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/*

 * Copyright (c) 2008 INRIA

 *

 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as

 * published by the Free Software Foundation;

 *

 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

 * GNU General Public License for more details.

 *

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

 *

 * Author: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>

 */

#ifndef APPLICATION_CONTAINER_H

#define APPLICATION_CONTAINER_H

#include <stdint.h>

#include <vector>

#include "ns3/application.h"

namespace ns3 {

/**

 * \brief holds a vector of ns3::Application pointers

 *

 */

class ApplicationContainer

{

public:

  /**

   * Create an empty ApplicationContainer.

   */

  ApplicationContainer ();

  /**

   * Create an ApplicationContainer with exactly one application

   *

   */

  ApplicationContainer (Ptr<Application> application);

  typedef std::vector<Ptr<Application> >::const_iterator Iterator;

  /**

   * \returns an iterator which points to the start of the array of pointers.

   */

  Iterator Begin (void) const;

  /**

   * \returns an iterator which points to the end of the array of pointers.

   */

  Iterator End (void) const;

  /**

   * \returns the number of netdevice pointers stored in this container.

   */

  uint32_t GetN (void) const;

  /**

   * \param i the index of the requested netdevice pointer.

   * \returns the requested netdevice pointer.

   */

  Ptr<Application> Get (uint32_t i) const;

  /**

   * \param other another netdevice container

   *

   * Append to the end of this container the other input container.

   */

  void Add (ApplicationContainer other);

  /**

   * \param application another netdevice pointer.

   *

   * Append to the end of this container the input netdevice pointer.

   */

  void Add (Ptr<Application> application);

  void Start (Time start);

  void Stop (Time stop);

private:

  std::vector<Ptr<Application> > m_applications;

};

} // namespace ns3

#endif /* APPLICATION_CONTAINER_H */