[ndnSIM] how to trace the self-defined element in ndnsim?

[yao hu]

Hi Alex,

I see. Thanks for your warning. At this stage, I just want to record and
print the values to cout or some file whenever some element changes.

Besides, I also saw that the output logging information does not include
the ID of the related node. I am not sure the output behavior information
is from which node.  So is there a way to add such a node id information
before each logging information. I used
Ptr<ns3::Node> node = this->GetObject<ns3::Node> (); node->GetId(),

but it failed..

./ns3/ptr.h:410:7: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘struct ns3::Node’
./ns3/ndn-face.h:37:7: error: forward declaration of ‘struct ns3::Node’

Regards,
huyao



2013/4/15 Alex Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev at ucla.edu>

> Hi huyao,
>
> **Do not** use NS_LOG to obtain metrics, as it is designed and is used
> only for debug purposes to output some helpful information.  Most of the
> logging statements are disabled (and must be disabled) when you compile in
> optimized version (./waf configure -d optimized).
>
> Btw. Do you want periodically save values from your array to file, or save
> all the values whenever some element changes?  The reason I'm asking is
> that solution could be completely different.
>
> ---
> Alex
>
> On Apr 13, 2013, at 8:46 AM, yao hu <huyao0107 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Alex,
>
> Thanks very much for your guidance.
> After I tried following your instruction, however, I still felt a little
> confused by the callback to the trace source. Simply speaking, I defined a
> uint32_t array in ndn-forwarding-strategy.cc which will continuously store
> the incoming faceid information when simulation runs. If I just want to
> record the values of each element in this array into a local file using ns3
> tracing, how should I select a simple way to do this? Just using NS_LOG or
> something is possible?
>
> Thanks a lot again~
>
> Regards,
> huyao
>
>
>
> 2013/4/13 Alex Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev at ucla.edu>
>
>> Hi huyao,
>>
>> Technically, you have many options how to trace self-defined variables.
>>  If you really want to, you can just directly dump the values to std::cout
>> or to some file.
>>
>> If you want to go with NS-3-style tracing, you would need to use either
>> TraceSource, with which you explicitly notifying (somebody, who is
>> configured in the simulation scenario using Connect calls) before or after
>> you change the value.
>>
>> There is also a TraceValue, which can automate some notification tasks,
>> if you're tracing just a value.
>>
>> Both methods require a couple of things.  For TraceSource, you need to
>> define a local TracedCallback (like this
>> https://github.com/NDN-Routing/ndnSIM/blob/master/model/fw/ndn-forwarding-strategy.h#L482)
>> and then define a way to connect to this variable in GetTypeId method (like
>> this
>> https://github.com/NDN-Routing/ndnSIM/blob/master/model/fw/ndn-forwarding-strategy.cc#L71).
>>  Afterwards, you just use the locally defined TracedCallback as if it is a
>> function (like this
>> https://github.com/NDN-Routing/ndnSIM/blob/master/model/fw/ndn-forwarding-strategy.cc#L586
>> ).
>>
>> For TracedValue, you need to define the variable that you want to trace
>> in a slightly different way (it is no longer a simple variable), like this
>> https://github.com/NDN-Routing/ndnSIM/blob/master/apps/ndn-consumer-window.h#L98.
>>  Then add a line into GetTypeId call, similar to this
>> https://github.com/NDN-Routing/ndnSIM/blob/master/apps/ndn-consumer-window.cc#L65
>> .
>>
>> To connect to variables, you need to use either
>> Config::Connect/Config::ConnectWithoutContext method, or Object's
>> TraceConnect (
>> http://www.nsnam.org/doxygen-release/classns3_1_1_object_base.html#ada3a45b34bc23114a25e0ab19188276e
>> ).
>>
>>
>> Let us know if you have more questions.  If you can give more specific
>> description of what you want to trace, then we may give more concrete
>> suggestion of what is the best way to do it.
>>
>> ---
>> Alex
>>
>> On Apr 12, 2013, at 9:37 AM, yao hu <huyao0107 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Alex,
>>
>> Maybe this is not related to ndnsim, just about ns3. Could you please
>> give a hint about how to trace or record the value of some self-defined
>> variable like each element in some array somewhere in ndnsim when
>> simulation runs?
>>
>> Thanks a lot!!
>>
>> Regards,
>> huyao
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