org.cloudbus.cloudsim

Interface Packet

All Known Implementing Classes:

InfoPacket

public interface Packet

This class contains the structure for a network packet.

Since:

CloudSim Toolkit 1.0

Author:

Gokul Poduval, Chen-Khong Tham, National University of Singapore

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getDestId() Returns the destination id of this packet.
int	getId() Returns the ID of this packet
int	getLast() Gets an entity ID from the last hop that this packet has traversed.
int	getNetServiceType() Gets the network service type of this packet
long	getSize() Returns the size of this packet
int	getSrcId() Returns the ID of the source of this packet.
int	getTag() Gets this packet tag
void	setLast(int last) Sets an entity ID from the last hop that this packet has traversed.
void	setNetServiceType(int serviceType) Sets the network service type of this packet.
boolean	setSize(long size) Sets the size of this packet
String	toString() Returns a string describing this packet in detail.

Method Detail

toString

String toString()

Returns a string describing this packet in detail.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

description of this packet

getSize

long getSize()

Returns the size of this packet

Returns:

size of the packet

setSize

boolean setSize(long size)

Sets the size of this packet

Parameters:

size - size of the packet

Returns:

true if it is successful, false otherwise

getDestId

int getDestId()

Returns the destination id of this packet.

Returns:

destination id

getId

int getId()

Returns the ID of this packet

Returns:

packet ID

getSrcId

int getSrcId()

Returns the ID of the source of this packet.

Returns:

source id

getNetServiceType

int getNetServiceType()

Gets the network service type of this packet

Returns:

the network service type

setNetServiceType

void setNetServiceType(int serviceType)

Sets the network service type of this packet.

By default, the service type is 0 (zero). It is depends on the packet scheduler to determine the priority of this service level.

Parameters:

serviceType - this packet's service type

getLast

int getLast()

Gets an entity ID from the last hop that this packet has traversed.

Returns:

an entity ID

setLast

void setLast(int last)

Sets an entity ID from the last hop that this packet has traversed.

Parameters:

last - an entity ID from the last hop

getTag

int getTag()

Gets this packet tag

Returns:

this packet tag