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

 */

#ifndef MOBILITY_MODEL_H

#define MOBILITY_MODEL_H

#include "ns3/object.h"

namespace ns3 {

{

public:

  double x;

  double y;

  double z;

};

/**

 * \brief keep track of the current position of an object

 *

 * All space coordinates in this class and its subclasses are

 * understood to be meters or meters/s. i.e., they are all

 * metric international units.

 */

class MobilityModel : public Object

{

public:

  static const InterfaceId iid;

  MobilityModel ();

  virtual ~MobilityModel () = 0;

  /**

   * \returns the current position

   * Unit is meters

   */

  Position Get (void) const;

  void Set (double x, double y, double z);

  void Set (const Position &position);

  /**

   * \param position a reference to another position object instance

   * \returns the distance between the two objects.

   *

   * Unit is meters

   */

  double GetDistanceFrom (const MobilityModel &position) const;

protected:

  /**

   * Must be invoked by subclasses when the course of the

   * position changes to notify course change listeners.

   */

  void NotifyCourseChange (void) const;

private:

  /**

   * \param x reference to floating-point variable for x coordinate.

   * \param y reference to floating-point variable for y coordinate.

   * \param z reference to floating-point variable for z coordinate.

   *

   * Store in the x, y, and z variables the current coordinates

   * managed by this position object. Concrete subclasses of this 

   * base class must implement this method.

   * Unit is meters

   */

  virtual Position DoGet (void) const = 0;

  virtual void DoSet (const Position &position) = 0;

};

}; // namespace ns3

#endif /* MOBILITY_MODEL_H */