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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2010 University of Washington
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 */
 
#ifndef TRACE_HELPER_H
#define TRACE_HELPER_H
 
#include "net-device-container.h"
#include "node-container.h"
 
#include "ns3/assert.h"
#include "ns3/output-stream-wrapper.h"
#include "ns3/pcap-file-wrapper.h"
#include "ns3/simulator.h"
 
namespace ns3
{
 
/**
 * @brief Manage pcap files for device models
 *
 * Handling pcap files is a common operation for ns-3 devices.  It is useful to
 * provide a common base class for dealing with these ops.
 */
 
class PcapHelper
{
  public:
    /**
     * This enumeration holds the data link types that will be written to the pcap file.
     *
     * We don't include pcap-bpf.h to avoid an explicit dependency on the real pcap
     * and we don't make an enumeration of all of the values to make it easy to
     * pass new values in.
     *
     * For a list of Data Link Types see http://www.tcpdump.org/linktypes.html
     */
    enum DataLinkType
    {
        DLT_NULL = 0,
        DLT_EN10MB = 1,
        DLT_PPP = 9,
        DLT_RAW = 101,
        DLT_IEEE802_11 = 105,
        DLT_LINUX_SLL = 113,
        DLT_PRISM_HEADER = 119,
        DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO = 127,
        DLT_IEEE802_15_4 = 195,
        DLT_NETLINK = 253,
        DLT_LORATAP = 270
    };
 
    /**
     * @brief Create a pcap helper.
     */
    PcapHelper();
 
    /**
     * @brief Destroy a pcap helper.
     */
    ~PcapHelper();
 
    /**
     * @brief Let the pcap helper figure out a reasonable filename to use for a
     * pcap file associated with a device.
     *
     * @param prefix prefix string
     * @param device NetDevice
     * @param useObjectNames use node and device names instead of indexes
     * @returns file name
     */
    std::string GetFilenameFromDevice(std::string prefix,
                                      Ptr<NetDevice> device,
                                      bool useObjectNames = true);
 
    /**
     * @brief Let the pcap helper figure out a reasonable filename to use for the
     * pcap file associated with a node.
     *
     * @param prefix prefix string
     * @param object interface (such as Ipv4Interface or Ipv6Interface)
     * @param interface interface id
     * @param useObjectNames use node and device names instead of indexes
     * @returns file name
     */
    std::string GetFilenameFromInterfacePair(std::string prefix,
                                             Ptr<Object> object,
                                             uint32_t interface,
                                             bool useObjectNames = true);
 
    /**
     * @brief Create and initialize a pcap file.
     *
     * @param filename file name
     * @param filemode file mode
     * @param dataLinkType data link type of packet data
     * @param snapLen maximum length of packet data stored in records
     * @param tzCorrection time zone correction to be applied to timestamps of packets
     * @returns a smart pointer to the Pcap file
     */
    Ptr<PcapFileWrapper> CreateFile(std::string filename,
                                    std::ios::openmode filemode,
                                    DataLinkType dataLinkType,
                                    uint32_t snapLen = std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max(),
                                    int32_t tzCorrection = 0);
    /**
     * @brief Hook a trace source to the default trace sink
     *
     * @param object object
     * @param traceName trace source name
     * @param file file wrapper
     */
    template <typename T>
    void HookDefaultSink(Ptr<T> object, std::string traceName, Ptr<PcapFileWrapper> file);
 
  private:
    /**
     * The basic default trace sink.
     *
     * This one just writes the packet to the pcap
     * file which is good enough for most kinds of captures.
     *
     * @param file the file to write to
     * @param p the packet to write
     */
    static void DefaultSink(Ptr<PcapFileWrapper> file, Ptr<const Packet> p);
 
    /**
     * This trace sink passes a header separately from the packet to prevent creating a new packet
     * (for performance reasons)
     *
     * @param file the file to write to
     * @param header header of the packet
     * @param p the packet to write
     *
     * @see DefaultSink
     */
    static void SinkWithHeader(Ptr<PcapFileWrapper> file,
                               const Header& header,
                               Ptr<const Packet> p);
};
 
template <typename T>
void
PcapHelper::HookDefaultSink(Ptr<T> object, std::string tracename, Ptr<PcapFileWrapper> file)
{
    bool result =
        object->TraceConnectWithoutContext(tracename, MakeBoundCallback(&DefaultSink, file));
    NS_ASSERT_MSG(result == true,
                  "PcapHelper::HookDefaultSink():  Unable to hook \"" << tracename << "\"");
}
 
/**
 * @brief Manage ASCII trace files for device models
 *
 * Handling ascii trace files is a common operation for ns-3 devices.  It is
 * useful to provide a common base class for dealing with these ops.
 */
 
class AsciiTraceHelper
{
  public:
    /**
     * @brief Create an ascii trace helper.
     */
    AsciiTraceHelper();
 
    /**
     * @brief Destroy an ascii trace helper.
     */
    ~AsciiTraceHelper();
 
    /**
     * @brief Let the ascii trace helper figure out a reasonable filename to use
     * for an ascii trace file associated with a device.
     *
     * @param prefix prefix string
     * @param device NetDevice
     * @param useObjectNames use node and device names instead of indexes
     * @returns file name
     */
    std::string GetFilenameFromDevice(std::string prefix,
                                      Ptr<NetDevice> device,
                                      bool useObjectNames = true);
 
    /**
     * @brief Let the ascii trace helper figure out a reasonable filename to use
     * for an ascii trace file associated with a node.
     *
     * @param prefix prefix string
     * @param object interface (such as Ipv4Interface or Ipv6Interface)
     * @param interface interface id
     * @param useObjectNames use node and device names instead of indexes
     * @returns file name
     */
    std::string GetFilenameFromInterfacePair(std::string prefix,
                                             Ptr<Object> object,
                                             uint32_t interface,
                                             bool useObjectNames = true);
 
    /**
     * @brief Create and initialize an output stream object we'll use to write the
     * traced bits.
     *
     * One of the common issues users run into when trying to use tracing in ns-3
     * is actually a design decision made in the C++ stream library.  It is not
     * widely known that copy and assignment of iostreams is forbidden by
     * std::basic_ios<>.  This is because it is not possible to predict the
     * semantics of the stream desired by a user.
     *
     * The tempting ns-3 idiom when tracing to a file is to create a bound callback
     * with an ofstream as the bound object.  Unfortunately, this implies a copy
     * construction in order to get the ofstream object into the callback.  This
     * operation, as mentioned above, is forbidden by the STL.  You could use a
     * global ostream and pass a pointer to it, but that is pretty ugly.  You
     * could create an ostream on the stack and pass a pointer to it, but you may
     * run into object lifetime issues.  Ns-3 has a nice reference counted object
     * that can solve the problem so we use one of those to carry the stream
     * around and deal with the lifetime issues.
     *
     * @param filename file name
     * @param filemode file mode
     * @returns a smart pointer to the output stream
     */
    Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> CreateFileStream(std::string filename,
                                              std::ios::openmode filemode = std::ios::out);
 
    /**
     * @brief Hook a trace source to the default enqueue operation trace sink that
     * does not accept nor log a trace context.
     *
     * @param object object
     * @param traceName trace source name
     * @param stream output stream wrapper
     */
    template <typename T>
    void HookDefaultEnqueueSinkWithoutContext(Ptr<T> object,
                                              std::string traceName,
                                              Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream);
 
    /**
     * @brief Hook a trace source to the default enqueue operation trace sink that
     * does accept and log a trace context.
     *
     * @param object object
     * @param context context string
     * @param traceName trace source name
     * @param stream output stream wrapper
     */
    template <typename T>
    void HookDefaultEnqueueSinkWithContext(Ptr<T> object,
                                           std::string context,
                                           std::string traceName,
                                           Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream);
 
    /**
     * @brief Hook a trace source to the default drop operation trace sink that
     * does not accept nor log a trace context.
     *
     * @param object object
     * @param traceName trace source name
     * @param stream output stream wrapper
     */
    template <typename T>
    void HookDefaultDropSinkWithoutContext(Ptr<T> object,
                                           std::string traceName,
                                           Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream);
 
    /**
     * @brief Hook a trace source to the default drop operation trace sink that
     * does accept and log a trace context.
     *
     * @param object object
     * @param context context string
     * @param traceName trace source name
     * @param stream output stream wrapper
     */
    template <typename T>
    void HookDefaultDropSinkWithContext(Ptr<T> object,
                                        std::string context,
                                        std::string traceName,
                                        Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream);
 
    /**
     * @brief Hook a trace source to the default dequeue operation trace sink
     * that does not accept nor log a trace context.
     *
     * @param object object
     * @param traceName trace source name
     * @param stream output stream wrapper
     */
    template <typename T>
    void HookDefaultDequeueSinkWithoutContext(Ptr<T> object,
                                              std::string traceName,
                                              Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream);
 
    /**
     * @brief Hook a trace source to the default dequeue operation trace sink
     * that does accept and log a trace context.
     *
     * @param object object
     * @param context context string
     * @param traceName trace source name
     * @param stream output stream wrapper
     */
    template <typename T>
    void HookDefaultDequeueSinkWithContext(Ptr<T> object,
                                           std::string context,
                                           std::string traceName,
                                           Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream);
 
    /**
     * @brief Hook a trace source to the default receive operation trace sink
     * that does not accept nor log a trace context.
     *
     * @param object object
     * @param traceName trace source name
     * @param stream output stream wrapper
     */
    template <typename T>
    void HookDefaultReceiveSinkWithoutContext(Ptr<T> object,
                                              std::string traceName,
                                              Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream);
 
    /**
     * @brief Hook a trace source to the default receive operation trace sink
     * that does accept and log a trace context.
     *
     * @param object object
     * @param context context string
     * @param traceName trace source name
     * @param stream output stream wrapper
     */
    template <typename T>
    void HookDefaultReceiveSinkWithContext(Ptr<T> object,
                                           std::string context,
                                           std::string traceName,
                                           Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream);
 
    /**
     * @brief Basic Enqueue default trace sink.
     *
     * When a packet has been sent to a device for transmission, the device is
     * expected to place the packet onto a transmit queue even if it does not
     * have to delay the packet at all, if only to trigger this event.  This
     * event will eventually translate into a '+' operation in the trace file.
     *
     * This is typically implemented by hooking the "TxQueue/Enqueue" trace hook
     * in the device (actually the Queue in the device).
     *
     * @param file the output file
     * @param p the packet
     */
    static void DefaultEnqueueSinkWithoutContext(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> file,
                                                 Ptr<const Packet> p);
 
    /**
     * @brief Basic Enqueue default trace sink.
     *
     * When a packet has been sent to a device for transmission, the device is
     * expected to place the packet onto a transmit queue even if it does not
     * have to delay the packet at all, if only to trigger this event.  This
     * event will eventually translate into a '+' operation in the trace file.
     *
     * This is typically implemented by hooking the "TxQueue/Enqueue" trace hook
     * in the device (actually the Queue in the device).
     *
     * @param file the output file
     * @param context the context
     * @param p the packet
     */
    static void DefaultEnqueueSinkWithContext(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> file,
                                              std::string context,
                                              Ptr<const Packet> p);
 
    /**
     * @brief Basic Drop default trace sink.
     *
     * When a packet has been sent to a device for transmission, the device is
     * expected to place the packet onto a transmit queue.  If this queue is
     * full the packet will be dropped.  The device is expected to trigger an
     * event to indicate that an outbound packet is being dropped.  This event
     * will eventually translate into a 'd' operation in the trace file.
     *
     * This is typically implemented by hooking the "TxQueue/Drop" trace hook
     * in the device (actually the Queue in the device).
     *
     * @param file the output file
     * @param p the packet
     */
    static void DefaultDropSinkWithoutContext(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> file, Ptr<const Packet> p);
 
    /**
     * @brief Basic Drop default trace sink.
     *
     * When a packet has been sent to a device for transmission, the device is
     * expected to place the packet onto a transmit queue.  If this queue is
     * full the packet will be dropped.  The device is expected to trigger an
     * event to indicate that an outbound packet is being dropped.  This event
     * will eventually translate into a 'd' operation in the trace file.
     *
     * This is typically implemented by hooking the "TxQueue/Drop" trace hook
     * in the device (actually the Queue in the device).
     *
     * @param file the output file
     * @param context the context
     * @param p the packet
     */
    static void DefaultDropSinkWithContext(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> file,
                                           std::string context,
                                           Ptr<const Packet> p);
 
    /**
     * @brief Basic Dequeue default trace sink.
     *
     * When a packet has been sent to a device for transmission, the device is
     * expected to place the packet onto a transmit queue even if it does not
     * have to delay the packet at all.  The device removes the packet from the
     * transmit queue when the packet is ready to send, and this dequeue will
     * fire a corresponding event.  This event will eventually translate into a
     * '-' operation in the trace file.
     *
     * This is typically implemented by hooking the "TxQueue/Dequeue" trace hook
     * in the device (actually the Queue in the device).
     *
     * @param file the output file
     * @param p the packet
     */
    static void DefaultDequeueSinkWithoutContext(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> file,
                                                 Ptr<const Packet> p);
 
    /**
     * @brief Basic Dequeue default trace sink.
     *
     * When a packet has been sent to a device for transmission, the device is
     * expected to place the packet onto a transmit queue even if it does not
     * have to delay the packet at all.  The device removes the packet from the
     * transmit queue when the packet is ready to send, and this dequeue will
     * fire a corresponding event.  This event will eventually translate into a
     * '-' operation in the trace file.
     *
     * This is typically implemented by hooking the "TxQueue/Dequeue" trace hook
     * in the device (actually the Queue in the device).
     *
     * @param file the output file
     * @param context the context
     * @param p the packet
     */
    static void DefaultDequeueSinkWithContext(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> file,
                                              std::string context,
                                              Ptr<const Packet> p);
 
    /**
     * @brief Basic Receive default trace sink.
     *
     * When a packet is received by a device for transmission, the device is
     * expected to trigger this event to indicate the reception has occurred.
     * This event will eventually translate into an 'r' operation in the trace
     * file.
     *
     * This is typically implemented by hooking the "MacRx" trace hook in the
     * device.
     *
     * @param file the output file
     * @param p the packet
     */
    static void DefaultReceiveSinkWithoutContext(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> file,
                                                 Ptr<const Packet> p);
 
    /**
     * @brief Basic Receive default trace sink.
     *
     * When a packet is received by a device for transmission, the device is
     * expected to trigger this event to indicate the reception has occurred.
     * This event will eventually translate into an 'r' operation in the trace
     * file.
     *
     * This is typically implemented by hooking the "MacRx" trace hook in the
     * device.
     *
     * @param file the output file
     * @param context the context
     * @param p the packet
     */
    static void DefaultReceiveSinkWithContext(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> file,
                                              std::string context,
                                              Ptr<const Packet> p);
};
 
template <typename T>
void
AsciiTraceHelper::HookDefaultEnqueueSinkWithoutContext(Ptr<T> object,
                                                       std::string tracename,
                                                       Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> file)
{
    bool result = object->TraceConnectWithoutContext(
        tracename,
        MakeBoundCallback(&DefaultEnqueueSinkWithoutContext, file));
    NS_ASSERT_MSG(result == true,
                  "AsciiTraceHelper::HookDefaultEnqueueSinkWithoutContext():  Unable to hook \""
                      << tracename << "\"");
}
 
template <typename T>
void
AsciiTraceHelper::HookDefaultEnqueueSinkWithContext(Ptr<T> object,
                                                    std::string context,
                                                    std::string tracename,
                                                    Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream)
{
    bool result = object->TraceConnect(tracename,
                                       context,
                                       MakeBoundCallback(&DefaultEnqueueSinkWithContext, stream));
    NS_ASSERT_MSG(result == true,
                  "AsciiTraceHelper::HookDefaultEnqueueSinkWithContext():  Unable to hook \""
                      << tracename << "\"");
}
 
template <typename T>
void
AsciiTraceHelper::HookDefaultDropSinkWithoutContext(Ptr<T> object,
                                                    std::string tracename,
                                                    Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> file)
{
    bool result =
        object->TraceConnectWithoutContext(tracename,
                                           MakeBoundCallback(&DefaultDropSinkWithoutContext, file));
    NS_ASSERT_MSG(result == true,
                  "AsciiTraceHelper::HookDefaultDropSinkWithoutContext():  Unable to hook \""
                      << tracename << "\"");
}
 
template <typename T>
void
AsciiTraceHelper::HookDefaultDropSinkWithContext(Ptr<T> object,
                                                 std::string context,
                                                 std::string tracename,
                                                 Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream)
{
    bool result = object->TraceConnect(tracename,
                                       context,
                                       MakeBoundCallback(&DefaultDropSinkWithContext, stream));
    NS_ASSERT_MSG(result == true,
                  "AsciiTraceHelper::HookDefaultDropSinkWithContext():  Unable to hook \""
                      << tracename << "\"");
}
 
template <typename T>
void
AsciiTraceHelper::HookDefaultDequeueSinkWithoutContext(Ptr<T> object,
                                                       std::string tracename,
                                                       Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> file)
{
    bool result = object->TraceConnectWithoutContext(
        tracename,
        MakeBoundCallback(&DefaultDequeueSinkWithoutContext, file));
    NS_ASSERT_MSG(result == true,
                  "AsciiTraceHelper::HookDefaultDequeueSinkWithoutContext():  Unable to hook \""
                      << tracename << "\"");
}
 
template <typename T>
void
AsciiTraceHelper::HookDefaultDequeueSinkWithContext(Ptr<T> object,
                                                    std::string context,
                                                    std::string tracename,
                                                    Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream)
{
    bool result = object->TraceConnect(tracename,
                                       context,
                                       MakeBoundCallback(&DefaultDequeueSinkWithContext, stream));
    NS_ASSERT_MSG(result == true,
                  "AsciiTraceHelper::HookDefaultDequeueSinkWithContext():  Unable to hook \""
                      << tracename << "\"");
}
 
template <typename T>
void
AsciiTraceHelper::HookDefaultReceiveSinkWithoutContext(Ptr<T> object,
                                                       std::string tracename,
                                                       Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> file)
{
    bool result = object->TraceConnectWithoutContext(
        tracename,
        MakeBoundCallback(&DefaultReceiveSinkWithoutContext, file));
    NS_ASSERT_MSG(result == true,
                  "AsciiTraceHelper::HookDefaultReceiveSinkWithoutContext():  Unable to hook \""
                      << tracename << "\"");
}
 
template <typename T>
void
AsciiTraceHelper::HookDefaultReceiveSinkWithContext(Ptr<T> object,
                                                    std::string context,
                                                    std::string tracename,
                                                    Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream)
{
    bool result = object->TraceConnect(tracename,
                                       context,
                                       MakeBoundCallback(&DefaultReceiveSinkWithContext, stream));
    NS_ASSERT_MSG(result == true,
                  "AsciiTraceHelper::HookDefaultReceiveSinkWithContext():  Unable to hook \""
                      << tracename << "\"");
}
 
/**
 * @brief Base class providing common user-level pcap operations for helpers
 * representing net devices.
 */
class PcapHelperForDevice
{
  public:
    /**
     * @brief Construct a PcapHelperForDevice
     */
    PcapHelperForDevice()
    {
    }
 
    /**
     * @brief Destroy a PcapHelperForDevice
     */
    virtual ~PcapHelperForDevice()
    {
    }
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable pcap output the indicated net device.
     *
     * @param prefix Filename prefix to use for pcap files.
     * @param nd Net device for which you want to enable tracing.
     * @param promiscuous If true capture all possible packets available at the device.
     * @param explicitFilename Treat the prefix as an explicit filename if true
     */
    virtual void EnablePcapInternal(std::string prefix,
                                    Ptr<NetDevice> nd,
                                    bool promiscuous,
                                    bool explicitFilename) = 0;
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable pcap output the indicated net device.
     *
     * @param prefix Filename prefix to use for pcap files.
     * @param nd Net device for which you want to enable tracing.
     * @param promiscuous If true capture all possible packets available at the device.
     * @param explicitFilename Treat the prefix as an explicit filename if true
     */
    void EnablePcap(std::string prefix,
                    Ptr<NetDevice> nd,
                    bool promiscuous = false,
                    bool explicitFilename = false);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable pcap output the indicated net device using a device previously
     * named using the ns-3 object name service.
     *
     * @param prefix filename prefix to use for pcap files.
     * @param ndName The name of the net device in which you want to enable tracing.
     * @param promiscuous If true capture all possible packets available at the device.
     * @param explicitFilename Treat the prefix as an explicit filename if true
     */
    void EnablePcap(std::string prefix,
                    std::string ndName,
                    bool promiscuous = false,
                    bool explicitFilename = false);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable pcap output on each device in the container which is of the
     * appropriate type.
     *
     * @param prefix Filename prefix to use for pcap files.
     * @param d container of devices of type ns3::CsmaNetDevice
     * @param promiscuous If true capture all possible packets available at the device.
     */
    void EnablePcap(std::string prefix, NetDeviceContainer d, bool promiscuous = false);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable pcap output on each device (which is of the appropriate type)
     * in the nodes provided in the container.
     *
     * @param prefix Filename prefix to use for pcap files.
     * @param n container of nodes.
     * @param promiscuous If true capture all possible packets available at the device.
     */
    void EnablePcap(std::string prefix, NodeContainer n, bool promiscuous = false);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable pcap output on the device specified by a global node-id (of
     * a previously created node) and associated device-id.
     *
     * @param prefix Filename prefix to use for pcap files.
     * @param nodeid the node id
     * @param deviceid the device id
     * @param promiscuous If true capture all possible packets available at the device.
     */
    void EnablePcap(std::string prefix,
                    uint32_t nodeid,
                    uint32_t deviceid,
                    bool promiscuous = false);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable pcap output on each device (which is of the appropriate type)
     * in the set of all nodes created in the simulation.
     *
     * @param prefix Filename prefix to use for pcap files.
     * @param promiscuous If true capture all possible packets available at the device.
     */
    void EnablePcapAll(std::string prefix, bool promiscuous = false);
};
 
/**
 * @brief Base class providing common user-level ascii trace operations for helpers
 * representing net devices.
 */
class AsciiTraceHelperForDevice
{
  public:
    /**
     * @brief Construct an AsciiTraceHelperForDevice.
     */
    AsciiTraceHelperForDevice()
    {
    }
 
    /**
     * @brief Destroy an AsciiTraceHelperForDevice.
     */
    virtual ~AsciiTraceHelperForDevice()
    {
    }
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable ascii trace output on the indicated net device.
     *
     * The implementation is expected to use a provided Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper>
     * if it is non-null.  If the OutputStreamWrapper is null, the implementation
     * is expected to use a provided prefix to construct a new file name for
     * each net device using the rules described in the class overview.
     *
     * If the prefix is provided, there will be one file per net device created.
     * In this case, adding a trace context to the file would be pointless, so
     * the device implementation is expected to TraceConnectWithoutContext.
     *
     * If the output stream object is provided, there may be many different
     * devices writing to a single file.  In this case, the device adding a
     * trace context could be important, so the device implementation is
     * expected to TraceConnect.
     *
     * @param stream An OutputStreamWrapper representing an existing file to use
     *               when writing trace data.
     * @param prefix Filename prefix to use for ascii trace files.
     * @param nd Net device for which you want to enable tracing
     * @param explicitFilename Treat the prefix as an explicit filename if true
     */
    virtual void EnableAsciiInternal(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream,
                                     std::string prefix,
                                     Ptr<NetDevice> nd,
                                     bool explicitFilename) = 0;
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable ascii trace output on the indicated net device.
     *
     * @param prefix Filename prefix to use for ascii files.
     * @param nd Net device for which you want to enable tracing.
     * @param explicitFilename Treat the prefix as an explicit filename if true
     */
    void EnableAscii(std::string prefix, Ptr<NetDevice> nd, bool explicitFilename = false);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable ascii trace output on the indicated net device.
     *
     * @param stream An OutputStreamWrapper representing an existing file to use
     *               when writing trace data.
     * @param nd Net device for which you want to enable tracing.
     */
    void EnableAscii(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream, Ptr<NetDevice> nd);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable ascii trace output the indicated net device using a device
     * previously named using the ns-3 object name service.
     *
     * @param prefix filename prefix to use for ascii files.
     * @param ndName The name of the net device in which you want to enable tracing.
     * @param explicitFilename Treat the prefix as an explicit filename if true
     */
    void EnableAscii(std::string prefix, std::string ndName, bool explicitFilename = false);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable ascii trace output the indicated net device using a device
     * previously named using the ns-3 object name service.
     *
     * @param stream An OutputStreamWrapper representing an existing file to use
     *               when writing trace data.
     * @param ndName The name of the net device in which you want to enable tracing.
     */
    void EnableAscii(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream, std::string ndName);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable ascii trace output on each device in the container which is
     * of the appropriate type.
     *
     * @param prefix Filename prefix to use for ascii files.
     * @param d container of devices
     */
    void EnableAscii(std::string prefix, NetDeviceContainer d);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable ascii trace output on each device in the container which is
     * of the appropriate type.
     *
     * @param stream An OutputStreamWrapper representing an existing file to use
     *               when writing trace data.
     * @param d container of devices
     */
    void EnableAscii(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream, NetDeviceContainer d);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable ascii trace output on each device (which is of the
     * appropriate type) in the nodes provided in the container.
     *
     * @param prefix Filename prefix to use for ascii files.
     * @param n container of nodes.
     */
    void EnableAscii(std::string prefix, NodeContainer n);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable ascii trace output on each device (which is of the
     * appropriate type) in the nodes provided in the container.
     *
     * @param stream An OutputStreamWrapper representing an existing file to use
     *               when writing trace data.
     * @param n container of nodes.
     */
    void EnableAscii(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream, NodeContainer n);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable ascii trace output on each device (which is of the
     * appropriate type) in the set of all nodes created in the simulation.
     *
     * @param prefix Filename prefix to use for ascii files.
     */
    void EnableAsciiAll(std::string prefix);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable ascii trace output on each device (which is of the
     * appropriate type) in the set of all nodes created in the simulation.
     *
     * @param stream An OutputStreamWrapper representing an existing file to use
     *               when writing trace data.
     */
    void EnableAsciiAll(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable ascii trace output on the device specified by a global
     * node-id (of a previously created node) and associated device-id.
     *
     * @param prefix Filename prefix to use when creating ascii trace files
     * @param nodeid The node identifier/number of the node on which to enable
     *               ascii tracing
     * @param deviceid The device identifier/index of the device on which to enable
     *               ascii tracing
     * @param explicitFilename Treat the prefix as an explicit filename if true
     */
    void EnableAscii(std::string prefix, uint32_t nodeid, uint32_t deviceid, bool explicitFilename);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable ascii trace output on the device specified by a global
     * node-id (of a previously created node) and associated device-id.
     *
     * @param stream An OutputStreamWrapper representing an existing file to use
     *               when writing trace data.
     * @param nodeid The node identifier/number of the node on which to enable
     *               ascii tracing
     * @param deviceid The device identifier/index of the device on which to enable
     *               ascii tracing
     */
    void EnableAscii(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream, uint32_t nodeid, uint32_t deviceid);
 
  private:
    /**
     * @brief Enable ascii trace output on the device specified by a global
     * node-id (of a previously created node) and associated device-id (implementation)
     *
     * @param stream An OutputStreamWrapper representing an existing file to use
     *               when writing trace data.
     * @param prefix Filename prefix to use for ascii trace files.
     * @param nodeid The node identifier/number of the node on which to enable
     *               ascii tracing
     * @param deviceid The device identifier/index of the device on which to enable
     *               ascii tracing
     * @param explicitFilename Treat the prefix as an explicit filename if true
     */
 
    void EnableAsciiImpl(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream,
                         std::string prefix,
                         uint32_t nodeid,
                         uint32_t deviceid,
                         bool explicitFilename);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable ascii trace output on each device (which is of the
     * appropriate type) in the nodes provided in the container (implementation).
     *
     * @param stream An OutputStreamWrapper representing an existing file to use
     *               when writing trace data.
     * @param prefix Filename prefix to use for ascii files.
     * @param n container of nodes.
     */
    void EnableAsciiImpl(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream, std::string prefix, NodeContainer n);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable ascii trace output on each device in the container which is
     * of the appropriate type (implementation).
     *
     * @param stream An OutputStreamWrapper representing an existing file to use
     *               when writing trace data.
     * @param prefix Filename prefix to use for ascii files.
     * @param d container of devices
     */
    void EnableAsciiImpl(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream, std::string prefix, NetDeviceContainer d);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable ascii trace output the indicated net device using a device
     * previously named using the ns-3 object name service (implementation).
     *
     * @param stream An OutputStreamWrapper representing an existing file to use
     *               when writing trace data.
     * @param prefix filename prefix to use for ascii files.
     * @param ndName The name of the net device in which you want to enable tracing.
     * @param explicitFilename Treat the prefix as an explicit filename if true
     */
    void EnableAsciiImpl(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream,
                         std::string prefix,
                         std::string ndName,
                         bool explicitFilename);
 
    /**
     * @brief Enable ascii trace output the indicated net device (implementation).
     *
     * @param stream An OutputStreamWrapper representing an existing file to use
     *               when writing trace data.
     * @param prefix filename prefix to use for ascii files.
     * @param nd Net device for which you want to enable tracing
     * @param explicitFilename Treat the prefix as an explicit filename if true
     */
    void EnableAsciiImpl(Ptr<OutputStreamWrapper> stream,
                         std::string prefix,
                         Ptr<NetDevice> nd,
                         bool explicitFilename);
};
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* TRACE_HELPER_H */