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 * 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__