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20 
21 #ifndef GNUPLOT_HELPER_H
22 #define GNUPLOT_HELPER_H
23 
24 #include <map>
25 #include <utility>
26 #include <string>
27 #include "ns3/object-factory.h"
28 #include "ns3/ptr.h"
29 #include "ns3/probe.h"
30 #include "ns3/gnuplot-aggregator.h"
31 #include "ns3/time-series-adaptor.h"
32 
33 namespace ns3 {
34 
35 /**
36  * \ingroup gnuplot
37  * \brief Helper class used to make gnuplot plots.
38  **/
39 class GnuplotHelper
40 {
41 public:
42   /**
43    * Constructs a gnuplot helper that will create a space separated
44    * gnuplot data file named "gnuplot-helper.dat", a gnuplot control
45    * file named "gnuplot-helper.plt", and a shell script to generate
46    * the gnuplot named "gnuplot-helper.sh" unless it is later
47    * configured otherwise.
48    */
49   GnuplotHelper ();
50 
51   /**
52    * \param outputFileNameWithoutExtension name of gnuplot related files to
53    * write with no extension
54    * \param title plot title string to use for this plot.
55    * \param xLegend the legend for the x horizontal axis.
56    * \param yLegend the legend for the y vertical axis.
57    * \param terminalType terminal type setting string for output. The
58    * default terminal type is "png"
59    *
60    * Constructs a gnuplot helper that will create a space separated
61    * gnuplot data file named outputFileNameWithoutExtension + ".dat",
62    * a gnuplot control file named outputFileNameWithoutExtension +
63    * ".plt", and a shell script to generate the gnuplot named
64    * outputFileNameWithoutExtension + ".sh".
65    */
66   GnuplotHelper (const std::string &outputFileNameWithoutExtension,
67                  const std::string &title,
68                  const std::string &xLegend,
69                  const std::string &yLegend,
70                  const std::string &terminalType = "png");
71 
72   virtual ~GnuplotHelper ();
73 
74   /**
75    * \param outputFileNameWithoutExtension name of gnuplot related files to
76    * write with no extension
77    * \param title plot title string to use for this plot.
78    * \param xLegend the legend for the x horizontal axis.
79    * \param yLegend the legend for the y vertical axis.
80    * \param terminalType terminal type setting string for output. The
81    * default terminal type is "png"
82    *
83    * Configures plot related parameters for this gnuplot helper so
84    * that it will create a space separated gnuplot data file named
85    * outputFileNameWithoutExtension + ".dat", a gnuplot control file
86    * named outputFileNameWithoutExtension + ".plt", and a shell script
87    * to generate the gnuplot named outputFileNameWithoutExtension +
88    * ".sh".
89    */
90   void ConfigurePlot (const std::string &outputFileNameWithoutExtension,
91                       const std::string &title,
92                       const std::string &xLegend,
93                       const std::string &yLegend,
94                       const std::string &terminalType = "png");
95 
96   /**
97    * \param typeId the type ID for the probe used when it is created.
98    * \param path Config path for underlying trace source to be probed
99    * \param probeTraceSource the probe trace source to access.
100    * \param title the title to be associated to this dataset
101    * \param keyLocation the location of the key in the plot.
102    *
103    * Plots a dataset generated by hooking the ns-3 trace source with a
104    * probe, and then plot the values from the probeTraceSource. The dataset
105    * will have the provided title, and will consist of the 'newValue'
106    * at each timestamp.
107    *
108    * This method will create one or more probes according to the TypeId
109    * provided, connect the probe(s) to the trace source specified by
110    * the config path, and hook the probeTraceSource(s) to the downstream
111    * aggregator.
112    *
113    * If the config path has more than one match in the system
114    * (e.g. there is a wildcard), then one dataset for each match will
115    * be plotted.  The dataset titles will be suffixed with the matched
116    * characters for each of the wildcards in the config path,
117    * separated by spaces.  For example, if the proposed dataset title
118    * is the string "bytes", and there are two wildcards in the path,
119    * then dataset titles like "bytes-0 0" or "bytes-12 9" will be
120    * possible as labels for the datasets that are plotted.
121    */
122   void PlotProbe (const std::string &typeId,
123                   const std::string &path,
124                   const std::string &probeTraceSource,
125                   const std::string &title,
126                   enum GnuplotAggregator::KeyLocation keyLocation = GnuplotAggregator::KEY_INSIDE);
127 
128   /**
129    * \param adaptorName the timeSeriesAdaptor's name.
130    *
131    * \brief Adds a time series adaptor to be used to make the plot.
132    */
133   void AddTimeSeriesAdaptor (const std::string &adaptorName);
134 
135   /**
136    * \param probeName the probe's name.
137    * \return Ptr to probe
138    * \brief Gets the specified probe.
139    */
140   Ptr<Probe> GetProbe (std::string probeName) const;
141 
142   /**
143    * \return Ptr to GnuplotAggregator object
144    * \brief Gets the aggregator.
145    *
146    * This function is non-const because an aggregator may be lazily
147    * created by this method.
148    */
149   Ptr<GnuplotAggregator> GetAggregator ();
150 
151 private:
152 
153   /**
154    * \param typeId the type ID for the probe used when it is created.
155    * \param probeName the probe's name.
156    * \param path Config path to access the probe.
157    *
158    * \brief Adds a probe to be used to make the plot.
159    */
160   void AddProbe (const std::string &typeId,
161                  const std::string &probeName,
162                  const std::string &path);
163 
164   /**
165    * \brief Constructs the aggregator.
166    */
167   void ConstructAggregator ();
168 
169   /**
170    * \param typeId the type ID for the probe used when it is created.
171    * \param matchIdentifier this string is used to make the probe's
172    * context be unique.
173    * \param path Config path to access the probe.
174    * \param probeTraceSource the probe trace source to access.
175    * \param title the title to be associated to this dataset.
176    *
177    * \brief Connects the probe to the aggregator.
178    */
179   void ConnectProbeToAggregator (const std::string &typeId,
180                                  const std::string &matchIdentifier,
181                                  const std::string &path,
182                                  const std::string &probeTraceSource,
183                                  const std::string &title);
184 
185   /// Used to create the probes and collectors as they are added.
186   ObjectFactory m_factory;
187 
188   /// The aggregator used to make the plots.
189   Ptr<GnuplotAggregator> m_aggregator;
190 
191   /// Maps probe names to probes.
192   std::map<std::string, std::pair <Ptr<Probe>, std::string> > m_probeMap;
193 
194   /// Maps time series adaptor names to time series adaptors.
195   std::map<std::string, Ptr<TimeSeriesAdaptor> > m_timeSeriesAdaptorMap;
196 
197   /// Number of plot probes that have been created.
198   uint32_t m_plotProbeCount;
199 
200   /// The name of the output file to created without its extension.
201   std::string m_outputFileNameWithoutExtension;
202 
203   /// Title string to use for this plot.
204   std::string m_title;
205 
206   /// Legend for the x axis.
207   std::string m_xLegend;
208 
209   /// Legend for the y axis.
210   std::string m_yLegend;
211 
212   /// Terminal type for the plot.
213   std::string m_terminalType;
214 
215 }; // class GnuplotHelper
216 
217 
218 } // namespace ns3
219 
220 #endif // GNUPLOT_HELPER_H
221