From e89b20da1511f02d887435d093d8efef3e4df261 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Blum <josh@joshknows.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 11:59:10 -0700
Subject: uhd: tweaks to streamer interface and multi-usrp convenience
 interface

---
 host/include/uhd/streamer.hpp        | 28 +++++++++++++++++-----------
 host/include/uhd/usrp/multi_usrp.hpp | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

(limited to 'host/include')

diff --git a/host/include/uhd/streamer.hpp b/host/include/uhd/streamer.hpp
index 7a80d0f36..c9c6fef89 100644
--- a/host/include/uhd/streamer.hpp
+++ b/host/include/uhd/streamer.hpp
@@ -87,23 +87,19 @@ struct UHD_API streamer_args{
 };
 
 /*!
- * A streamer is the host interface to RX or TX samples.
+ * The RX streamer is the host interface to receiving samples.
  * It represents the layer between the samples on the host
- * and samples inside the device's DSP processing.
+ * and samples inside the device's receive DSP processing.
  */
-class UHD_API streamer : boost::noncopyable{
+class UHD_API rx_streamer : boost::noncopyable{
 public:
+    typedef boost::shared_ptr<rx_streamer> sptr;
+
     //! Get the number of channels associated with this streamer
     virtual size_t get_num_channels(void) const = 0;
 
     //! Get the max number of samples per buffer per packet
     virtual size_t get_max_num_samps(void) const = 0;
-};
-
-//! A receive streamer to receive host samples
-class UHD_API rx_streamer : public streamer{
-public:
-    typedef boost::shared_ptr<rx_streamer> sptr;
 
     //! Typedef for a pointer to a single, or a collection of recv buffers
     typedef ref_vector<void *> buffs_type;
@@ -141,11 +137,21 @@ public:
     ) = 0;
 };
 
-//! A transmit streamer to send host samples
-class UHD_API tx_streamer : public streamer{
+/*!
+ * The TX streamer is the host interface to transmitting samples.
+ * It represents the layer between the samples on the host
+ * and samples inside the device's transmit DSP processing.
+ */
+class UHD_API tx_streamer : boost::noncopyable{
 public:
     typedef boost::shared_ptr<tx_streamer> sptr;
 
+    //! Get the number of channels associated with this streamer
+    virtual size_t get_num_channels(void) const = 0;
+
+    //! Get the max number of samples per buffer per packet
+    virtual size_t get_max_num_samps(void) const = 0;
+
     //! Typedef for a pointer to a single, or a collection of send buffers
     typedef ref_vector<const void *> buffs_type;
 
diff --git a/host/include/uhd/usrp/multi_usrp.hpp b/host/include/uhd/usrp/multi_usrp.hpp
index 00d5dfe7c..303af7ef9 100644
--- a/host/include/uhd/usrp/multi_usrp.hpp
+++ b/host/include/uhd/usrp/multi_usrp.hpp
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@ public:
      */
     virtual device::sptr get_device(void) = 0;
 
+    //! Convenience method to get a RX streamer
+    rx_streamer::sptr get_rx_streamer(const streamer_args &args){
+        return this->get_device()->get_rx_streamer(args);
+    }
+
+    //! Convenience method to get a TX streamer
+    tx_streamer::sptr get_tx_streamer(const streamer_args &args){
+        return this->get_device()->get_tx_streamer(args);
+    }
+
     /*******************************************************************
      * Mboard methods
      ******************************************************************/
-- 
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