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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 The Regents of The University of Michigan
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met: redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer;
+ * redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution;
+ * neither the name of the copyright holders nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ * Authors: Ali Saidi
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Base Ethernet Object declaration.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __DEV_NET_ETHEROBJECT_HH__
+#define __DEV_NET_ETHEROBJECT_HH__
+
+#include "params/EtherObject.hh"
+#include "sim/sim_object.hh"
+
+class EtherInt;
+
+/**
+ * The base EtherObject class, allows for an accesor function to a
+ * simobj that returns the Port.
+ */
+class EtherObject : public SimObject
+{
+  public:
+    typedef EtherObjectParams Params;
+    EtherObject(const Params *params)
+        : SimObject(params) {}
+
+    const Params *
+    params() const
+    {
+        return dynamic_cast<const Params *>(_params);
+    }
+
+  public:
+    /** Additional function to return the Port of a memory object. */
+    virtual EtherInt *getEthPort(const std::string &if_name, int idx = -1) = 0;
+
+};
+
+#endif // __DEV_NET_ETHEROBJECT_HH__