1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sim/sim_object.hh b/sim/sim_object.hh
index 20da07164..1a365651b 100644
--- a/sim/sim_object.hh
+++ b/sim/sim_object.hh
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
  */
 class SimObject : public Serializeable
 {
+  protected:
+    std::string objName;
+
   private:
     friend class Serializer;
 
@@ -60,6 +63,8 @@ class SimObject : public Serializeable
 
     virtual ~SimObject() {}
 
+    virtual std::string name() const { return objName; }
+
     // register statistics for this object
     virtual void regStats();
     virtual void regFormulas();