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 *
 * Author: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
 */
#ifndef EVENT_IMPL_H
#define EVENT_IMPL_H

#include <stdint.h>
#include "simple-ref-count.h"

namespace ns3 {

/**
 * \ingroup events
 * \brief a simulation event
 *
 * Each subclass of this base class represents a simulation event. The
 * EventImpl::Invoke method will be invoked by the simulation engine
 * when the time associated to this event expires. This class is
 * obviously (there are Ref and Unref methods) reference-counted and
 * most subclasses are usually created by one of the many Simulator::Schedule
 * methods.
 */
class EventImpl : public SimpleRefCount<EventImpl>
{
public:
  EventImpl ();
  virtual ~EventImpl () = 0;
  /**
   * Called by the simulation engine to notify the event that it has expired.
   */
  void Invoke (void);
  /**
   * Marks the event as 'canceled'. The event will not be removed from
   * the event list but the simulation engine will check its canceled status
   * before calling Invoke.
   */
  void Cancel (void);
  /**
   * \returns true if the event has been canceled.
   *
   * Invoked by the simulation engine before calling Invoke.
   */
  bool IsCancelled (void);

protected:
  virtual void Notify (void) = 0;

private:
  bool m_cancel;
};

} // namespace ns3

#endif /* EVENT_IMPL_H */
