/*******************************************************************
*
*  DESCRIPTION: class ParallelSimulatorState 
*
*  AUTHOR: Alejandro Troccoli
*
*  EMAIL: mailto://atroccol@dc.uba.ar
*
*  DATE: 09/11/2000
*
*******************************************************************/

#ifndef _PSIMULATORSTATE_H
#define _PSIMULATORSTATE_H

#include "pProcessorState.h"
#include "atomicstate.h"

#include "JackyDebugStream.h"  //for jacky-debug-mode

class ParallelSimulatorState : public ParallelProcessorState {
public:


	AtomicState* modelState;

	ParallelSimulatorState(): modelState(NULL){};
	virtual ~ParallelSimulatorState();

	ParallelSimulatorState& linkModelState(AtomicState* mdlSt)
	{modelState = mdlSt; return *this;}

	ParallelSimulatorState& operator=(ParallelSimulatorState& thisState); //Assignment
	void copyState(BasicState *);
	int  getSize() const;
	
#ifdef JACKY_DEBUG
	//Jacky: this function will be defined in all state classes for ParallelProcesses & Models
	//       to show (print) the content of the state for debugging purpose
	virtual void showStateContent( ostream& ) const;
#endif
	
};

#ifdef JACKY_DEBUG
	inline void ParallelSimulatorState::showStateContent( ostream& out) const{
		//1> first call the counterpart function in the base class
		ParallelProcessorState::showStateContent(out);
		
		//2> show content defined in this class
		out << "\tParallelSimulatorState -> the AtomicState is: " << endl << flush;
		modelState->showStateContent(out);
	}
#endif 

#endif //_PSIMULATORSTATE_H