--- a/src/core/attribute.h Thu Apr 17 14:33:45 2008 -0700
+++ b/src/core/attribute.h Thu Apr 17 15:30:18 2008 -0700
@@ -145,9 +145,28 @@
* false otherwise.
*/
virtual bool Check (const AttributeValue &value) const = 0;
- virtual std::string GetType (void) const = 0;
- virtual bool HasTypeConstraints (void) const = 0;
- virtual std::string GetTypeConstraints (void) const = 0;
+ /**
+ * \returns the c++ fully-qualified typename of the subclass
+ * of the ns3::AttributeValue base class which is associated
+ * to this checker.
+ *
+ * A typical return value here is FooValue where Foo is the name of the
+ * type being wrapped.
+ */
+ virtual std::string GetValueTypeName (void) const = 0;
+ /**
+ * \returns true if this checker has information about the underlying
+ * C++ type, false otherwise.
+ *
+ * If this method returns false, the return value of the GetUnderlyingTypeInformation
+ * method cannot be relied upon.
+ */
+ virtual bool HasUnderlyingTypeInformation (void) const = 0;
+ /**
+ * \returns a human-readable representation of information about
+ * the underlying C++ type.
+ */
+ virtual std::string GetUnderlyingTypeInformation (void) const = 0;
/**
* \returns a new instance of an AttributeValue (wrapper in an Attribute
* instance) which matches the type of the underlying attribute.