writable contructor
 DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface (const DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface &orig, DtReaderWriterRegistry *parentRegistry=0)
 copy constructor; NOTE: The publisher is not copied, because VR-Link does not provide a copy constructor (or clone or assignment function) for a publisher.
const
DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface
operator= (const DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface &orig)
 assignment operator; see note on copy constructor above.
virtual ~DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface ()
 destructor; calls destroyPublisher()
virtual bool init ()
 Override of base class init(), calls createPublisher().
virtual DtString type () const =0
 Return type string for publisher that can be refered to in ope files (see "vrfNetIfTypes.h")
virtual void tick ()
 Override base class tick.
virtual void setMinTickPeriod (double minTickPeriod)
 specifies a minimum tick period (which can also be thought of as
virtual double minTickPeriod () const
 access the minimum tick period
virtual void setMinTickPeriodVariance (double minTickPeriodVariance)
 set the variance in the minimum tick time
virtual double minTickPeriodVariance () const
 access the variance in the minimum tick period
virtual void setNextTickTime (double nextTickTime)
 The next tick time is normally calculated internally.
virtual double nextTickTime () const
 access the next tick time
virtual double calculateNextTickTime () const
 The next tick time is equal to mySimManager->exerciseClock()-> approximateElapsedRealTime() + myMinTickPeriod + a random # between -myMinTickPeriodVariance/2.
virtual void onTick ()
 Override of base class onTick() Checks if VR-Forces-specific data has changed.
virtual bool publisherUserSupplied () const
 A true return indicates that the publisher currently used by the interface was supplied by the user rather than created by init().
virtual void updatePublisher ()=0
 This will copy from the local state repository to the specific type of publisher created in deriving classes.
virtual bool createPublisher ()
 Called by init() to create a VR-Link publisher, deriving classes create the type of publisher needed for that entity type.
virtual void destroyPublisher ()
 Called by the destructor (and also by setPublisher() in some cases, deletes a publisher.
virtual bool setEntityPublisher (DtEnvironmentProcessPublisher *publisher)
 If the user needs to supply a publisher other than the one created by the network interface, this call call be used.
virtual
DtEnvironmentProcessPublisher * 
environmentalPublisher () const
virtual void setupNetworkRepository ()
 Initializes parts of the network repository created by the publisher This needs to be done after the local state repository has been intialized.
DtVrfObjectvrfObject () const
virtual bool isLocal () const
 This network interface is for local entities.
virtual bool isEnvironmental () const
virtual void processVerticesChanged (DtVrfObject *)

Static Public Member Functions

static
DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface
isLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface (const DtSimObjectNetInterface *objNetInterface)
 This function will return the objNetInterface passed in, cast to a DtSimLocalEntityNetInterface*, provided the objNetInterface is indeed an local entity network interface.
static void verticesChanged (DtVrfObject *, void *usr)

Protected Member Functions

 DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface ()
 default constructor
virtual
DtEnvironmentProcessPublisher * 
_createPublisher () const
 Override this functions to use a subclass of DtEnvironmentProcessPublisher.
virtual
DtEnvironmentProcessRepository
_createSR () const
 Override this functions to use a subclass of DtEnvironmentProcessStateRepository.

Protected Attributes

bool myPublisherUserSupplied
DtEnvironmentProcessPublisher * myEnvironmentalPublisher
bool myPublishObject
DtSimManagermySimManager
 Obtained from our DtVrfObject, and cached for use in sendVrfObject().
double myMinTickPeriod
double myMinTickPeriodVariance
double myNextTickTime
bool myVerticesChanged

Detailed Description

Class Description: DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface.

Derived from DtSimEnvironmentalNetInterface, DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface provides an interface between a local environmental object and it's network (VR-Link) representation.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

default constructor

DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface::DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface ( const DtString name,
DtVrfObject vrfObject,
DtReaderWriterRegistry parentRegistry = 0,
bool  publishObject = true 
)

read/writable contructor

copy constructor; NOTE: The publisher is not copied, because VR-Link does not provide a copy constructor (or clone or assignment function) for a publisher.

Therefore, you must call init() on the copy after construction, or call setPublisher() with a user constructed publisher.

destructor; calls destroyPublisher()


Member Function Documentation

const DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface& DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface::operator= ( const DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface orig)

assignment operator; see note on copy constructor above.

Override of base class init(), calls createPublisher().

Reimplemented from DtSimEnvironmentalNetInterface.

Reimplemented in DtGlobalEnvironmentLocalNetInterface.

virtual DtString DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface::type ( ) const [pure virtual]

Return type string for publisher that can be refered to in ope files (see "vrfNetIfTypes.h")

Implements DtSimObjectNetInterface.

Implemented in DtSimLocalControlObjectNetInterface, DtSimLocalTacticalSmokeNetInterface, and DtGlobalEnvironmentLocalNetInterface.

virtual void DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface::tick ( ) [virtual]

Override base class tick.

This version of tick checks to see if the time to tick has arrived (myNextTickTime <= exerciseClock()-> approximateElapsedRealTime()). If it has, it will then call the base class tick (which in turn calls onTick()), and recalculate the next tick time

Reimplemented from DtSimObjectNetInterface.

virtual void DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface::setMinTickPeriod ( double  minTickPeriod) [virtual]

specifies a minimum tick period (which can also be thought of as

  1. / maximum tick rate). This is specified in seconds.
virtual double DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface::minTickPeriod ( ) const [virtual]

access the minimum tick period

virtual void DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface::setMinTickPeriodVariance ( double  minTickPeriodVariance) [virtual]

set the variance in the minimum tick time

access the variance in the minimum tick period

virtual void DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface::setNextTickTime ( double  nextTickTime) [virtual]

The next tick time is normally calculated internally.

setNextTickTime can be used to force a tick (set nextTickTime to exerciseClock()-> approximateElapsedRealTime())

virtual double DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface::nextTickTime ( ) const [virtual]

access the next tick time

The next tick time is equal to mySimManager->exerciseClock()-> approximateElapsedRealTime() + myMinTickPeriod + a random # between -myMinTickPeriodVariance/2.

and +myMinTickPeriodVariance/2. If the exercise clock is paused, the variance is always set to zero to insure that the extra calls to DtFRand() don't prevent repeatability.

virtual void DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface::onTick ( ) [virtual]

Override of base class onTick() Checks if VR-Forces-specific data has changed.

If it has, sets the object changed flag. Calls updatePublisher().

Implements DtSimObjectNetInterface.

A true return indicates that the publisher currently used by the interface was supplied by the user rather than created by init().

This will copy from the local state repository to the specific type of publisher created in deriving classes.

Implemented in DtSimLocalControlObjectNetInterface, DtSimLocalTacticalSmokeNetInterface, and DtGlobalEnvironmentLocalNetInterface.

Called by init() to create a VR-Link publisher, deriving classes create the type of publisher needed for that entity type.

Called by the destructor (and also by setPublisher() in some cases, deletes a publisher.

virtual bool DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface::setEntityPublisher ( DtEnvironmentProcessPublisher *  publisher) [virtual]

If the user needs to supply a publisher other than the one created by the network interface, this call call be used.

If the myPublisher pointer is not null and it myPublisherUserSupplied flag is false then the interface will first destroy the current publisher; otherwise a warning is generated and false is returned. The interface's destructor will not destroy a user supplied publisher - that is the responsibility of the publisher's creator. If you need to change a user-supplied publisher to a different one, first call setPublisher with a value of 0 (Null). This will set the myPublisherUserSupplied flag to false.

virtual DtEnvironmentProcessPublisher* DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface::environmentalPublisher ( ) const [virtual]

Initializes parts of the network repository created by the publisher This needs to be done after the local state repository has been intialized.

Details depend upon which type of publisher (and therefore network state repository) is actually created.

virtual bool DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface::isLocal ( ) const [inline, virtual]

This network interface is for local entities.

Implements DtSimObjectNetInterface.

virtual bool DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface::isEnvironmental ( ) const [inline, virtual]

Reimplemented from DtSimEnvironmentalNetInterface.

This function will return the objNetInterface passed in, cast to a DtSimLocalEntityNetInterface*, provided the objNetInterface is indeed an local entity network interface.

static void DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface::verticesChanged ( DtVrfObject ,
void *  usr 
) [static]
virtual DtEnvironmentProcessPublisher* DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface::_createPublisher ( ) const [protected, virtual]

Override this functions to use a subclass of DtEnvironmentProcessPublisher.

Reimplemented in DtSimLocalControlObjectNetInterface, DtSimLocalTacticalSmokeNetInterface, and DtGlobalEnvironmentLocalNetInterface.

Override this functions to use a subclass of DtEnvironmentProcessStateRepository.

Reimplemented in DtSimLocalControlObjectNetInterface.


Member Data Documentation

DtEnvironmentProcessPublisher* DtSimLocalEnvironmentalNetInterface::myEnvironmentalPublisher [protected]

Obtained from our DtVrfObject, and cached for use in sendVrfObject().


The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

Document ID: Generated on Fri Jun 29 16:33:32 EDT 2012 from SVN revision 116588
Copyright © 2005-2012 VT MÄK Inc. All Rights Reserved (www.mak.com)