- /** Retrieve the mailbox associated to the given string */
- static Mailbox *byName(const char *name);
+ /** Get the name of that mailbox */
+ const char *getName();
+ /** Retrieve the mailbox associated to the given string */
+ static Mailbox *byName(const char *name);
+ /** Returns whether the mailbox contains queued communications */
+ bool empty();
+
+ /** Declare that the specified process is a permanent receiver on that mailbox
+ *
+ * It means that the communications sent to this mailbox will start flowing to its host even before he does a recv().
+ * This models the real behavior of TCP and MPI communications, amongst other.
+ */
+ void setReceiver(smx_process_t process);
+ /** Return the process declared as permanent receiver, or nullptr if none **/
+ smx_process_t receiver();