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 * Authors: Ron Dreslinski
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/**
 * @file
 * Base Memory Object declaration.
 */

#ifndef __MEM_MEM_OBJECT_HH__
#define __MEM_MEM_OBJECT_HH__

#include "mem/port.hh"
#include "params/MemObject.hh"
#include "sim/sim_object.hh"

/**
 * The base MemoryObject class, allows for an accesor function to a
 * simobj that returns the Port.
 */
class MemObject : public SimObject
{
  public:
    typedef MemObjectParams Params;
    MemObject(const Params *params);
    MemObject(const std::string &name);

    const Params *
    params() const
    {
        return dynamic_cast<const Params *>(_params);
    }

  public:
    /** Additional function to return the Port of a memory object. */
    virtual Port *getPort(const std::string &if_name, int idx = -1) = 0;

    /** Tell object that this port is about to disappear, so it should remove it
     * from any structures that it's keeping it in. */
    virtual void deletePortRefs(Port *p) ;
};

#endif //__MEM_MEM_OBJECT_HH__