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

[Cliff Frey]

use "this" in as the context (i.e. the element that you are calling
cp_element from).

If you run this, you can see other examples of it being used:

git grep cp_element ./elements/


Cliff

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Xavier Salip <saverione09 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I also tried with cp_element but what should i put on Router or context?
>
> Thanks
>
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Cliff Frey <cliff at meraki.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>