give s4u::Actor a cname() method

[simgrid.git] / include / simgrid / s4u / Actor.hpp

diff --git a/include/simgrid/s4u/Actor.hpp b/include/simgrid/s4u/Actor.hpp
index d014cef..9b28492 100644 (file)
--- a/include/simgrid/s4u/Actor.hpp
+++ b/include/simgrid/s4u/Actor.hpp
@@ -202,7 +202,9 @@ public:
 
   // ***** Methods *****
 
-  /** Retrieves the name of that actor */
+  /** Retrieves the name of that actor as a C string */
+  const char* cname();
+  /** Retrieves the name of that actor as a C++ string */
   simgrid::xbt::string name();
   /** Retrieves the host on which that actor is running */
   s4u::Host* host();
@@ -289,11 +291,14 @@ namespace this_actor {
   */
   XBT_PUBLIC(void) send(MailboxPtr chan, void*payload, size_t simulatedSize);
 
-  /** @brief Return the PID of the current actor. */
+  /** @brief Returns the PID of the current actor. */
   XBT_PUBLIC(int) pid();
 
-  /** @brief Return the PPID of the current actor. */
+  /** @brief Returns the PPID of the current actor. */
   int ppid();
+
+  /** @brief Returns the name of the current actor. */
+  std::string name();
 };
 
 /** @} */