tags_strobe.h

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/* -*- c++ -*- */
/*
 * Copyright 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 *
 * This file is part of GNU Radio
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 *
 */
 
#ifndef INCLUDED_GR_TAGS_STROBE_H
#define INCLUDED_GR_TAGS_STROBE_H
 
#include <gnuradio/blocks/api.h>
#include <gnuradio/sync_block.h>
 
namespace gr {
namespace blocks {
 
/*!
 * \brief Send tags at defined interval
 * \ingroup debug_blk
 *
 * \details
 * Sends a tag with key 'strobe' and a user-defined value (as a
 * PMT) every \p nsamps number of samples. Useful for
 * testing/debugging the tags system.
 *
 * Because tags are sent with a data stream, this is a source
 * block that acts identical to a null_source block.
 */
class BLOCKS_API tags_strobe : virtual public sync_block
{
public:
    // gr::blocks::tags_strobe::sptr
    typedef std::shared_ptr<tags_strobe> sptr;
 
    /*!
     * Make a tags stobe block to send tags with value \p value
     * every \p nsamps number of samples.
     *
     * \param sizeof_stream_item size of the stream items in bytes.
     * \param value The value of the tags to send, as a PMT.
     * \param nsamps the number of samples between each tag.
     * \param key The tag key to sent
     */
    static sptr make(size_t sizeof_stream_item,
                     pmt::pmt_t value,
                     uint64_t nsamps,
                     pmt::pmt_t key = pmt::intern("strobe"));
 
    /*!
     * Reset the value of the tags being sent.
     * \param value The value of the tags to send as a PMT.
     */
    virtual void set_value(pmt::pmt_t value) = 0;
 
    /*!
     * Change the tag key we are sending
     */
    virtual void set_key(pmt::pmt_t key) = 0;
 
    /*!
     * Get the value of the tags being sent.
     */
    virtual pmt::pmt_t value() const = 0;
 
    /*!
     * Get the key of the tags being sent.
     */
    virtual pmt::pmt_t key() const = 0;
 
    /*!
     * Reset the sending interval.
     * \param nsamps the number of samples between each tag
     */
    virtual void set_nsamps(uint64_t nsamps) = 0;
 
    /*!
     * Get the number of samples between the tag strobe.
     */
    virtual uint64_t nsamps() const = 0;
};
 
} /* namespace blocks */
} /* namespace gr */
 
#endif /* INCLUDED_GR_TAGS_STROBE_H */