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EventDistributor.H

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#ifndef __EVENTDISTRIBUTOR_H__
#define __EVENTDISTRIBUTOR_H__

/*****************************************************************************
 * Class:   EventDistributor
 * Author:  dlemmerm
 * Date:    5/31/03
 * Purpose: Superclass for the client/server objects for GLUE event
 *          distribution. Defines pure virtual methods init(), loop() and
 *          term(). Takes care of setting up the shared memory that is common
 *          amongst both client and server.
 ******************************************************************************/

#include <std/strings.H>

class EventDistributor 
{
protected:
  EventDistributor( str_ptr host );
public:
  virtual ~EventDistributor();

  virtual bool init( int argc, char **argv ) = 0;
  virtual void loop() = 0;
  virtual void term() = 0;

protected:
  static const int EVT_MPI_ROOT_RANK;

  char   *_serialized_event_buffer;
  int     _serialized_event_buffer_size;

  str_ptr _host;
};


#endif

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