X-Git-Url: http://info.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gitweb/simgrid.git/blobdiff_plain/ead116337e0f3636ea2bcb200cd5156e576689eb..22e6546d2c6f14864cc93c4ed1470d8e8c1e2d95:/include/simgrid/s4u/Link.hpp

diff --git a/include/simgrid/s4u/Link.hpp b/include/simgrid/s4u/Link.hpp
index 8c2a9f4def..86379248ee 100644
--- a/include/simgrid/s4u/Link.hpp
+++ b/include/simgrid/s4u/Link.hpp
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@
 #ifndef S4U_LINK_HPP_
 #define S4U_LINK_HPP_
 
+#include <simgrid/link.h>
 #include <xbt/base.h>
+#include <xbt/signal.hpp>
 
+#include <string>
 #include <unordered_map>
 
-#include "xbt/signal.hpp"
-
-#include "simgrid/link.h"
-
 /***********
  * Classes *
  ***********/
@@ -21,14 +20,13 @@
 namespace simgrid {
 namespace surf {
 class NetworkAction;
-class Action;
 };
 namespace s4u {
 /** @brief A Link represents the network facilities between [hosts](\ref simgrid::s4u::Host) */
-class Link {
+XBT_PUBLIC_CLASS Link
+{
   friend simgrid::surf::LinkImpl;
 
-private:
   // Links are created from the NetZone, and destroyed by their private implementation when the simulation ends
   explicit Link(surf::LinkImpl* pimpl) : pimpl_(pimpl) {}
   virtual ~Link() = default;
@@ -39,8 +37,10 @@ public:
   /** @brief Retrieve a link from its name */
   static Link* byName(const char* name);
 
-  /** @brief Get da name */
-  const char* name();
+  /** @brief Retrieves the name of that link as a C++ string */
+  const std::string& getName() const;
+  /** @brief Retrieves the name of that link as a C string */
+  const char* getCname() const;
 
   /** @brief Get the bandwidth in bytes per second of current Link */
   double bandwidth();
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ public:
 
   /** @brief Callback signal fired when a communication changes it state (ready/done/cancel) */
   static simgrid::xbt::signal<void(surf::NetworkAction*)> onCommunicationStateChange;
+
+  const char* XBT_ATTRIB_DEPRECATED_v321("Use getCname(): v3.21 will turn this warning into an error.") name();
 };
 }
 }