Device.h

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/* 
* Copyright 2014-2018 Friedemann Zenke
*
* This file is part of Auryn, a simulation package for plastic
* spiking neural networks.
* 
* Auryn is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
* 
* Auryn is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
* 
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with Auryn.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
* If you are using Auryn or parts of it for your work please cite:
* Zenke, F. and Gerstner, W., 2014. Limits to high-speed simulations 
* of spiking neural networks using general-purpose computers. 
* Front Neuroinform 8, 76. doi: 10.3389/fninf.2014.00076
*/

#ifndef DEVICE_H_
#define DEVICE_H_

#include "auryn_definitions.h"
#include "AurynVector.h"
#include <fstream>
#include <string>

#include <boost/archive/binary_oarchive.hpp> 
#include <boost/archive/binary_iarchive.hpp> 

namespace auryn {

        class System;

        class Device
        {
        private:
                int device_id;

                static int device_id_count;

                friend class boost::serialization::access;
                template<class Archive>
                void serialize(Archive & ar, const unsigned int version)
                {
                        virtual_serialize(ar, version);
                }


        protected:
                std::string device_name;

                void init();

                /* Functions necesssary for serialization and loading saving to netstate files. */
                virtual void virtual_serialize(boost::archive::binary_oarchive & ar, const unsigned int version ) ;
                virtual void virtual_serialize(boost::archive::binary_iarchive & ar, const unsigned int version ) ;
                
        public:
                bool active;

                Device();

                void set_name(std::string s);

                std::string get_name();

                int get_id();

                virtual void flush();

                virtual ~Device();

                virtual void evolve() { };

                virtual void execute() { };
        };

        BOOST_SERIALIZATION_ASSUME_ABSTRACT(Device)

        extern System * sys;
        extern Logger * logger;
}

#endif /*DEVICE_H_*/