public :
- enum IfaceWidthType { Expression = 1, Boolean, Natural};
- enum IfacePurpose { Data = 1, Clock = 2, Reset = 3, Wishbone = 4 };
+ enum IfaceWidthType { Expression = 1, Boolean, Natural, Inherited}; //! Inherited is only for Group interface
+ enum IfacePurpose { Data = 1, Control, Clock, Reset, Wishbone };
enum IfaceDirection { Input = 1, Output = 2, InOut = 3 };
enum IfaceVHDLContext { Entity = 1, Component = 2, Architecture = 3 }; // NB : 3 is when creating an instance of the block that owns this iface
enum IfaceVHDLFlags { NoComma = 1 };
inline int getDirection() { return direction;}
QString getDirectionString();
inline AbstractBlock *getOwner() { return owner;}
+ inline AbstractInterface* getAssociatedIface() { return associatedIface; }
double getDoubleWidth() throw(QException);
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();
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;
};