added creation of control ifaces

[blast.git] / AbstractInterface.h

diff --git a/AbstractInterface.h b/AbstractInterface.h
index 5c0b83aa22287b72ea15e1379f76e5f806c46e8f..29be72915f50648b92b074875d82deb53e2058cd 100644 (file)
--- a/AbstractInterface.h
+++ b/AbstractInterface.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public :
   inline int getDirection() { return direction;}
   QString getDirectionString();  
   inline AbstractBlock *getOwner() { return owner;}
   inline int getDirection() { return direction;}
   QString getDirectionString();  
   inline AbstractBlock *getOwner() { return owner;}

+  inline AbstractInterface* getAssociatedIface() { return associatedIface; }

 
   double getDoubleWidth() throw(QException);
 
 
   double getDoubleWidth() throw(QException);
 


@@ -63,7 +64,8 @@ public :
   inline void setType(int _type) { type = _type;}
   inline void setType(const QString& _type) { type = typeFromString(_type);}
   void setPurpose(int _purpose);
   inline void setType(int _type) { type = _type;}
   inline void setType(const QString& _type) { type = typeFromString(_type);}
   void setPurpose(int _purpose);

-  void setDirection(int _direction);  
+  void setDirection(int _direction);
+  bool setAssociatedIface(AbstractInterface* iface);

 
   // testers
   virtual bool isReferenceInterface();
 
   // testers
   virtual bool isReferenceInterface();


@@ -95,6 +97,15 @@ protected:
   int direction;
 
   AbstractBlock* owner;
   int direction;
 
   AbstractBlock* owner;

+  /*!
+   * \brief associatedIface the control (resp. data) interface that is bounded to this data (resp. control) interface
+   * If a reference block is designed to be fully integrated in Blast, nearly every data interface is bounded
+   * to a control interface that signals if the value presented on the interface is valid or not. associatedIface
+   * references this control interface if this is a data interface, and a data interface is this is a control interface.
+   * Note that the association is done by the call of setAssociatedIface() that must be done only for a control interface.
+   * (NB: a test is done in the method to prevent the other case).
+   */
+  AbstractInterface* associatedIface;

 };
 
 
 };