[Click] How can i relate to an element by it's name in the configuration file?

[Cliff Frey]

You can use the cp_element function to do this.

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:08 AM, Xavier Salip <saverione09 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> How can i relate to an element by it's name in the configuration file?
> I know it's possible to pass a pointer from one element to another through
> the config. using *ElementCastArg* but this way i need to pass as many
> pointers as elements i want to use. So when having a large number of
> elements it's not very efficient.
> If all my elements have the same name with different index (SOA1, SOA2,
> SOA3....SOAn)  it is possible to pass the first part of the string (SOA) and
> the 'n' value through config. and then use a for loop to acces each of the
> elements?
>
> I've tried with:  *Element* Router::find (const String &name, ErrorHandler
> * errh = 0)* to find the elements SOA1, SOA2... SOAn, but i don't know how
> to associate my configuration file (.click) with the Router.
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thank you
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