fifocmd.h

This a framework to test new ideas in transmission technology. Actual development is a LDPC-coder in

/***************************************************************************
         fifocmd.h  -  Fifo-cmd interface with the sradio-framework
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    begin                :  2003
    authors              :  Linus Gasser
    emails               :  [e-mail]
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 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
 *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
 *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
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/**
 * The interface to the sradio-framework changed in august 2003 from a 
 * proc-based, directory-like interface to a simple, more rt-friendly
 * two-fifo system. One fifo is used to send commands to the sradio,
 * the other fifo is used to read back the results.
 */

#ifndef FIFOCMD_H__
#define FIFOCMD_H__

#include <qobject.h>
#include <qdir.h>
#include <qstring.h>
#include <qfile.h>
#include <qcstring.h>
#include <qtextstream.h>
#include <qstringlist.h>


class FifoCmd : public QObject{
 Q_OBJECT
  
 public:
 // without parameter it's for realtime
  FifoCmd( );
 // with parameter it's the user-space dir
  FifoCmd( QString bdir );

  // Sends 'cmd' to the fifo and waits for reply
  QByteArray getReply( QString cmd );

  // Same as getReply, but converts to QString
  QString getReplyQStr( QString cmd );

  // Same as getReplyQStr, but converts to QStringList
  QStringList getReplyQStrList( QString cmd );

  // Same as getReplyQStrList but deletes
  // first line (which contains the number of lines )
  QStringList getReplyQStrListCut( QString cmd );

  // Checks whether the fifos are actif and sends a ping
  bool isAlive();

  // Sends a process-message -> starts doing something
  void processData( int module_id );

  // Returns a list of all available modules. Each string is a comma-
  // seperated id,name value
  QStringList getModules();

  // Returns a list of all available modules. Each string is a comma-
  // seperated id,name value
  // All modules are tagged 'seen'
  QStringList getTagModules();

  // Returns a list of all not yet seen modules. Each string is a comma-
  // seperated id,name value
  QStringList getNewModules();

  // Returns the name of a module given its id
  QString getName( int module_id );

  // Returns a list of all inputs of a given module
  QStringList getInputs( int module_id );

  // Returns a list of all outputs of a given module
  QStringList getOutputs( int module_id );

  // Returns a list of all config-params of a given module
  QStringList getConfig( int module_id );

  // Returns a list of all stats-params of a given module
  QStringList getStats( int module_id );

  // Gets a memory for a block-stats
  QByteArray getBlock( int module_id, int stats_id );

  // Gets a memory for an image-stats
  QByteArray getImage( int module_id, int stats_id );

  // Gets the data from a port
  QByteArray getPort( int module_id, int port );

  // Sets a new config
  int setConfig( int module_id, int config_id, QString new_value );

  // Sets up a new list
  int newList( int m1, int s1, int m2, int s2 );

  // Returns a list of comma-seperated value-pairs
  QStringList readList( int list_id );

  // Closes down a list
  void closeList( int list_id );

  // Returns the (time,calls) pairs of:
  // msgs, data, total
  QValueList<QPair<long long int,long long int> > 
    FifoCmd::getProfiling( int module_id );

 private:
  QFile *f_cmd, *f_reply;
  QTextStream *fifo_cmd;
  bool fifo_lives;
};


#endif