DirectionTag

class

This tag specifies the intended direction of the packet as one of inbound, outbound, or undefined. The direction should be set to:

outbound when

a new packet is generated (e.g. in an application or in a protocol like TCP)
a packet is sent to the lower layer
a packet is received from the upper layer

inbound when

a packet is forwarded (e.g. in a protocol like IP)
a packet is received from the lower layer
a packet is sent to the upper layer

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Extends

Name	Type	Description
TagBase	class	This is an abstract base class that should not be directly added to a message as a tag. It is used as the base class of all tags, thus it doesn't have any fields.

Fields

Name	Type	Description
direction	Direction

Source code

//
// This tag specifies the intended direction of the packet as one of inbound,
// outbound, or undefined. The direction should be set to:
//  - outbound when
//    - a new packet is generated (e.g. in an application or in a protocol like TCP)
//    - a packet is sent to the lower layer
//    - a packet is received from the upper layer
//  - inbound when
//    - a packet is forwarded (e.g. in a protocol like IP)
//    - a packet is received from the lower layer
//    - a packet is sent to the upper layer
//
class DirectionTag extends TagBase
{
    Direction direction = DIRECTION_UNDEFINED;
}

File: src/inet/common/DirectionTag.msg