/* -*- c++ -*- */
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 */

#ifndef INCLUDED_MSG_PASSING_H
#define INCLUDED_MSG_PASSING_H

/*!
 * \brief Include this header to use the message passing features
 */

#include <gnuradio/api.h>
#include <pmt/pmt.h>
#include <gnuradio/messages/msg_accepter.h>

namespace gr {
  namespace messages {

    /*!
     * \brief send message to msg_accepter
     *
     * \param accepter is the target of the send.
     * \param which_port A pmt symbol describing the port by name.
     * \param msg is the message to send. It's usually a pmt tuple.
     *
     * Sending a message is an asynchronous operation. The \p send
     * call will not wait for the message either to arrive at the
     * destination or to be received.
     *
     * \returns msg
     */
    static inline pmt::pmt_t
    send(msg_accepter_sptr accepter, const pmt::pmt_t &which_port,
         const pmt::pmt_t &msg)
    {
      accepter->post(which_port, msg);
      return msg;
    }

    /*!
     * \brief send message to msg_accepter
     *
     * \param accepter is the target of the send.
     * \param which_port A pmt symbol describing the port by name.
     * \param msg is the message to send. It's usually a pmt tuple.
     *
     * Sending a message is an asynchronous operation. The \p send
     * call will not wait for the message either to arrive at the
     * destination or to be received.
     *
     * \returns msg
     */
    static inline pmt::pmt_t
    send(msg_accepter *accepter, const pmt::pmt_t &which_port,
         const pmt::pmt_t &msg)
    {
      accepter->post(which_port, msg);
      return msg;
    }

    /*!
     * \brief send message to msg_accepter
     *
     * \param accepter is the target of the send.
     * \param which_port A pmt symbol describing the port by name.
     * \param msg is the message to send.  It's usually a pmt tuple.
     *
     * Sending a message is an asynchronous operation.  The \p send
     * call will not wait for the message either to arrive at the
     * destination or to be received.
     *
     * \returns msg
     */
    static inline pmt::pmt_t
    send(msg_accepter &accepter, const pmt::pmt_t &which_port,
         const pmt::pmt_t &msg)
    {
      accepter.post(which_port, msg);
      return msg;
    }

    /*!
     * \brief send message to msg_accepter
     *
     * \param accepter is the target of the send. 
     *        aprecond: pmt::is_msg_accepter(accepter)
     * \param which_port A pmt symbol describing the port by name.
     * \param msg is the message to send.  It's usually a pmt tuple.
     *
     * Sending a message is an asynchronous operation. The \p send
     * call will not wait for the message either to arrive at the
     * destination or to be received.
     *
     * \returns msg
     */
    static inline pmt::pmt_t
    send(pmt::pmt_t accepter, const pmt::pmt_t &which_port,
         const pmt::pmt_t &msg)
    {
      return send(pmt::msg_accepter_ref(accepter), which_port, msg);
    }

  } /* namespace messages */
} /* namespace gr */

#endif /* INCLUDED_MSG_PASSING_H */