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 * Copyright (c) 2011 Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)
 *
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 *
 * Author: Nicola Baldo <nbaldo@cttc.es>
 *         Marco Miozzo <marco.miozzo@cttc.es>
 */

#ifndef FF_MAC_SCHEDULER_H
#define FF_MAC_SCHEDULER_H

#include <ns3/object.h>


namespace ns3 {



class FfMacCschedSapUser;
class FfMacSchedSapUser;
class FfMacCschedSapProvider;
class FfMacSchedSapProvider;

/**
 * This abstract base class identifies the interface by means of which
 * the helper object can plug on the MAC a scheduler implementation based on the
 * FF MAC Sched API.
 *
 *
 */
class FfMacScheduler : public Object
{
public:
  /**
   * destructor
   *
   */
  virtual ~FfMacScheduler ();

  // inherited from Object
  virtual void DoDispose (void);
  static TypeId GetTypeId (void);

  /**
   * set the user part of the FfMacCschedSap that this Scheduler will
   * interact with. Normally this part of the SAP is exported by the MAC.
   *
   * \param s
   */
  virtual void SetFfMacCschedSapUser (FfMacCschedSapUser* s) = 0;

  /**
   *
   * set the user part of the FfMacSchedSap that this Scheduler will
   * interact with. Normally this part of the SAP is exported by the MAC.
   *
   * \param s
   */
  virtual void SetFfMacSchedSapUser (FfMacSchedSapUser* s) = 0;

  /**
   *
   * \return the Provider part of the FfMacCschedSap provided by the Scheduler
   */
  virtual FfMacCschedSapProvider* GetFfMacCschedSapProvider () = 0;

  /**
   *
   * \return the Provider part of the FfMacSchedSap provided by the Scheduler
   */
  virtual FfMacSchedSapProvider* GetFfMacSchedSapProvider () = 0;

};

}  // namespace ns3

#endif /* FF_MAC_SCHEDULER_H */
