src/stats/helper/gnuplot-helper.h
author Tom Henderson <tomh@tomh.org>
Wed, 15 Oct 2014 07:00:24 -0700
changeset 11027 e943837b17ad
parent 10527 210b3b72062d
permissions -rw-r--r--
bug 1997: fix PlotProbe() documentation and usage for GnuplotHelper and FileHelper

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#ifndef GNUPLOT_HELPER_H
#define GNUPLOT_HELPER_H

#include <map>
#include <utility>
#include <string>
#include "ns3/object-factory.h"
#include "ns3/ptr.h"
#include "ns3/probe.h"
#include "ns3/gnuplot-aggregator.h"
#include "ns3/time-series-adaptor.h"

namespace ns3 {

/**
 * \ingroup gnuplot
 * \brief Helper class used to make gnuplot plots.
 **/
class GnuplotHelper
{
public:
  /**
   * Constructs a gnuplot helper that will create a space separated
   * gnuplot data file named "gnuplot-helper.dat", a gnuplot control
   * file named "gnuplot-helper.plt", and a shell script to generate
   * the gnuplot named "gnuplot-helper.sh" unless it is later
   * configured otherwise.
   */
  GnuplotHelper ();

  /**
   * \param outputFileNameWithoutExtension name of gnuplot related files to
   * write with no extension
   * \param title plot title string to use for this plot.
   * \param xLegend the legend for the x horizontal axis.
   * \param yLegend the legend for the y vertical axis.
   * \param terminalType terminal type setting string for output. The
   * default terminal type is "png"
   *
   * Constructs a gnuplot helper that will create a space separated
   * gnuplot data file named outputFileNameWithoutExtension + ".dat",
   * a gnuplot control file named outputFileNameWithoutExtension +
   * ".plt", and a shell script to generate the gnuplot named
   * outputFileNameWithoutExtension + ".sh".
   */
  GnuplotHelper (const std::string &outputFileNameWithoutExtension,
                 const std::string &title,
                 const std::string &xLegend,
                 const std::string &yLegend,
                 const std::string &terminalType = "png");

  virtual ~GnuplotHelper ();

  /**
   * \param outputFileNameWithoutExtension name of gnuplot related files to
   * write with no extension
   * \param title plot title string to use for this plot.
   * \param xLegend the legend for the x horizontal axis.
   * \param yLegend the legend for the y vertical axis.
   * \param terminalType terminal type setting string for output. The
   * default terminal type is "png"
   *
   * Configures plot related parameters for this gnuplot helper so
   * that it will create a space separated gnuplot data file named
   * outputFileNameWithoutExtension + ".dat", a gnuplot control file
   * named outputFileNameWithoutExtension + ".plt", and a shell script
   * to generate the gnuplot named outputFileNameWithoutExtension +
   * ".sh".
   */
  void ConfigurePlot (const std::string &outputFileNameWithoutExtension,
                      const std::string &title,
                      const std::string &xLegend,
                      const std::string &yLegend,
                      const std::string &terminalType = "png");

  /**
   * \param typeId the type ID for the probe used when it is created.
   * \param path Config path for underlying trace source to be probed
   * \param probeTraceSource the probe trace source to access.
   * \param title the title to be associated to this dataset
   * \param keyLocation the location of the key in the plot.
   *
   * Plots a dataset generated by hooking the ns-3 trace source with a
   * probe, and then plot the values from the probeTraceSource. The dataset
   * will have the provided title, and will consist of the 'newValue'
   * at each timestamp.
   *
   * This method will create one or more probes according to the TypeId 
   * provided, connect the probe(s) to the trace source specified by
   * the config path, and hook the probeTraceSource(s) to the downstream 
   * aggregator.
   *
   * If the config path has more than one match in the system
   * (e.g. there is a wildcard), then one dataset for each match will
   * be plotted.  The dataset titles will be suffixed with the matched
   * characters for each of the wildcards in the config path,
   * separated by spaces.  For example, if the proposed dataset title
   * is the string "bytes", and there are two wildcards in the path,
   * then dataset titles like "bytes-0 0" or "bytes-12 9" will be
   * possible as labels for the datasets that are plotted.
   */
  void PlotProbe (const std::string &typeId,
                  const std::string &path,
                  const std::string &probeTraceSource,
                  const std::string &title,
                  enum GnuplotAggregator::KeyLocation keyLocation = GnuplotAggregator::KEY_INSIDE);

  /**
   * \param adaptorName the timeSeriesAdaptor's name.
   *
   * \brief Adds a time series adaptor to be used to make the plot.
   */
  void AddTimeSeriesAdaptor (const std::string &adaptorName);

  /**
   * \param probeName the probe's name.
   * \return Ptr to probe
   * \brief Gets the specified probe.
   */
  Ptr<Probe> GetProbe (std::string probeName) const;

  /**
   * \return Ptr to GnuplotAggregator object
   * \brief Gets the aggregator.
   *
   * This function is non-const because an aggregator may be lazily
   * created by this method.
   */
  Ptr<GnuplotAggregator> GetAggregator ();

private:

  /**
   * \param typeId the type ID for the probe used when it is created.
   * \param probeName the probe's name.
   * \param path Config path to access the probe.
   *
   * \brief Adds a probe to be used to make the plot.
   */
  void AddProbe (const std::string &typeId,
                 const std::string &probeName,
                 const std::string &path);

  /**
   * \brief Constructs the aggregator.
   */
  void ConstructAggregator ();

  /**
   * \param typeId the type ID for the probe used when it is created.
   * \param matchIdentifier this string is used to make the probe's
   * context be unique.
   * \param path Config path to access the probe.
   * \param probeTraceSource the probe trace source to access.
   * \param title the title to be associated to this dataset.
   *
   * \brief Connects the probe to the aggregator.
   */
  void ConnectProbeToAggregator (const std::string &typeId,
                                 const std::string &matchIdentifier,
                                 const std::string &path,
                                 const std::string &probeTraceSource,
                                 const std::string &title);

  /// Used to create the probes and collectors as they are added.
  ObjectFactory m_factory;

  /// The aggregator used to make the plots.
  Ptr<GnuplotAggregator> m_aggregator;

  /// Maps probe names to probes.
  std::map<std::string, std::pair <Ptr<Probe>, std::string> > m_probeMap;

  /// Maps time series adaptor names to time series adaptors.
  std::map<std::string, Ptr<TimeSeriesAdaptor> > m_timeSeriesAdaptorMap;

  /// Number of plot probes that have been created.
  uint32_t m_plotProbeCount;

  /// The name of the output file to created without its extension.
  std::string m_outputFileNameWithoutExtension;

  /// Title string to use for this plot.
  std::string m_title;

  /// Legend for the x axis.
  std::string m_xLegend;

  /// Legend for the y axis.
  std::string m_yLegend;

  /// Terminal type for the plot.
  std::string m_terminalType;

}; // class GnuplotHelper


} // namespace ns3

#endif // GNUPLOT_HELPER_H