1 /* Copyright (c) 2006-2015. The SimGrid Team. All rights reserved. */
3 /* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
4 * under the terms of the license (GNU LGPL) which comes with this package. */
6 #ifndef SIMGRID_S4U_MAILBOX_HPP
7 #define SIMGRID_S4U_MAILBOX_HPP
9 #include <boost/unordered_map.hpp>
20 * Rendez-vous point for network communications, similar to URLs on which you could post and retrieve data.
21 * They are not network locations: you can post and retrieve on a given mailbox from anywhere on the network.
22 * You can access any mailbox without any latency. The network delay are only related to the location of the
23 * sender and receiver.
26 friend Actor; // FIXME: remove it when recv async exist
30 Mailbox(const char*name, smx_rdv_t inferior);
35 smx_rdv_t getInferior() { return p_inferior; }
38 /** Retrieve the mailbox associated to the given string */
39 static Mailbox *byName(const char *name);
44 static boost::unordered_map<std::string, Mailbox *> *channels;
46 }} // namespace simgrid::s4u
48 #endif /* SIMGRID_S4U_MAILBOX_HPP */