-Describing your Application
-***************************
-
Every SimGrid simulation entails a distributed application, that
virtually executes on the simulated platform. This application can
be either an existing MPI program (if you use the SMPI interface), or
a program specifically written to execute within SimGrid, using one of
the dedicated APIs.
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-.. _S4U_doc:
-
-The S4U Interface
-=================
-
-The S4U interface (SimGrid for you) mixes the full power of SimGrid
-with the full power of C++. This is the prefered interface to describe
-abstract algorithms in the domains of Cloud, P2P, HPC, IoT and similar
-settings.
-
-Main Concepts
--------------
-
-A typical SimGrid simulation is composed of several |Actors|_, that
-execute user-provided functions. The actors have to explicitly use the
-S4U interface to express their
-:ref:`computation `,
-:ref:`communication `,
-:ref:`disk usage `,
-and other |Activities|_, so that they get reflected within the
-simulator. These activities take place on resources such as |Hosts|_,
-|Links|_ and |Storages|_. SimGrid predicts the time taken by each
-activity and orchestrates accordingly the actors waiting for the
-completion of these activities.
-
-
-When **communicating**, data is not directly sent to other actors but
-posted onto a |Mailbox|_ that serve as rendez-vous point between
-communicating actors. This means that you don't need to know who you
-are talking to, you just put your communication `Send` request in a
-mailbox, and it will be matched with a complementary `Receive`
-request. Alternatively, actors can interact through **classical
-synchronization mechanisms** such as |Barrier|_, |Semaphore|_,
-|Mutex|_ and |ConditionVariable|_.
-
-Each actor is located on a simulated |Host|_. Each host is located
-itself in a |NetZone|_, that knows the networking path between one
-resource to another. Each NetZone is included in another one, forming
-a tree of NetZones which root zone contains the whole platform.
-
-The :ref:`simgrid::s4u::this_actor
-` namespace provides many helper
-functions to simplify the code of actors.
-
-- **Global Classes**
-
- - :ref:`class s4u::Actor `:
- Active entities executing your application.
- - :ref:`class s4u::Engine `
- Simulation engine (singleton).
- - :ref:`class s4u::Mailbox `
- Communication rendez-vous.
-
-- **Platform Elements**
-
- - :ref:`class s4u::Host `:
- Actor location, providing computational power.
- - :ref:`class s4u::Link `
- Interconnecting hosts.
- - :ref:`class s4u::NetZone `:
- Sub-region of the platform, containing resources (Hosts, Link, etc).
- - :ref:`class s4u::Storage `
- Resource on which actors can write and read data.
- - :ref:`class s4u::VirtualMachine `:
- Execution containers that can be moved between Hosts.
-
-- **Activities** (:ref:`class s4u::Activity `):
- The things that actors can do on resources
-
- - :ref:`class s4u::Comm `
- Communication activity, started on Mailboxes and consuming links.
- - :ref:`class s4u::Exec `
- Computation activity, started on Host and consuming CPU resources.
- - :ref:`class s4u::Io `
- I/O activity, started on and consumming Storages.
-
-- **Synchronization Mechanisms**: Classical IPC that actors can use
-
- - :ref:`class s4u::Barrier `
- - :ref:`class s4u::ConditionVariable `
- - :ref:`class s4u::Mutex `
- - :ref:`class s4u::Semaphore `
-
-
-.. |Actors| replace:: **Actors**
-.. _Actors: api/classsimgrid_1_1s4u_1_1Actor.html
-
-.. |Activities| replace:: **Activities**
-.. _Activities: api/classsimgrid_1_1s4u_1_1Activity.html
-
-.. |Hosts| replace:: **Hosts**
-.. _Hosts: api/classsimgrid_1_1s4u_1_1Host.html
-
-.. |Links| replace:: **Links**
-.. _Links: api/classsimgrid_1_1s4u_1_1Link.html
-
-.. |Storages| replace:: **Storages**
-.. _Storages: api/classsimgrid_1_1s4u_1_1Storage.html
-
-.. |VirtualMachines| replace:: **VirtualMachines**
-.. _VirtualMachines: api/classsimgrid_1_1s4u_1_1VirtualMachine.html
-
-.. |Host| replace:: **Host**
-.. _Host: api/classsimgrid_1_1s4u_1_1Host.html
-
-.. |Mailbox| replace:: **Mailbox**
-.. _Mailbox: api/classsimgrid_1_1s4u_1_1Mailbox.html
-
-.. |NetZone| replace:: **NetZone**
-.. _NetZone: api/classsimgrid_1_1s4u_1_1NetZone.html
-
-.. |Barrier| replace:: **Barrier**
-.. _Barrier: api/classsimgrid_1_1s4u_1_1Barrier.html
-
-.. |ConditionVariable| replace:: **ConditionVariable**
-.. _ConditionVariable: api/classsimgrid_1_1s4u_1_1ConditionVariable.html
-
-.. |Mutex| replace:: **Mutex**
-.. _Mutex: api/classsimgrid_1_1s4u_1_1Mutex.html
-
.. include:: app_smpi.rst
.. include:: app_legacy.rst
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+.. toctree::
+ :hidden:
+
+ The S4U Interface