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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 PACKET_SOCKET_HELPER_H

#define PACKET_SOCKET_HELPER_H

#include "ns3/node-container.h"

namespace ns3 {

/**

 * \brief Give ns3::PacketSocket powers to ns3::Node.

 */

class PacketSocketHelper

{

public:

  /**

   * Aggregate an instance of a ns3::PacketSocketFactory onto the provided

   * node.

   *

   * \param node Node on which to aggregate the ns3::PacketSocketFactory.

   */

  void Install (Ptr<Node> node) const;

  /**

   * For each node in the provided container, aggregate an instance of a

   * ns3::PacketSocketFactory.

   *

   * \param c NodeContainer of the set of nodes to aggregate the 

   * ns3::PacketSocketFactory on.

   */

  void Install (NodeContainer c) const;

};

} // namespace ns3

#endif /* PACKET_SOCKET_HELPER_H */