+ /**
+ * @brief The As destructor
+ */
+ virtual ~As(){
+ xbt_dict_free(&p_routingSons);
+ xbt_dynar_free(&p_indexNetworkElm);
+ xbt_dynar_free(&p_linkUpDownList);
+ xbt_free(p_name);
+ if (p_netcard)
+ delete p_netcard;
+ };
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Get the characteristics of the routing path between two points
+ *
+ * This function is used by the networking model to find the information it needs when starting a communication.
+ *
+ * The things are not straightforward because the platform can be routed using several routing models.
+ * Some ASes may be routed in full, others may have only some connection information and use a shortest path on top of that, and so on.
+ * Some ASes may even not have any predefined links and use only coordinate informations to compute the latency.
+ *
+ * So, the path is constructed recursively, with each traversed AS adding its information to the set.
+ * The algorithm for that is explained in http://hal.inria.fr/hal-00650233/
+ *
+ * @param src Initial point of the routing path
+ * @param dst Final point of the routing path
+ * @param into Container into which the links should be pushed
+ * @param latency Accumulator in which the latencies should be added
+ */
+ virtual void getRouteAndLatency(
+ NetCard *src, NetCard *dst,
+ sg_platf_route_cbarg_t into, double *latency)=0;